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- the present invention relates to fixed control of the footprint of a service link cell in an airborne communication relay device such as HAPS.
- HAPS high-altitude platform stations
- UE terminal devices
- mMIMO massive MIMO
- mmMIMO is a wireless transmission technology that achieves high-capacity, high-speed communication by transmitting and receiving data using an array antenna with a large number of antenna elements. Since communication can be performed over the entire cell, the communication quality of the entire cell can be improved.
- the synchronization signal (SS) periodically transmitted from the base station to the cell and the notification of the main radio parameters Control-related signals required for cell connection initiation, such as channel (PBCH) signals, need to reach all UEs in the cell.
- PBCH channel
- blocks of SS and PBCH are defined as one unit, and multiple beams (hereinafter referred to as “ (also referred to as “SSB beam”.), while transmitting control-related signals such as SS and PBCH to each UE via the SSB beam (Beam Sweeping) technology is adopted (Non-Patent Document 1, Non-Patent Document 2 reference).
- the posture and position fluctuate due to the effects of air currents and atmospheric pressure in the stratosphere where the communication relay device is located.
- the cell's SSB beam footprint moves and deforms.
- BFR Beam Failure Recovery
- a communication relay device is a flight-staying communication relay device that wirelessly communicates with a terminal device.
- This communication relay device acquires at least one information of an array antenna having a plurality of antenna elements forming a cell of a service link capable of wireless communication with the terminal device, and the position and posture of the communication relay device.
- an information acquisition unit and a base station processing unit that performs baseband processing including processing for applying precoding for frequency domain beamforming to downlink transmission signals transmitted via the array antenna.
- the footprint is fixed based on at least one information of the position and attitude of the communication relay device. Do not execute control.
- the base station processing unit of a downlink radio resource portion other than the radio resource portion for control communication, each of a plurality of terminal devices located in the cell
- precoding for beamforming for dedicated communication in the frequency domain may be performed for each terminal device.
- the radio resource portion for downlink control communication may include a radio resource portion to which a synchronization signal (SS) and a broadcast channel (PBCH) are allocated.
- SS synchronization signal
- PBCH broadcast channel
- the radio resource portion for downlink control communication includes a radio resource portion to which a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is allocated, and an initial transmission from the terminal device to the cell. and a radio resource portion to which a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) before completion of access is allocated.
- PDCH physical downlink control channel
- PDSCH physical downlink shared channel
- a frequency domain beamforming (BF) weight is applied to the transmission signal by limiting the band of the radio resource portion for the control communication.
- Applied digital beamforming control may be performed.
- transmission is performed in the radio resource portion for control communication so that the main beam of the control beam is directed toward a target point set in advance.
- the phase and amplitude of the modulated symbols that are received may be controlled.
- the beamforming (BF) weight may be calculated based on information on the shape of the array antenna and information on the position and orientation of the communication relay device.
- the beamforming (BF) weight is associated with each of a plurality of different sets of positions and attitudes in the predicted moving route of the communication relay device based on the position of the service area. is calculated and stored in advance, and beams corresponding to the position and orientation of the communication relay device acquired by the information acquisition unit are obtained from the stored beam forming (BF) weights corresponding to each of the plurality of sets of positions and orientations. Forming (BF) weights may be selected.
- the baseband processing of the base station processing unit applies postcoding for beamforming in the frequency domain to the received signal received via the array antenna.
- processing wherein the base station processing unit performs uplink communication via a single or a plurality of control beams formed for the cell among uplink radio resources used for the service link
- the position of the footprint corresponding to the control beam is fixed based on at least one of the position and orientation information of the communication relay device acquired by the information acquisition unit.
- a communication relay device is a flight-staying communication relay device that wirelessly communicates with a terminal device.
- This communication relay device acquires at least one information of an array antenna having a plurality of antenna elements forming a cell of a service link capable of wireless communication with the terminal device, and the position and posture of the communication relay device.
- an information acquisition unit and a base station processing unit that performs baseband processing including processing for applying post-coding for frequency domain beamforming to uplink received signals received via the array antenna.
- the base station processing unit performs control communication for performing uplink communication via a single or a plurality of control beams formed for the cell, among uplink radio resources used for the service link.
- the beam in the frequency domain is obtained so as to fix the position of the footprint corresponding to the control beam, based on at least one of the position and attitude information of the communication relay device obtained by the information obtaining unit.
- Performing footprint fixing control that performs postcoding for forming, and for an uplink radio resource portion other than the radio resource portion for control communication is based on at least one of position and attitude information of the communication relay device. Do not perform footprint fixation control.
- the base station processing unit performs an uplink resource part other than the radio resource part for the control communication.
- the radio resource portion of the link for the radio resource portion for individual communication that performs uplink communication via individual beams with each of a plurality of terminal devices located in the cell, the frequency for each terminal device Post-coding for beamforming for individual communication of the region may be performed.
- the radio resource portion for the uplink control communication is a physical random access channel ( PRACH) may be included in the radio resource portion to which the PRACH) is allocated.
- PRACH physical random access channel
- the radio resource portion for uplink control communication is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is allocated, and a radio resource part is allocated a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) before completion of initial access from the terminal device to the cell.
