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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2020
Ntt, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Kazumitsu Sakamoto, Musashino, JP;
Yosuke Fujino, Musashino, JP;
Yasuyoshi Kojima, Musashino, JP;
Daisuke Goto, Musashino, JP;
Kiyohiko Itokawa, Musashino, JP;
NTT, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A wireless communication apparatus includes: a transmission control unit that determines an earlier transmission timing as an elevation angle of a relay apparatus when viewed from the own wireless communication apparatus is larger; and a transmission unit that transmits a wireless signal to the relay apparatus at the transmission timing. The wireless communication apparatus may further include a reception unit that acquires an upper limit value. The transmission control unit may derive a subtraction value, which is a variable value to be used for subtraction, as a larger value as the elevation angle is larger, may subtract the subtraction value from a backoff counter value which is derived based on the upper limit value and is equal to or larger than 0, and may determine, as the transmission timing, a timing at which the backoff counter value becomes equal to or smaller than 0.