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Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 22, 2019
Applicant:

Softbank Corp., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kazuki Matsuura, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshichika Ota, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

SoftBank Corp., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 72/0406 (2013.01); H04W 84/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

A radio relay apparatus, which can monitor a status of a radio relay apparatus for realizing a three-dimensional network, without providing a dedicated line, is provided. The radio relay apparatus can fly and move in an upper airspace, and comprises a first antenna for transmitting and receiving a radio signal of a feeder link to and from a gateway station on a communication network side provided on the ground or on the sea, a second antenna for transmitting and receiving a radio signal of a service link to and from a terminal apparatus, a relay processing section for relaying the radio signal of the feeder link and the radio signal of the service link, which is provided between the first antenna and the second antenna, an information acquisition section for acquiring monitoring information on the status of the radio relay apparatus, and an information communication section for transmitting the monitoring information to the gateway station via the feeder link.


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