- PUCCH physical uplink control channel
- PUSCH physical uplink shared channel
- the bandwidth of the radio resource portion for the control communication is Limited digital beamforming control may be performed to apply beamforming (BF) weights in the frequency domain to the received signal.
- BF beamforming
- the footprint fixation control is performed with respect to a preset target point.
- the phase and amplitude of modulation symbols received in the radio resource portion for control communication may be controlled so that the main beam of the beam for control communication is directed.
- the beamforming (BF) weight includes information on the shape of the array antenna, It may be calculated based on information on the position and attitude of the communication relay device.
- mutual The beamforming (BF) weights are pre-calculated and stored in association with each of a plurality of different sets of positions and orientations, and from the beamforming (BF) weights corresponding to each of the stored plurality of sets of positions and orientations. , a beamforming (BF) weight corresponding to the position and attitude of the communication relay device acquired by the information acquisition unit may be selected.
- the foot of the control beam that uses the specific radio resource portion allocated to the control channel within the cell that constitutes the service area are suppressed, an increase in control signals and disconnection of communication with the terminal device in the cell can be suppressed, and the circuit scale and power consumption of the base station processing section can be reduced.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a communication system including HAPS according to an embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of HAPS of the embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is a side view showing another example of HAPS of the embodiment.
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an example of an array antenna for a HAPS service link according to the embodiment.
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another example of the HAPS service link array antenna of the embodiment.
- FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of beamforming in massive MIMO using an HAPS array antenna.
- FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a plurality of SSB beams formed in a HAPS service link cell according to the embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of switching of the plurality of SSB beams in FIG. 7 on the time axis.
- FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of arrangement of physical channels associated with SSB beams in downlink radio resources.
- FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of arrangement of physical channels associated with SSB beams in uplink radio resources.
- FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a state before yaw rotation of the HAPS according to the embodiment;
- FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a change in the footprint of the SSB beam due to the yaw rotation of the HAPS according to the comparative reference example.
- FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a state of the HAPS before roll rotation according to the embodiment.
- FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a change in the footprint of the SSB beam due to roll rotation of the HAPS according to the comparative reference example.
- FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of switching on the time axis between SSB beam-related channels targeted for footprint fixation control and shared channels after initial access of each UE not targeted for footprint fixation control in the HAPS of the embodiment.
- FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the effect of footprint fixing control of the SSB beam during yaw rotation of the HAPS of the embodiment.
- FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the effect of footprint fixing control of the SSB beam during roll rotation of the HAPS of the embodiment.
- FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing definitions of azimuth and elevation angles in a coordinate system based on the position of HAPS.
- FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing an example of the main configuration of the HAPS relay communication station of the embodiment.
- 20 is a block diagram showing an example of the main configuration of a downlink (DL) transmission section in the base station processing section of the relay communication station of FIG. 19.
- FIG. 21 is a block diagram showing an example of the main configuration of an uplink (UL) reception section in the base station processing section of the relay communication station of FIG. 19.
- FIG. DL downlink
- UL uplink
- the system according to the embodiments described in this document forms a cell on the ground or on the sea, and performs massive MIMO (hereinafter also referred to as "mMIMO") with a plurality of terminal devices (UE) residing in the cell.
- mMIMO massive MIMO
- Specific radio resources allocated to SSB including control channels within cells that make up the service area
- the movement and deformation of the footprint of the SSB beam (control beam) that is partially used is suppressed, it is possible to suppress the increase in control signals and the disconnection of communication with the UE in the cell, and the circuit scale of the base station processing unit and a communication system (HAPS system) capable of reducing power consumption.
- the communication system according to the present embodiment is suitable for realizing a three-dimensional network for next-generation mobile communication such as the fifth generation that supports simultaneous connection to a large number of terminal devices and low delay.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a communication system including a HAPS (aerial communication relay device) according to the embodiment.
- the communication system of the present embodiment (hereinafter also referred to as "HAPS system”) includes a high altitude platform station (HAPS) as a communication relay device (radio relay device) that stays in the sky, (“high altitude pseudo satellite ”, also referred to as “stratospheric platform”) 10 .
- HAPS 10 is located in an airspace at a predetermined altitude and forms a three-dimensional cell 100C.
- HAPS 10 is a floating body (for example, solar plane, airship, drone, balloon) that is controlled to float or fly in an airspace (floating airspace) at a predetermined altitude from the ground or sea surface by autonomous control or external control. is equipped with a relay communication station.
- the airborne communication relay device may be one in which a relay communication station is mounted on an artificial satellite.
- the communication system of this embodiment may include one or more terminal devices with which the HAPS 10 communicates, and may include a gateway station (feeder station) described later.
- the airspace in which HAPS 10 is located is, for example, a stratospheric airspace with an altitude of 11 [km] or more and 50 [km] or less above the ground (or above water such as the sea or lake).
- This airspace may be an airspace at an altitude of 15 [km] or more and 25 [km] or less in which weather conditions are relatively stable, and may be an airspace at an altitude of approximately 20 [km].
