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Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2010
Applicants:

Tamami Maruyama, Yokohama, JP;

Tatsuo Furuno, Yokosuka, JP;

Tomoyuki Ohya, Yokohama, JP;

Yasuhiro Oda, Yokosuka, JP;

Ngoc Hao Tran, Shinagawa-ku, JP;

Jiyun Shen, Yokosuka, JP;

Inventors:

Tamami Maruyama, Yokohama, JP;

Tatsuo Furuno, Yokosuka, JP;

Tomoyuki Ohya, Yokohama, JP;

Yasuhiro Oda, Yokosuka, JP;

Ngoc Hao Tran, Shinagawa-ku, JP;

Jiyun Shen, Yokosuka, JP;

Assignee:

NTT DOCOMO, INC., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/00 (2015.01); H04B 17/391 (2015.01); H04B 17/10 (2015.01); H04W 16/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/3912 (2015.01); H04B 17/104 (2015.01); H04W 16/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A propagation path estimation method using an imaging method according to the invention includes a step of, in a case where a reflectarray which causes reflection and scattering in a different direction (θ−η)° from a specular reflection direction θ° exists on a propagation path from a transmission point to a reception point RX of the radio wave, calculating a virtual reception point VRX by rotating the reception point RX about a rotation center point O, and estimating the propagation path by using the virtual reception point VRX.


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