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Granted Patent B2
US 12,494,836 · App. 17/911,952 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Radio base station and terminal

Inventors: Daisuke Kurita (Tokyo, JP); Hiroki Harada (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04B7/06952H04W16/28
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Patent No.
US 12,494,836
App. No.
17/911,952
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A BS ( 100 ) receives, from UE ( 200 B), terminal location information indicating a location of the UE ( 200 B). The BS ( 100 ) selects an antenna beam for the UE ( 200 A) to be transmitted from the BS ( 100 ) based on the terminal location information.

Claims (16)

1 . A radio base station comprising:

a receiver that receives, from a terminal, terminal location information indicating a location of the terminal;

a processor that selects, among a plurality of candidate antenna beams, an antenna beam for the terminal to be transmitted from the radio base station in a direction closest to a direction in which the terminal is located, based on the terminal location; and

a transmitter that transmits, to the terminal, base station location information indicating a location of the radio base station using the selected antenna beam,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect a path change of signal received from the terminal; and

change a direction of the selected antenna beam based on the path change.

2 . The radio base station according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitter transmits, to the terminal, change information indicating a change in direction of the antenna beam.

3 . A terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives, from a radio base station, base station location information indicating a location of the radio base station;

a processor that selects, among a plurality of candidate antenna beams, an antenna beam for the radio base station to be transmitted from the terminal in a direction closest to a direction in which the radio base station is located, based on the radio base station location; and

a transmitter that transmits a physical random access channel (PRACH) to the radio base station using the selected antenna beam,

wherein:

the receiver is further configured to receive change amounts of a radio base station antenna beam direction; and

the processor is further configured to change a direction of the selected antenna beam based on the change amounts.

4 . The terminal according to claim 3 , wherein the transmitter transmits, to the radio base station, terminal location information indicating a location of the terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2022
From: KURITA, DAISUKE; HARADA, HIROKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230135259A1 · May 4, 2023
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