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Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2018
Applicant:

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yuki Arikawa, Tokyo, JP;

Takeshi Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/10 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/17 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 72/121 (2013.01); H04W 72/1263 (2013.01); H04W 88/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A search range decision unit () first decides, as a narrow-down count, the number of transmission points for which each of user wireless terminals becomes a connection candidate, based on the number of user wireless terminals that perform wireless communication with one of the plurality of transmission points. In addition, the search range decision unit () limits, based on combination conditions stored in a storage unit (), the number of the plurality of transmission points that can be combined with one of the user wireless terminals according to the narrow-down count, and sets combination limitation information that associates the plurality of transmission points with the user wireless terminals that are the connection candidates for each of the plurality of transmission points.


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