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Granted Patent B2
US 12,513,611 · App. 18/077,308 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Communication device and communication system

Inventor: Yoshiaki Ohta (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: 1FINITY Inc.
H04W48/18H04W72/231H04W88/10H04W88/06
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Patent No.
US 12,513,611
App. No.
18/077,308
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication device includes, a first wireless communication layer and a second wireless communication layer, each of the first wireless communication layer and the second wireless communication layer being compliant with a first communication standard and a second communication standard, a controller that selects respective communication standards for the first wireless communication layer and the second wireless communication layer on the basis of communication standards of the first wireless communication layer and the second wireless communication layer, with each of which the other communication device is compliant.

Claims (32)

1 . A communication device comprising:

a first wireless communication layer and a second wireless communication layer, each of the first wireless communication layer and the second wireless communication layer being compliant with a first communication standard of an N-th generation (N is an integer of 1 or more), and with a second communication standard of another generation different from the N-th generation;

communicator circuitry configured to perform wireless communication with another communication device via the first wireless communication layer; and

controller circuitry configured to:

select respective communication standards for the first wireless communication layer and the second wireless communication layer on the basis of communication standards of the first wireless communication layer and the second wireless communication layer, with each of which the another communication device is compliant, and

control communication such that data transmission and reception is performed using the first wireless communication layer and the second wireless communication layer which are compliant with the selected communication standards.

2 . The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the communicator circuitry is further configured to receive information related to the communication standards of the first wireless communication layer and the second wireless communication layer, with which the another communication device is compliant.

3 . The communication device according to claim 2 , wherein the communicator circuitry is further configured to transmit, to the another communication device, information related to the selected communication standards.

4 . The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first communication standard includes a fifth-generation communication standard, and

the second communication standard includes the fifth- and subsequent-generation communication standards.

5 . The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein, when detecting a first status change, the communicator circuitry is further configured to select again at least one of the respective communication standards of the first wireless communication layer and the second wireless communication layer.

6 . The communication device according to claim 5 , wherein the communicator circuitry is further configured to transmit, to the another communication device, information related to the communication standard selected again.

7 . The communication device according to claim 5 , wherein the first status change includes a change in a communication status between the another communication device and the communication device.

8 . The communication device according to claim 5 , wherein the first status change includes a change in a status of use of radio resources in the first communication standard or the second communication standard.

9 . The communication device according to claim 2 , wherein the information related to the communication standards of the first wireless communication layer and the second wireless communication layer, with each of which the another communication device is compliant, is included in UE capability.

10 . The communication device according to claim 3 , wherein the information related to the selected communication standards is transmitted using RRC (Radio Resource Control).

11 . The communication device according to claim 3 , wherein the information related to the selected communication standards is transmitted using MAC (Medium Access Control) CE (Control Element).

12 . A communication device comprising:

a first wireless communication layer and a second wireless communication layer, each of the first wireless communication layer and the second wireless communication layer being compliant with at least one of a first communication standard of an N-th generation (N is an integer of 1 or more), and a second communication standard of another generation different from the N-th generation;

communicator circuitry configured to perform wireless communication with another communication device via the first wireless communication layer; and

controller circuitry configured to:

control communication such that data transmission and reception is performed using the first wireless communication layer and the second wireless communication layer which are compliant with communication standards selected by the another communication device on the basis of the communication standards of the first wireless communication layer and the second wireless communication layer with each of which a host communication device is compliant.

13 . A communication system comprising:

a first communication device and a second communication device,

the second communication device including:

a first wireless communication layer and a second wireless communication layer, each of the first wireless communication layer and the second wireless communication layer being compliant with a first communication standard of an N-th generation (N is an integer of 1 or more), and with a second communication standard of another generation different from the N-th generation,

the first communication device including:

the first wireless communication layer and the second wireless communication layer, each of the first wireless communication layer and the second wireless communication layer being compliant with at least one of the first communication standard and the second communication standard,

the second communication device performing wireless communication with the first communication device via the first wireless communication layer,

the second communication device selecting respective communication standards for the first wireless communication layer and the second wireless communication layer on the basis of the communication standards of the first wireless communication layer and the second wireless communication layer, with each of which the first communication device is compliant and performing data transmission and reception by using the first wireless communication layer and the second wireless communication layer which are compliant with the selected communication standards,

the first communication device performing the data transmission and reception by using the first wireless communication layer and the second wireless communication layer which are compliant with the communication standards selected by the second communication device.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2025
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: 1FINITY INC.
Reel/Frame 073477/0445 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2022
From: OHTA, YOSHIAKI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 062021/0835 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020024699 · Jun 24, 2020
Related Publication 20230097492A1 · Mar 30, 2023
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