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Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2017
Applicant:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);

Inventors:

Hiroshi Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;

Tomoya Urushihara, Kanagawa, JP;

Naganori Shirakata, Kanagawa, JP;

Junichi Morita, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/046 (2013.01); H04B 7/0695 (2013.01); H04B 7/088 (2013.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A base-station control apparatus includes: a number-of-training-packets determining circuit that determines the number of training packets to be transmitted by a wireless terminal, based on the number of first directional beam patterns used by a first base-station apparatus connected to the wireless terminal and the number of second directional beam patterns used by at least one second base-station apparatus not connected to the wireless terminal; and a notification issuing circuit that issues a notification indicating the determined number of training packets to the first base-station apparatus.


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