- HAPS is lower than the flight altitude of general artificial satellites and flies higher than base stations on the ground or on the sea, so it is possible to secure a high visibility rate even though the propagation loss is smaller than satellite communication. From this feature, it is also possible to provide communication services from HAPS to a terminal device (mobile station) 61, which is a user device such as a cellular mobile terminal on the ground or on the sea. By providing communication services from HAPS, it is possible to cover a wide area with a small number of HAPS at once, which was previously covered by a large number of base stations on the ground or on the sea. be.
- the relay communication station of HAPS 10 can wirelessly communicate with UE 61 by forming a beam toward the ground (or sea surface) for wirelessly communicating with a user's terminal device (hereinafter referred to as "UE" (user device)). form a three-dimensional cell 100C.
- the radius of the service area 10A consisting of the footprint 100F on the ground (or sea) of the three-dimensional cell 100C is, for example, several tens [km] to 100 [km].
- the relay communication station of HAPS 10 forms a plurality of three-dimensional cells (for example, three cells or seven cells), and from a plurality of footprints on the ground (or sea) of the plurality of three-dimensional cells A different service area 10A may be formed.
- the relay communication station of the HAPS 10 is, for example, a gateway station (also referred to as a "feeder station") 70 as a relay station connected to the core network of the mobile communication network 80 on the land (or sea) side and having an antenna 71 facing the sky.
- a base station eg, eNodeB, gNodeB
- the relay communication stations of HAPS 10 are connected to the core network of mobile communication network 80 via feeder stations 70 installed on land or at sea. Communication between the HAPS 10 and the feeder station 70 may be performed by wireless communication using radio waves such as microwaves, or may be performed by optical communication using laser light or the like.
- the HAPS 10 may autonomously control its own levitation movement (flight) and processing at the relay communication station by executing a control program by a control unit composed of a computer or the like incorporated therein.
- each HAPS 10 acquires its own current position information (eg, GPS position information), pre-stored position control information (eg, flight schedule information), position information of other HAPS located in the vicinity, etc., and such information Based on this, floating movement (flight) and processing at the relay communication station may be autonomously controlled.
- floating movement (flight) of the HAPS 10 and processing at the relay communication station can be controlled by a management device (also referred to as a "remote control device") as a management device provided in a communication center of the mobile communication network 80 or the like.
- the management device can be composed of, for example, a computer device such as a PC, a server, or the like.
- the HAPS 10 incorporates a control communication terminal device (for example, a mobile communication module) so that it can receive control information from the management device and transmit various information such as monitoring information to the management device.
- Terminal identification information for example, IP address, telephone number, etc.
- the MAC address of the communication interface may be used to identify the control communication terminal device.
- the HAPS 10 sends monitoring information such as information on floating movement (flight) of itself or surrounding HAPS, processing at the relay communication station, information on the state of the HAPS 10, observation data obtained by various sensors, etc. to a management device or the like. You may make it transmit to a predetermined transmission destination.
- the control information may include HAPS target flight route information.
- the monitoring information includes at least one of current position of HAPS 10, flight route history information, airspeed, ground speed and direction of propulsion, wind speed and direction of airflow around HAPS 10, and air pressure and temperature around HAPS 10. It's okay.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of HAPS 10 used in the communication system of the embodiment.
- the HAPS 10 in FIG. 2 is a solar plane type HAPS, and includes a main wing portion 101 having both longitudinal end portions curved upward, and a plurality of propulsion devices as a bus power system propulsion device at one end portion of the main wing portion 101 in the short side direction. and a motor-driven propeller 103 .
- a photovoltaic power generation panel (hereinafter referred to as “solar panel”) 102 is provided on the upper surface of the main wing portion 101 as a photovoltaic power generation portion having a photovoltaic power generation function.
- pods 105 serving as a plurality of equipment housing sections for housing mission equipment are connected via plate-shaped connecting sections 104 to two locations in the longitudinal direction of the lower surface of the main wing section 101 .
- a relay communication station 110 as a mission device and a battery 106 are accommodated inside each pod 105. Wheels 107 are provided on the underside of each pod 105 for use during takeoff and landing.
- the power generated by the solar panel 102 is stored in the battery 106, the power supplied from the battery 106 rotates the motor of the propeller 103, and the relay communication station 110 performs wireless relay processing.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another example of HAPS 10 used in the communication system of the embodiment.
- the HAPS 10 shown in FIG. 3 is an unmanned airship type HAPS, and since it has a large payload, it can be equipped with a large-capacity battery.
- the HAPS 10 comprises an airship body 201 filled with a gas such as helium gas for floating by buoyancy, a motor-driven propeller 202 as a propulsion device for a bus power system, and an equipment housing section 203 for housing mission equipment.
- the relay communication station 110 and the battery 204 are accommodated inside the device accommodation unit 203 .
- the electric power supplied from the battery 204 drives the motor of the propeller 202 to rotate, and the relay communication station 110 performs wireless relay processing.
- a solar panel having a photovoltaic power generation function may be provided on the upper surface of the airship body 201 , and the power generated by the solar panel may be stored in the battery 204 .
- the airborne communication relay device that wirelessly communicates with the UE 61 is either the solar plane type HAPS 10 or the unmanned airship type HAPS 20 shown in FIG.
