USER TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230309165A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-28

    申请号:US18020583

    申请日:2020-09-25

    申请人: SOFTBANK CORP.

    发明人: Masashi FUSHIKI

    摘要: Communication in a non-co-located scenario is controlled appropriately. A user terminal includes: a receiving unit that receives a downlink signal from a plurality of transmission points respectively corresponding to a plurality of cells by using carrier aggregation and/or dual connectivity; a transmission unit that transmits information about support for required conditions when the plurality of transmission points are not co-located; and a control unit that controls the reception of the downlink signal on the basis of whether the plurality of transmission points are co-located or not.

    INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230066994A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-02

    申请号:US17982446

    申请日:2022-11-07

    申请人: SoftBank Corp.

    IPC分类号: G16H50/80 G16H40/20

    摘要: Provided is an information processing system including: a target person information reception unit configured to receive target person information including information related to a state of a target person and a situation in a periphery of the target person from an image capturing apparatus; a target person information analysis unit configured to analyze the target person information; and a notification processing execution unit configured to execute notification processing based on an analysis result obtained by the target person information analysis unit. Provided is an information processing method executed by a computer, including: receiving target person information including information related to a state of a target person and a situation in a periphery of the target person from an image capturing apparatus; analyzing the target person information; and executing notification processing based on an analysis result obtained in the analyzing of the target person information.

    Method and apparatus for detecting and responding to a disruption in communication services

    公开(公告)号:US11576058B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-07

    申请号:US17232230

    申请日:2021-04-16

    申请人: SoftBank Corp.

    摘要: A high-altitude platform (HAP) node provides communication service during an emergency. The HAP node uses a first network to provide communication services for handling calls initiated by at least one user equipment (UE). The HAP node detects that an emergency disruption has occurred that prevents the use of the first network. In response to detecting the occurrence of the emergency disruption, a mobile terminal (MT) in the HAP node searches for a second network able to accept emergency calls. The HAP node determines whether the second network will handle all calls initiated by the at least one UE or only emergency calls generated by the at least one UE. The HAP node handles the calls based on the determining and through the use of the second network.

    Communication system, display control device, communication terminal, and computer-readable storage medium allowing supplemental downlink with a large capacity utilizing optical communication

    公开(公告)号:US11546655B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-03

    申请号:US16941575

    申请日:2020-07-29

    申请人: SoftBank Corp.

    摘要: In accordance with increasing communication demand, means for efficiently providing mass downstream communication at a low cost are desired. Accordingly, a communication system providing supplemental downlink as well as multicast communication comprising a display control device for causing a display unit to display a video, and a communication terminal having an image capturing unit for directly capturing the video displayed by the display unit or capturing a video projected or reflected on a wall surface or the like is provided, wherein the display control device includes a video acquiring unit, a region identification unit, a video generating unit, and a display control unit, and the communication terminal includes a region identification unit, a decoding unit, and a mechanism for communicating a control signal for supplemental downlink by the above-described optical communication using means other than optical communication (means such as WiFi, mobile data communication or the like).

    Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

    公开(公告)号:US11494388B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-08

    申请号:US16603739

    申请日:2017-04-10

    申请人: SOFTBANK CORP.

    发明人: Yuko Ishiwaka

    IPC分类号: G06F16/2457 G06F3/01

    摘要: An information processing apparatus includes: an output management information storage unit in which one or more pieces of output management information having an output condition, which is a condition for outputting emotion information and is a condition related to content, and emotion information are stored; an input information accepting unit that accepts input information that is content; an output information acquiring unit that judges whether or not information acquired using the content accepted by the input information accepting unit matches each of the one or more output conditions, and acquires emotion information that is paired with each of the one or more matching output conditions, from the output management information storage unit; and an information output unit that outputs the one or more pieces of emotion information acquired by the output information acquiring unit.

    Simulating a Dynamic Hybrid Network

    公开(公告)号:US20220116280A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-14

    申请号:US17069582

    申请日:2020-10-13

    申请人: SoftBank Corp.

    发明人: Jin Zhang

    IPC分类号: H04L12/24 H04W24/06

    摘要: The technology relates to simulating a dynamic hybrid network. A method for simulating a dynamic hybrid network includes modeling a transmission supply of a mesh network of moving stations on aerial vehicles in flight at each time step in a time series, modeling capacity demand as a function of user distribution data and user behavior data, and computing an aggregate network metric for the dynamic hybrid network including throughput. A method for optimizing throughput of a dynamic hybrid network includes modeling a dynamic hybrid network, including a transmission supply of a mesh network of moving stations, modeling capacity demand as a function of user distribution data and user behavior data, and computing an aggregate network metric; then providing feedback to a controller and causing a change to a station in the network to increase throughput.

    Base station, communication system and time synchronization method between base stations

    公开(公告)号:US11057858B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-06

    申请号:US16075685

    申请日:2017-01-26

    申请人: SoftBank Corp.

    IPC分类号: H04W56/00 H04L27/26 H04L5/00

    摘要: A base station, a communication system and a time synchronization method between base stations are provided, which are capable of performing a time synchronization with another base station using a downlink signal of the other base station cell in which the own cell is located, without stopping transmission of the own base station even during operation. A base station receives a downlink signal that includes a downlink signal including a synchronization signal transmitted from the other base station and a downlink wraparound signal transmitted from own base station, removes an interference of the wraparound signal from the downlink received signal, with respect to a predetermined subframe in which the downlink wraparound signal from own base station interferes with the synchronization signal of the base station, among subframes of the downlink signal including the synchronization signal of the base station, performs a time synchronization processing with the base station by detecting a synchronization signal timing of the base station based on the downlink received signal from which the interference of wraparound signal is removed.

    Site-to-site transmission/propagation delay correction during application of site diversity in haps feeder link

    公开(公告)号:US11057856B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-06

    申请号:US16959689

    申请日:2018-12-21

    申请人: SoftBank Corp.

    发明人: Kenji Hoshino

    IPC分类号: H04W56/00 H04B7/185 H04W64/00

    摘要: A communication system, in which a sufficient reception power can be obtained without being affected by attenuation such as rainfall in each of a radio relay apparatus and a gateway station, is provided. The communication system performs a communication via a radio relay apparatus located in an upper airspace. A plurality of gateway stations for forming feeder-link radio sections between the own gateway stations and the radio relay apparatus are disposed at a plurality of locations geographically separated from each other on the ground or on the sea. The plurality of gateway stations perform simultaneous transmissions/receptions of signals via the plurality of feeder links or transmissions/receptions of signals accompanied by a switching of the feeder links, with the radio relay apparatus.