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Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2018
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Takashi Nakayama, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04B 7/06 (2013.01); H04B 7/08 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

It is possible to realize wireless communication using a directional beam in a more suitable manner. A wireless communication device includes: one or more antenna elements that are configured to control directions of directional beams and perform wireless communication using the directional beams; a detection unit that detects an attitude of at least any one of the one or more antenna elements; and a control unit that sets a state in which a radio signal transmitted using at least a directional beam from a base station is receivable via any one of the one or more antenna elements as a reference state, and controls the wireless communication with the base station using the directional beam according to a change in the attitude from the reference state.


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