- the unmanned airship type HAPS 10 shown in FIG. 3 may be used as the airborne communication relay device.
- the following embodiments can be similarly applied to other airborne communication relay devices other than the HAPS 10 .
- the links FL(F) and FL(R) between the HAPS 10 and fixed base stations via gateway stations (hereinafter abbreviated as "GW stations") 70 as feeder stations are called “feeder links”. and UE 61 is called a "service link”.
- a section between the HAPS 10 and the GW station 70 is called a “feeder link radio section”.
- the downlink of communication from GW station 70 to UE61 via HAPS10 is called “forward link" FL(F)
- the uplink of communication from UE61 to GW station 70 via HAPS10 is called "reverse link”. Also called FL(R).
- the uplink and downlink duplexing schemes for radio communication with the UE 61 via the relay communication station 110 are not limited to a specific scheme, and may be, for example, a Time Division Duplex (TDD) scheme, A frequency division duplex (FDD) system may also be used.
- the access method for wireless communication with the UE 61 via the relay communication station 110 is not limited to a specific method, for example, FDMA (Frequency Division Multiple Access) method, TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) method, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) or OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access).
- the wireless communication of the service link of this embodiment has functions such as diversity coding, transmission beamforming, spatial division multiplexing (SDM: Spatial Division Multiplexing), and uses a multi-element array antenna to generate a plurality of A massive MIMO (Multi-Input Multi-Output) transmission system is used in which beamforming transmission is performed simultaneously for each of the UEs 61 .
- SDM Spatial Division Multiplexing
- a massive MIMO (Multi-Input Multi-Output) transmission system is used in which beamforming transmission is performed simultaneously for each of the UEs 61 .
- each UE61 can direct an appropriate beam for communication according to the communication environment of each UE61, so that the communication quality of the entire cell can be improved.
- FIGS. 4 and 5 are perspective views each showing an example of an array antenna 130 composed of multiple elements that can be used for the mMIMO transmission system in the HAPS 10 of this embodiment.
- the array antenna 130 of FIG. 4 has a flat antenna substrate, and along the flat antenna surface of the antenna substrate, a large number of antenna elements 130a such as patch antennas are arranged two-dimensionally in axial directions perpendicular to each other. It is a planar array antenna with
- the array antenna 130 of FIG. 5 has a cylindrical or columnar antenna base, and a large number of patch antennas or the like are arranged along the axial direction and the circumferential direction of the circumferential side surface as the first antenna surface of the antenna base. It is a cylindrical array antenna in which antenna elements 130a are arranged. In the array antenna 130 of FIG. 5, as illustrated, antenna elements 130a such as a plurality of patch antennas may be arranged in a circular shape along the bottom surface as the second antenna surface. Further, the antenna base in FIG. 5 may be a polygonal tubular or polygonal cylindrical antenna base.
- FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of beamforming in the mmMIMO transmission system using the array antenna 130 of the HAPS 10.
- FIG. 6 In service link SL between array antenna 130 of HAPS 10 and service area 10A (footprint 100F of cell 100C) in FIG. Communication quality can be improved by performing beamforming in which appropriate beams 100B are individually directed for communication.
- FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a plurality of SSB beams 100B(1) to 100B(3) formed in the cell 100C of the service link of the HAPS 10 of this embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of switching of the plurality of SSB beams 100B(1) to 100B(3) in FIG. 7 on the time axis.
- the synchronization signal (SS) periodically transmitted from the HAPS 10 to the cell 100C and the broadcast channel for notifying the main radio parameters (PBCH) and other control-related signals required for cell connection initiation need to reach all UEs 61 within the cell 100C. Therefore, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS.
- an SSB which is a unit of blocks of SS and PBCH in radio resources, is defined as one unit, and a plurality of area portions (hereinafter referred to as " While switching between SSB beams 100B(1) to 100B(3) as a plurality of different control beams for each SSB area, control-related signals related to radio communication control such as SS and PBCH are transmitted to each UE 61. is doing.
- FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of arrangement of physical channels (SSB beam-related channels) related to SSB beams 100B(1) to 100B(3) in downlink radio resources.
- SSB beam-related channels physical channels
- PBCH physical physical downlink control channel
- PDSCH physical downlink shared channel
- FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of arrangement of physical channels (SSB beam-related channels) related to SSB beams 100B(1) to 100B(3) in uplink radio resources.
- SSB beam-related channels physical channels assigned to uplink resource blocks defined as units of 1 ms slots and 15 kHz subcarriers
- PUCCH Physical uplink control channel
- PUSCH physical uplink shared channel
- the resource blocks (RBs) allocated to these SSB beam related channels are the radio resource portion for uplink control communication.
- Another PUSCH (physical uplink shared channel) after completion of initial access is a physical channel to which a UE-specific beam is applied, which is used for uplink communication of the mmMIMO transmission scheme.
- the HAPS 10 which transmits control-related signals such as SS and PBCH via the SSB beams 100B(1) to 100B(3), changes its attitude due to the effects of air currents and air pressure in the stratosphere where the HAPS 10 is located. or position changes. Therefore, the footprint corresponding to each SSB beam of the cell 100C formed on the ground (or on the sea) by the HAPS 10 moves and deforms, which may cause an increase in control signals and disconnection of communication as described below.
- FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the state of the HAPS 10 of the embodiment before yaw rotation.
- three SSB beams 100B(1) to 100B(3) are formed in different directions with respect to a single cell. ) to 100B(3) are located.
- FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of changes in the footprint of the SSB beam due to the yaw rotation of the HAPS 10 according to the comparative reference example.
- the HAPS 10 exemplified in FIG. 11 yaw rotates by an angle ⁇ yaw in the left rotation direction in the drawing
- the SSB beams 100B(1) to 100B(3) also rotate by the same angle ⁇ yaw as shown in FIG.
- Footprints 100F′(1) to 100F′(3) corresponding to 1) to 100B(3) are also rotated by an angle ⁇ yaw and shifted in position. It is assumed that many UEs 61 located within the areas 100X(1) to 100X(3) where the SSB beams to be received have changed due to this footprint shift perform the above-described BFR-based connection recovery operation, and BFR-controlled Signal may increase.
- FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the state of the HAPS 10 of the embodiment before roll rotation.
- three SSB beams 100B (1) to 100B (3) are formed in different directions for a single cell, and the SSB beam 100B (1 ) to 100B(3) are located. Note that in FIG. 13, the footprints 100F(1) to 100F(3) are shown side by side in the drawing for convenience of explanation.
- FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of changes in the footprint of the SSB beam due to roll rotation of the HAPS 10 according to the comparative reference example.
- the SSB beams 100B(1) to 100B(3) also rotate by the same angle ⁇ roll as shown in FIG. Footprints 100F'(1) to 100F'(3) corresponding to 1) to 100B(3) are shifted to the right in the figure, and their sizes also change.
- many UEs 61 located in areas 100X(2) and 100X(3) where the SSB beams to be received have changed due to the shift and size change of the footprints perform the above-described BFR connection restoration operation. There is a risk that the control signal by BFR will increase.
- an area 100X(1) outside the footprint 100F'(1) corresponding to the SSB beam 100B(1) is outside the service area. communication with is cut off.
- the circuit in the base station processing unit 119 of the HAPS 10 Scale and power consumption may increase.
- FIG. 15 shows SSB beam-related channels (for example, SSB, PDCCH and PDSCH before completion of initial access) targeted for footprint fixation control in HAPS 10 of this embodiment, and after initial access of each UE 61 not targeted for footprint fixation control
- FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of switching of a shared channel (for example, PDSCH after completion of initial access) on the time axis; As shown in FIG.
- radio resource portions (RBs) of other shared channels such as PDSCH after completion of initial access, which are transmitted to each UE 61 in the cell 100C via the UE individual beam in the downlink
- the control of the UE individual beam is foot. Since it also serves as print fixation control, footprint fixation control based on the information on the movement and attitude change of the HAPS 10 is not executed.
- radio resource portions (RBs) of other shared channels such as PUSCH after initial access completion received from each UE 61 in the cell 100C via the UE individual beam in the uplink, control of the UE individual beam is performed. Since the footprint fixing control is also performed, the footprint fixing control based on the information on the movement and attitude change of the HAPS 10 is not executed.
- the base station processing unit 119 executes the footprint fixing control based on the movement and attitude change information of the HAPS 10 .
- Footprint fixing control at the time of downlink transmission is, for example, digital beam forming weights for transmission (hereinafter referred to as "BF weights") for transmission signals in the frequency domain transmitted via the array antenna 130. It is forming control.
- the footprint fixing control at the time of uplink reception is, for example, digital beamforming control that applies BF weights for SSB beam reception to received signals in the frequency domain received via the array antenna 130 .
- Footprint fixed control for each of the plurality of SSB beams 100B(1) to 100B(3) needs to be performed for both downlink and uplink.
- the SSB beam 100B is associated so that the main beam of the SSB beam 100B at the time of transmission is directed toward each of three preset target points of the ground (or sea) cell 100C.
- BF weights are applied to modulation symbols transmitted in radio resources (RBs) of SSB beam-related channels that transmit SS, PBCH, PDSCH before completion of initial access, etc., and the phase and amplitude of the modulation symbols are controlled.
- the SSB beam 100B is associated with the main beam of the SSB beam 100B so that the main beam of the SSB beam 100B at the time of reception is directed to each of the three target points of the cell 100C on the ground (or sea) set in advance.
- BF weights are applied to modulation symbols received on radio resources (RBs) of SSB beam-related channels such as PRACH, PDSCH after completion of initial access, etc. to control the phase and amplitude of the modulated signal.
- the BF weight is calculated based on antenna information about the shape of the array antenna 130 and the arrangement of the antenna elements 130a, and HAPS body information of at least one of the position and orientation of the HAPS 10.
- the HAPS main body information used to calculate the BF weight may be only the position information of the HAPS 10, may be only the posture information of the HAPS 10, or may be both the position and posture information of the HAPS 10. good.
- the position information of the HAPS 10 may be the absolute position (eg, latitude, longitude and altitude) of the HAPS 10, or relative position information with respect to the target point of the target service area.
