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Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2018
Applicant:

Softbank Corp., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Kenji Hoshino, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

SoftBank Corp., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/0045 (2013.01); H04B 7/18504 (2013.01); H04W 56/006 (2013.01); H04W 56/0065 (2013.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

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.


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