IP Library Granted Patent US 12,413,256
Granted Patent B2
US 12,413,256 · App. 18/036,304 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Wireless communication system, relay apparatus and wireless communication method

Inventors: Kazumitsu Sakamoto (Musashino, JP); Yosuke Fujino (Musashino, JP); Daisuke Goto (Musashino, JP); Yasuyoshi Kojima (Musashino, JP); Kiyohiko Itokawa (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
H04B1/0458H04B1/006H04B7/185
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Patent No.
US 12,413,256
App. No.
18/036,304
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication system includes: a measurement unit that measures a signal level of an analog signal corresponding to a received radio signal; a first output unit that amplifies an amplitude of the analog signal and extracts an analog signal with a desired frequency band from the analog signal with the amplified amplitude; a second output unit that extracts an analog signal with a desired frequency band from the analog signal and amplifies an amplitude of the extracted analog signal; and a switching control unit that inputs the analog signal corresponding to the received radio signal to the first output unit when the signal level of the analog signal other than the desired frequency band is less than a threshold, and inputs the analog signal corresponding to the received radio signal to the second output unit when the signal level of the analog signal other than the desired frequency band is equal to or greater than the threshold.

Claims (34)

1. A wireless communication system comprising:

a first communication device;

a second communication device;

a mobile relay device;

an antenna configured to receive a first radio signal with a predetermined band including a desired frequency band associated with the first communication device;

a measurer configured to measure a signal level of an analog signal corresponding to the received first radio signal in the predetermined band;

a first outputter configured to amplify an amplitude of the input analog signal and extract the analog signal with the desired frequency band from the analog signal with the amplified amplitude when the analog signal corresponding to the received first radio signal is input;

a second outputter configured to extract the analog signal with the desired frequency band from the input analog signal and amplify the amplitude of the extracted analog signal when the analog signal corresponding to the received first radio signal is input;

a position detector configured to detect a position of the mobile relay device;

a storage configured to store the signal level of the analog signal in the predetermined band as history information in association with the position of the mobile relay device; and

a switching controller configured to

input the analog signal corresponding to the received first radio signal to the first outputter when the present position of the mobile relay device is the same as the position of the mobile relay device in the history information and the signal level associated with the position of the mobile relay device in the history information is less than a threshold, and

input the analog signal corresponding to the received first radio signal to the second outputter when the present position of the mobile relay device is the same as the position of the mobile relay device in the history information and the signal level associated with the position of the mobile relay device in the history information is equal to or greater than the threshold; and

a transmitter configured to transmit a second radio signal corresponding to the analog signal extracted by the first outputter or a third radio signal corresponding to the analog signal with the amplitude amplified by the second outputter to the second communication device.

2. A mobile relay device comprising:

an antenna configured to receive a radio signal with a predetermined band including a desired frequency band associated with a communication device;

a measurer configured to measure a signal level of an analog signal corresponding to the received radio signal in the predetermined band;

a first outputter configured to amplify an amplitude of the input analog signal and extract the analog signal with the desired frequency band from the analog signal with the amplified amplitude when the analog signal corresponding to the received radio signal is input;

a second outputter configured to extract the analog signal with the desired frequency band from the input analog signal and amplify an amplitude of the extracted analog signal when the analog signal corresponding to the received radio signal is input;

a position detector configured to detect a position of the mobile relay device;

a storage configured to store the signal level of the analog signal in the predetermined band as history information in association with a position of the mobile relay device; and

a switching controller configured to

input the analog signal corresponding to the received radio signal to the first outputter when the present position of the mobile relay device is the same as the position of the mobile relay device in the history information and the signal level associated with the position of the mobile relay device in the history information is less than a threshold, and

input the analog signal corresponding to the received radio signal to the second outputter when the present position of the mobile relay device is the same as the position of the mobile relay device in the history information and the signal level associated with the position of the mobile relay device in the history information is equal to or greater than the threshold.

3. A wireless communication method executed by a wireless communication system including a first communication device, a second communication device, and a mobile relay device, the method comprising:

receiving, by an antenna, a first radio signal with a predetermined band including a desired frequency band associated with the first communication device;

measuring a signal level of an analog signal corresponding to the received first radio signal in the predetermined band;

performing, by a first outputter of the mobile relay device, a first output of amplifying an amplitude of the input analog signal and extracting the analog signal with the desired frequency band from the analog signal with the amplified amplitude when the analog signal corresponding to the received first radio signal is input;

performing, by a second outputter of the mobile relay device, a second output of extracting the analog signal with the desired frequency band from the input analog signal and amplifying the amplitude of the extracted analog signal when the analog signal corresponding to the received first radio signal is input;

detecting a position of the mobile relay device;

recording the signal level of the analog signal in the predetermined band as history information on a storage in association with the position of the mobile relay device;

inputting the analog signal corresponding to the received first radio signal to the first outputter when the present position of the mobile relay device is the same as the position of the mobile relay device in the history information and the signal level associated with the position of the mobile relay device in the history information is less than a threshold;

inputting the analog signal corresponding to the received first radio signal to the second outputter when the present position of the mobile relay device is the same as the position of the mobile relay device in the history information and the signal level associated with the position of the mobile relay device in the history information is equal to or greater than the threshold; and

transmitting a second radio signal corresponding to the analog signal extracted by the first outputter or a third radio signal corresponding to the analog signal with the amplitude amplified by the second outputter to the second communication device.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 3, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072996/0032 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 10, 2023
From: SAKAMOTO, KAZUMITSU; FUJINO, YOSUKE; GOTO, DAISUKE; KOJIMA, YASUYOSHI; ITOKAWA, KIYOHIKO
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063599/0880 →
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