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Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 10, 2017
Applicant:

Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Masashi Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Naganori Shirakata, Kanagawa, JP;

Tomoya Urushihara, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04B 7/04 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04W 64/006 (2013.01); H04B 7/043 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wireless communication apparatus including an antenna, which, in operation, changes a beam pattern by using a plurality of antenna elements, a communicator, which, in operation, performs wireless communication with a communication terminal by using the antenna, quality information acquisition circuitry, which, in operation, acquires quality information indicating a communication quality of the wireless communication, movement information acquisition circuitry, which, in operation, acquires movement information indicating movement of a relative position of the communication terminal with respect to the antenna, and beam control circuitry, which, in operation, controls the beam pattern to be changed by the antenna on the basis of the acquired quality information and movement information.


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