- the attitude information of the HAPS 10 includes, for example, the yaw rotation angle (the rotation angle of the aircraft about the vertical axis), the roll rotation angle (the rotation angle of the aircraft about the traveling direction axis), and the pitch rotation angle with respect to the reference attitude of the HAPS 10. (rotational angle of the airframe about a horizontal axis perpendicular to the traveling direction).
- the positions of footprints 100F(1)-100F(3) of SSB beams 100B(1)-100B(3) are fixed and maintained even when HAPS 10 rotates in yaw. Therefore, it is possible to suppress an increase in the control signal due to the aforementioned BFR caused by the yaw rotation of the HAPS 10 .
- FIG. 17 even if the HAPS 10 rolls, the positions of the footprints 100F(1) to 100F(3) of the SSB beams 100B(1) to 100B(3) are fixed and maintained. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the increase in the control signal due to the aforementioned BFR caused by the roll rotation of the HAPS 10, and the disconnection of communication with the HAPS 10 does not occur.
- the radio resource portion (RB) of other shared channels such as the PDSCH after the completion of the initial access transmitted to each UE 61 in the cell 100C via the UE dedicated beam is described above. Footprint fixation control based on the movement and attitude change information of HAPS 10 is not executed.
- the radio resource portion (RB) of other shared channels such as PUSCH received from each UE 61 in the cell 100C via the UE individual beam after the completion of the initial access, the information on the movement and attitude change of the HAPS 10 Based footprint fixation control is not executed. Therefore, unlike the case where footprint fixing control is performed for the entire band of the cell 100C, it is possible to suppress an increase in circuit size and power consumption in the base station processing unit 119 of the HAPS 10.
- FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing definitions of the azimuth angle ⁇ and the elevation angle ⁇ in the coordinate system based on the position of the HAPS 10.
- FIG. 18 In order to perform control such that the main beam of the control beam is directed in the direction of the azimuth angle ⁇ and the elevation angle ⁇ corresponding to the target point set in advance, the BF weight for transmission and the BF weight for reception are set to , for example, may be calculated as described in the following publication (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2020-036070 (application number: Japanese Patent Application No. 2018-158192)).
- the BF weight may be calculated and used at the timing of executing the footprint fixation control of the SSB beam based on the information on the movement and attitude change of the HAPS 10, or may be calculated in advance for a plurality of positions and attitudes of the HAPS 10. You can leave it.
- BF weights are pre-calculated and stored in association with each of a plurality of different sets of positions and orientations in the predicted movement route of HAPS 10 based on the position of the service area, and the stored plurality of sets of positions and attitudes are associated with each other.
- a BF weight corresponding to the current position and orientation of the HAPS 10 acquired by the position/orientation information acquisition unit 120 may be selected from a plurality of BF weights corresponding to each orientation.
- FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing an example of the main configuration of the relay communication station 110 of the HAPS 10 of this embodiment.
- the relay communication station 110 in FIG. 19 is an example of a base station type relay communication station.
- the relay communication station 110 includes a service link antenna section 111, a transmission/reception section 112, a feeder link antenna section 113, a transmission/reception section 114, a monitor control section 116, a power supply section 117, a modem section 118, and a base station. It includes a processing unit 119 and a position/orientation information acquisition unit 120 .
- the service link antenna unit 111 has an array antenna that forms a radial beam toward the ground (or sea), and forms a three-dimensional cell 100C that can communicate with the UE61.
- the transmitting/receiving unit 112 constitutes a first wireless communication unit together with the service link antenna unit 111, has a duplexer (DUP: DUPplexer), an amplifier, etc. A radio signal is transmitted to the UE 61 located in the area and a radio signal is received from the UE 61 .
- DUP DUPplexer
- the service link antenna unit 111 and the transmitting/receiving unit 112 also function as an uplink (UL) receiving unit that receives an uplink signal capable of identifying the UE61 from each of the plurality of UE61 via the array antenna 130.
- UL uplink
- the feeder link antenna unit 113 has a directional antenna for wireless communication with the ground (or sea) feeder station 70 .
- the transmitting/receiving unit 114 constitutes a second wireless communication unit together with the feeder link antenna unit 113, has a duplexer (DUP: DUPlexer), an amplifier, etc., and transmits signals to the feeder station 70 via the feeder link antenna unit 113. It transmits radio signals and receives radio signals from feeder stations 70 .
- DUP DUPlexer
- the monitoring control unit 116 is composed of, for example, a CPU and a memory, and monitors the operation processing status of each unit in the HAPS 10 and controls each unit by executing a preinstalled program. In particular, the monitoring control unit 116 executes the control program to control the motor driving unit 141 that drives the propellers 103 and 202 to move the HAPS 10 to the target position and to keep it near the target position. do.
- the power supply unit 117 supplies power output from the batteries 106 and 204 to each unit within the HAPS 10 .
- the power supply unit 117 may have a function of storing electric power generated by a photovoltaic panel or the like or electric power supplied from the outside in the batteries 106 and 204 .
