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Granted Patent B2
US 12,490,123 · App. 18/273,795 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Wireless communication system, wireless communication method, and transmitter

Inventors: Kazuo Osaka (Musashino, JP); Toshifumi Miyagi (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
H04W24/04
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Patent No.
US 12,490,123
App. No.
18/273,795
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication method according to one embodiment includes: dividing the plurality of user signals into a plurality of frequency channels of an active system; distributing the plurality of divided user signals to the plurality of frequency channels of the active system; transmitting the plurality of user signals distributed to the plurality of frequency channels of the active system for each of the plurality of frequency channels of the active system; switching a frequency channel of the active system in which an abnormality occurs to a frequency channel of the redundant system when the abnormality occurs in one of the plurality of frequency channels of the active system in which the plurality of user signals are transmitted; receiving the plurality of transmitted user signals for each frequency channel; and combining the plurality of user signals received for each frequency channel as a plurality of user signals for each user.

Claims (22)

1 . A wireless communication system in which a plurality of user signals are transmitted from a transmission device to a reception device using a plurality of frequency channels including an active system and a redundant system, the wireless communication system comprising:

the transmission device that includes

division and distribution circuitry that divides the plurality of user signals into a plurality of frequency channels of the active system and distributes the plurality of divided user signals to the plurality of frequency channels of the active system,

a transmitter that transmits the plurality of user signals distributed to the plurality of frequency channels of the active system by the division and distribution circuitry to the reception device for each of the plurality of frequency channels of the active system, and

a switch that switches a frequency channel of the active system in which an abnormality occurs to a frequency channel of the redundant system when the abnormality occurs in one of the plurality of frequency channels of the active system in which the transmitter transmits the plurality of user signals,

wherein the reception device includes a receiver that receives the plurality of user signals transmitted by the transmitter for each frequency channel,

combination circuitry that combines the plurality of user signals received by the receiver for each frequency channel as a plurality of user signals for each user, and

wherein the transmission device further includes arrangement processing circuitry that processes the signals transmitted by the transmitter for each frequency channel as signals in which high priority packets are arranged between low priority packets.

2 . The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the arrangement processing circuitry arranges the signals for each user as high priority packets for each category of the user signal or for each user.

3 . A wireless communication method of transmitting a plurality of user signals using a plurality of frequency channels including an active system and a redundant system, the method comprising:

dividing the plurality of user signals into a plurality of frequency channels of the active system and distributing the plurality of divided user signals to the plurality of frequency channels of the active system;

transmitting the plurality of user signals distributed to the plurality of frequency channels of the active system for each of the plurality of frequency channels of the active system;

switching a frequency channel of the active system in which an abnormality occurs to a frequency channel of the redundant system when the abnormality occurs in one of the plurality of frequency channels of the active system in which the plurality of user signals are transmitted;

receiving the plurality of transmitted user signals for each frequency channel;

combining the plurality of user signals received for each frequency channel as a plurality of user signals for each user; and

processing signals to be transmitted for each frequency channel to become signals in which high priority packets are arranged between low priority packets.

4 . A transmission device transmitting a plurality of user signals to a reception device using a plurality of frequency channels including an active system and a redundant system, the transmission device comprising:

division and distribution circuitry that divides the plurality of user signals into a plurality of frequency channels of the active system and distributes the plurality of divided user signals to the plurality of frequency channels of the active system,

a transmitter that transmits the plurality of user signals distributed to the plurality of frequency channels of the active system by the division and distribution circuitry to the reception device for each of the plurality of frequency channels of the active system;

a switch that switches a frequency channel of the active system in which an abnormality occurs to a frequency channel of the redundant system when the abnormality occurs in one of the plurality of frequency channels of the active system in which the transmitter transmits the plurality of user signals; and

arrangement processing circuitry that processes the signals transmitted by the transmitter for each frequency channel as signals in which high priority packets are arranged between low priority packets.

5 . The transmission device according to claim 4 , wherein the arrangement processing circuitry arranges the signals for each user as high priority packets for each category of the user signal or for each user.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 21, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072499/0774 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2023
From: OSAKA, KAZUO; MIYAGI, TOSHIFUMI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064352/0169 →
Continuity (1)
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