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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
May. 23, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a case where, in a first network, a first pattern, in which each of time division duplex (TDD) time slots is assigned to uplink or downlink Which is a direction of communication between a base station and a terminal, is used and, in a second network that is different from the first network, the first pattern and a second pattern that is different from the first pattern in assignment of the direction of communication to the time slots can be used for communication by TDD between a base station and a terminal, a control apparatus controls, based on that a predetermined condition has been satisfied, a base station belonging to the second network so as to use time slots in which the direction of communication that has been assigned coincides between the first and the second patterns.