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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2021
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Sakata, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A message relay apparatus includes: a first antenna that has a directivity in a first direction; a second antenna that has a directivity in a second direction different from the first direction; a reception part that can receive a message from a first mobile body, the message being directed to a second mobile body and including distribution request area information; an antenna selection part that selects a selection antenna from the first antenna and the second antenna on a basis of setting information, the setting information defining a relationship between a distribution request area indicated in the distribution request area information and an antenna to be selected as the selection antenna; and a transmission part that transmits the message received by the reception part using the selection antenna.