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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2022
Applicant:
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Masato Fujishiro, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/00 (2023.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/54 (2023.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/54 (2023.01); H04W 28/0278 (2013.01); H04W 36/0055 (2013.01); H04W 84/047 (2013.01);
Abstract
A relay control method according to the first aspect is a method used in a mobile communication system in which one or a plurality of relay nodes relay data from user equipment to a base station. The relay control method includes: predicting, by a first lower node, an estimate transmission data amount being an estimate amount of data to be transmitted within a certain period from the first lower node to a first upper node being an upper node of the first lower node; and transmitting, by the first lower node, data amount information indicating the estimate transmission data amount to the first upper node.