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US 12,402,055 · App. 17/906,921 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Control apparatus, radio communication system, and control method

Inventors: Nobuhide Nonaka (Tokyo, JP); Tatsuki Okuyama (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Suyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W36/324
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Patent No.
US 12,402,055
App. No.
17/906,921
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control apparatus includes a control section that determines, for each terminal, a method for a coordinated operation performed between a plurality of radio apparatuses for signal transmission to the terminal, and a transmission section that outputs control information on the method determined.

Claims (14)

1. A radio communication system, comprising:

a radio apparatus that transmits a signal to a terminal;

a first radio communication control apparatus that is connected to the radio apparatus and performs baseband processing of the signal;

a second radio communication control apparatus that is connected to the first radio communication control apparatus and controls the first radio communication control apparatus; and

a control apparatus that determines a method for a coordinated operation performed between a plurality of radio apparatuses for signal transmission to the terminal and outputs control information on the method determined to the first radio communication control apparatus,

wherein the first radio communication control apparatus has at least a part of a function of the second radio communication control apparatus, and

wherein the control apparatus performs a control for the signal transmission to the terminal such that the at least the part of the function is on or off.

2. A radio communication system, comprising:

a radio apparatus that transmits a signal to a terminal;

a first radio communication control apparatus that is connected to the radio apparatus and performs baseband processing of the signal;

a second radio communication control apparatus that is connected to the first radio communication control apparatus and controls the first radio communication control apparatus; and

a control apparatus that determines a method for a coordinated operation performed between a plurality of radio apparatuses for signal transmission to the terminal and outputs control information on the method determined to the second radio communication control apparatus,

wherein the second radio communication control apparatus has at least a part of a function of the first radio communication control apparatus, and

wherein the control apparatus performs a control for the signal transmission to the terminal such that the at least the part of the function is on or off.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2022
From: NONAKA, NOBUHIDE; OKUYAMA, TATSUKI; SUYAMA, SATOSHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-058853 · Mar 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230116416A1 · Apr 13, 2023
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