- the modem unit 118 executes demodulation processing and decoding processing on the received signal received from the feeder station 70 via the feeder link antenna unit 113 and the transmission/reception unit 114, and outputs data to the base station processing unit 119 side. Generate a signal. Also, the modem unit 118 performs encoding processing and modulation processing on the data signal received from the base station processing unit 119 side, and transmits the data signal to the feeder station 70 via the feeder link antenna unit 113 and the transmission/reception unit 114 . Generate a transmit signal.
- the base station processing unit 119 has, for example, a function (for example, e-NodeB, g- functions such as NodeB).
- the base station processing unit 119 executes demodulation processing and decoding processing on the received signal received from the UE 61 located in the three-dimensional cell 100C via the service link antenna unit 111 and the transmission/reception unit 112, A data signal to be output to the 118 side is generated. Also, the base station processing unit 119 performs encoding processing and modulation processing on the data signal received from the modem unit 118 side, and transmits the data signal to the UE 61 of the three-dimensional cell 100C via the service link antenna unit 111 and the transmission/reception unit 112. generates a baseband signal (IQ signal) to be transmitted to the
- IQ signal baseband signal
- the base station processing unit 119 performs footprint-fixing control (digital beamforming control in the frequency domain) for the aforementioned SSB beams 100B(1) to 100B(3) for both downlink and uplink.
- the baseband processing in the base station processing unit 119 is a radio resource portion for individual communication (for example, It includes a process of applying precoding for beamforming for dedicated communication in the frequency domain for each UE 61 (RB to which the PDSCH is allocated after completion of initial access).
- the baseband processing in the base station processing unit 119 is a radio resource portion for individual communication (for example, It includes a process of applying post-coding (also referred to as “decoding”) for beamforming for dedicated communication in the frequency domain for each UE 61 (RB to which PUSCH is allocated after completion of initial access).
- post-coding also referred to as “decoding”
- the position/posture information acquisition unit 120 acquires position information, posture information, or both information of the HAPS 10 .
- the position/orientation information acquisition unit 120 of the present embodiment acquires information on both the position and orientation of the HAPS 10 based on the outputs of the GPS receiver, gyro sensor, acceleration sensor, etc. incorporated in the HAPS 10 .
- FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing an example of the main configuration of the downlink (DL) transmission section 1190 in the base station processing section 119 of the relay communication station 110 of FIG. It should be noted that FIG. 20 shows only the main components related to the present embodiment, and the illustration of other components necessary for communication with the UE 61 is omitted.
- DL downlink
- a downlink (DL) transmission section 1190 includes a first precoding section 1191, a second precoding section 1192, and a plurality of frequency/time conversion sections 1193.
- a first precoding unit (hereinafter referred to as “SSB precoding unit”) 1191 performs precoding processing for beamforming with footprint-fixed control for SSB beams 100B(1) to 100B(3) in cell 100. I do.
- transmission symbols SSB1, SSB2, and SSB3 of SSB beam-related channels such as SS, PBCH, and PDSCH before completion of initial access which are transmitted to each SSB area via each of the SSB beams 100B(1) to 100B(3), are:
- the RBs are assigned to predetermined RBs to be controlled for footprint fixation and sequentially input to the SSB precoding section 1191 .
- SSB precoding section 1191 multiplies the transmission symbol by the BF weight to which the footprint fixing control is applied and which corresponds to the SSB area in which the transmission symbol is transmitted. By doing so, IQ signals in a plurality of frequency domains for the plurality of antenna elements 130a of the array antenna 130 are generated. Each of the plurality of frequency-domain IQ signals is OFDM-modulated (sub-carrier modulated) using a sub-carrier corresponding to the predetermined RB, and then input to the corresponding frequency/time conversion section 1193 .
- a second precoding unit (hereinafter referred to as "UE precoding unit") 1192 performs precoding processing for directing UE individual beams to each of the UEs 61 in the cell 100 .
- the transmission symbols for a plurality of UEs of physical channels other than SSB beam-related channels (for example, PDSCH before completion of initial access) transmitted to a plurality of UEs 61 are predetermined RBs (UE-specific RB), and input to UE precoding section 1192 in parallel.
- UE precoding section 1192 multiplies the transmission symbols addressed to the plurality of UEs by the BF weight for each UE to which the footprint fixing control is not applied.
- the BF weight for each UE can be calculated based on CSI (channel state information) received from UE61, for example.
- Each of the plurality of frequency-domain IQ signals is OFDM-modulated (sub-carrier modulated) using a sub-carrier corresponding to the predetermined RB, and then input to the corresponding frequency/time conversion section 1193 .
- a plurality of frequency/time converters 1193 are provided so as to correspond to each of the plurality of antenna elements 130 a of the array antenna 130 .
- a plurality of frequency/time transforming units 1193 each perform, for example, IFFT (Inverse Fast Fourier Transform) to generate a plurality of antenna elements 130a corresponding to the plurality of antenna elements 130a output from the first precoding unit 1191 and the second precoding unit 1192.
- IFFT Inverse Fast Fourier Transform
- a frequency domain IQ (in-phase-quadrature) signal is transformed into a plurality of time domain IQ signals.
- the time-domain IQ signal output from each frequency/time conversion unit 1193 is supplied to the transmission/reception unit 112 (see FIG. 19).
