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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2020
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Seiichiro Horikawa, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A wireless communication system includes a control station and a plurality of second wireless communication apparatuses. The control station includes a management table that holds sending permission information indicating whether or not to transmit a packet for requesting to send an orientation estimation auxiliary signal. The plurality of second wireless communication apparatuses each refer to the management table, transmit the packet to a first wireless communication apparatus in response to the sending permission information, and perform orientation estimation using the orientation estimation auxiliary signal transmitted from the first wireless communication apparatus.