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US 12,231,932 · App. 17/785,050 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Communication control device and communication control method

Inventors: Hiroto Kuriki (Tokyo, JP); Ryota Kimura (Tokyo, JP); Ryo Sawai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
H04W24/08H04W4/021H04W16/14
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Patent No.
US 12,231,932
App. No.
17/785,050
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication control device ( 40 ) includes a control unit ( 44 ) configured to select one protection method from a plurality of primary system protection methods including a dynamic or static protection method on the basis of a use form and use position information of a wireless station of a primary system and protect the wireless station of the primary system on the basis of the selected protection method.

Claims (65)

1. A communication control device comprising:

control circuitry configured to select one protection method from a plurality of primary system protection methods including a dynamic or static protection method on a basis of a use form and use position information of a wireless station of a primary system and protect the wireless station of the primary system on a basis of the selected protection method,

wherein the control circuitry;

selects one static protection method and performs the static protection method in a case where the wireless station is used for planned use and selects one dynamic protection method and performs the dynamic protection method in a case where the wireless station is used for unplanned use,

selects point protection and performs the point protection on a basis of a protection target point of the wireless station determined on a basis of the use position information of the wireless station, and

selects area protection and performs the area protection on a basis of a protection target area of the wireless station determined on a basis of the use position information of the wireless station.

2. The communication control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a case where the protection target point and the protection target area are not included in a use schedule of the wireless station, and in a case where the protection target point and the protection target area are newly set, the control circuitry

predicts the protection target point and the protection target area.

3. The communication control device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the control circuitry

predicts the protection target point and the protection target area on a basis of use position information of a second wireless station different from a first wireless station that is the wireless station of the primary system.

4. The communication control device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the control circuitry

calculates communication quality when the second wireless station receives a signal of the first wireless station on a basis of the use position information of the second wireless station and predicts the protection target point and the protection target area on a basis of the calculated communication quality.

5. The communication control device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the control circuitry

predicts the protection target point and the protection target area on a basis of antenna information of an antenna to be used at the second wireless station.

6. The communication control device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the control circuitry

predicts the protection target point and the protection target area on a basis of use position information of a third wireless station of a wireless system different from the primary system.

7. The communication control device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the control circuitry

calculates communication quality when a first wireless station that is the wireless station of the primary system receives a signal of the third wireless station on a basis of the use position information of the third wireless station, predicts the use position information of the third wireless station on a basis of the calculated communication quality, and uses the predicted use position information as the protection target point or the protection target area.

8. The communication control device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the control circuitry

calculates communication quality in which a fourth wireless station receives a signal of a fifth wireless station that uses the use position information of the third wireless station as use position information of the fourth wireless station, and

predicts a protection target point and a protection target area of the fifth wireless station on a basis of the calculated communication quality.

9. The communication control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control circuitry

determines a plurality of areas obtained by dividing the protection target area in accordance with a certain criterion as dynamic protection target areas.

10. The communication control device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the control circuitry

determines the dynamic protection target areas obtained by dividing the protection target area into a plurality of areas using a parameter set on a basis of detection accuracy of use of the wireless station.

11. The communication control device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the control circuitry

determines the dynamic protection target areas obtained by dividing the protection target area into a plurality of areas using a parameter set on a basis of detection accuracy of the primary system and accuracy of position information of the primary system.

12. The communication control device according to claim 11 ,

wherein the control circuitry

determines the dynamic protection target areas obtained by dividing the protection target area into a plurality of areas using a parameter set on a basis of variation of the accuracy of the position information due to a surrounding environment.

13. The communication control device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the control circuitry

determines the dynamic protection target areas having different sizes in the same area.

14. The communication control device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the control circuitry

determines the dynamic protection target areas obtained by dividing the protection target area into a plurality of areas using a parameter set on a basis of accuracy of a positioning function of a wireless station of a wireless system different from the primary system.

15. The communication control device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the control circuitry

divides an entire movement area of the wireless station into a plurality of regions and determines protection target areas set for wireless stations that are communication targets in each of the divided regions as the dynamic protection target areas.

16. The communication control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control circuitry

performs point protection or area protection by setting a protection target antenna direction at regular intervals within a rotation range of an antenna that is being used at the wireless station.

17. The communication control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control circuitry

performs dynamic point protection or dynamic area protection using dynamic antenna rotation ranges obtained by dividing an antenna rotation range that can be taken by an antenna of the wireless station in accordance with a certain criterion.

18. A communication control method performed by a communication control device, the communication control method comprising:

selecting one protection method from a plurality of primary system protection methods including a dynamic or static protection method on a basis of a use form and use position information of a wireless station of a primary system and protecting the wireless station of the primary system on a basis of the selected protection method;

selecting one static protection method and performs the static protection method in a case where the wireless station is used for planned use and selects one dynamic protection method and performs the dynamic protection method in a case where the wireless station is used for unplanned use;

selecting point protection and performs the point protection on a basis of a protection target point of the wireless station determined on a basis of the use position information of the wireless station; and

selecting area protection and performs the area protection on a basis of a protection target area of the wireless station determined on a basis of the use position information of the wireless station.

19. A non-transitory computer product containing instructions that cause a processor to perform a communication control method, the communication control method comprising:

selecting one protection method from a plurality of primary system protection methods including a dynamic or static protection method on a basis of a use form and use position information of a wireless station of a primary system and protecting the wireless station of the primary system on a basis of the selected protection method;

selecting one static protection method and performs the static protection method in a case where the wireless station is used for planned use and selects one dynamic protection method and performs the dynamic protection method in a case where the wireless station is used for unplanned use;

selecting point protection and performs the point protection on a basis of a protection target point of the wireless station determined on a basis of the use position information of the wireless station; and

selecting area protection and performs the area protection on a basis of a protection target area of the wireless station determined on a basis of the use position information of the wireless station.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2022
From: KURIKI, HIROTO; KIMURA, RYOTA; SAWAI, RYO
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2019-232674 · Dec 24, 2019 · national
JP 2020-135387 · Aug 7, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230025104A1 · Jan 26, 2023
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