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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2015
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Ryokichi Onishi, Tokyo, JP;

Makiko Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/18 (2009.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01); H04W 40/20 (2009.01); H04W 40/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/024 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/18 (2013.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.02); H04W 40/02 (2013.01); H04W 40/026 (2013.01); H04W 40/20 (2013.01); H04W 64/006 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 4/024 (2018.02); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wireless communication device has: wireless communication unit; calculation unit for calculating an evaluation value based on an opportunity for communication with the access providing device; transmission unit for transmitting the evaluation value to the other wireless communication device; acquisition unit for acquiring an evaluation value for the other wireless communication device; and communication control unit. When the other wireless communication device has more opportunities for communication than the wireless communication device does, the communication control unit preferably transmits uplink information, but when the other wireless communication device has less opportunity for communication than the wireless communication device does, the communication control unit preferably transmits downlink information.


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