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Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 27, 2020
Applicant:

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Shota Nakayama, Musashino, JP;

Daisuke Murayama, Musashino, JP;

Kenichi Kawamura, Musashino, JP;

Takatsune Moriyama, Musashino, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00837 (2018.08); H04W 36/322 (2023.05);
Abstract

A communication system includes a terminal configured to wirelessly communicate with a base station, a plurality of IoT terminals, and a control device. The control device includes a processor; and a memory that includes instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to execute the following steps: selecting an IoT terminal around a dead zone and transmitting a command of signal transmission to the selected IoT terminal. The selected IoT terminal includes a receiver configured to receive the command, and a transmitter configured to transmit a signal according to the command. The terminal receiving the signal transmitted from the selected IoT terminal performs a connection operation for avoiding the dead zone.


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