- FIG. 21 is a block diagram showing an example of the main configuration of the uplink (UL) receiving section 1195 in the base station processing section 119 of the relay communication station 110 of FIG. It should be noted that FIG. 21 shows only the main components related to the present embodiment, and the illustration of other components necessary for communication with the UE 61 is omitted.
- an uplink (DL) receiving section 1195 includes a plurality of frequency/time converting sections 1196, a first postcoding section 1197, and a second postcoding section 1198.
- a plurality of frequency/time converters 1196 are provided so as to correspond to each of the plurality of antenna elements 130 a of the array antenna 130 .
- Each of the plurality of frequency/time conversion units 1196 converts a plurality of time-domain received signals received by the plurality of antenna elements 130a and output from the transmission/reception unit 112 (see FIG. 19), for example, by FFT (Fast Fourier Transform), Transform into multiple frequency domain IQ (in-phase-quadrature) signals.
- FFT Fast Fourier Transform
- Transform Transform into multiple frequency domain IQ (in-phase-quadrature) signals.
- a plurality of frequency-domain IQ signals output from a plurality of frequency/time conversion units 1196 are subjected to OFDM demodulation processing, and then supplied to each of the first post-coding unit 1197 and the second post-coding unit 1198. be done.
- a first post-coding unit (hereinafter referred to as “SSB post-coding unit”) 1197 performs post-coding processing for beamforming with footprint-fixed control for SSB beams 100B(1) to 100B(3) in cell 100. I do. For example, a plurality of frequency-domain received signals (IQ signals) input from a plurality of frequency/time converters 1196 to an SSB postcoding unit 1197 are respectively transmitted through SSB beams 100B(1) to 100B(3). It contains signals of received symbols of SSB beam related channels such as PRACH, PUCCH, and PUSCH before completion of initial access received from the area.
- SSB post-coding unit performs post-coding processing for beamforming with footprint-fixed control for SSB beams 100B(1) to 100B(3) in cell 100. I do.
- a plurality of frequency-domain received signals (IQ signals) input from a plurality of frequency/time converters 1196 to an SSB postcoding unit 1197 are respectively transmitted through SSB beams 100B(1) to 100B(3). It contains
- the SSB postcoding unit 1197 sequentially multiplies the received signal by the BF weight to which the footprint fixation control is applied corresponding to each SSB area, thereby obtaining the PRACH assigned to the predetermined RB subject to the footprint fixation control.
- PUCCH, PUSCH before completion of initial access, etc. are separated and output.
- a second postcoding unit (hereinafter referred to as a "UE postcoding unit") 1198 performs postcoding processing for directing UE individual beams to each of the UEs 61 in the cell 100.
- a plurality of frequency-domain received signals (IQ signals) input from a plurality of frequency/time converters 1196 to the UE postcoding unit 1198 are received symbols ( For example, it includes a signal of PUSCH reception symbol after completion of initial access).
- UE postcoding section 1198 separates and outputs the received symbols from each UE 61 by multiplying the received signal by the BF weight for each UE to which the footprint fixing control is not applied.
- the SSB beam (control beam) in which the specific radio resource portion allocated to the control channel or the like in the cell 100C constituting the service area is used.
- the movement and deformation of the footprints of 100B(1) to 100B(3) can be suppressed, and the increase in control signals and communication disconnection due to BFR between the UE 61 in the cell 100C can be suppressed, and the base station processing unit 119 Reduction in circuit scale and power consumption can be achieved.
- the footprint fixing control of the SSB beams 100B(1) to 100B(3) in the above embodiment may be performed by the HAPS 10 autonomously making decisions, or may be controlled by an external device such as a remote control device or a server. May be done by order. Further, the footprint fixing control of the SSB beams 100B(1) to 100B(3) may be periodically performed at predetermined time intervals, or when the moving distance or posture change of the HAPS 10 becomes larger than predetermined. you can go
- the number of SSB beams in the above embodiments may be 1, 2, or 4 or more.
- the present invention can be applied regardless of the number of UEs (number of users) per radio resource (time/frequency resource).
- the present invention provides single-user transmission (for example, SU-MIMO transmission) in which a single UE uses a specific radio resource (time/frequency resource), and a specific radio resource (time/frequency resource) is applicable in both multi-user transmissions (eg, MU-MIMO transmissions) where multiple UEs utilize.
- processing steps described in this specification and relay communication stations of communication relay devices such as HAPS 10, feeder stations, gateway stations, management devices, monitoring devices, remote control devices, servers, terminal devices (user devices, mobile stations, Communication terminals), base stations and base station equipment components can be implemented by various means.
- these processes and components may be implemented in hardware, firmware, software, or any combination thereof.
- entities for example, relay communication stations, feeder stations, gateway stations, base stations, base station equipment, relay communication station equipment, terminal equipment (user equipment, mobile stations, communication terminals), management equipment, monitoring equipment , a remote control device, a server, a hard disk drive or an optical disk drive
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- DSP Digital Signal Processor
- DSPD Digital Signal Processor
- PLD Programmable Logic Device
- FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
- Processor Controller
- Microcontroller Microprocessor
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- means such as processing units used to implement said components may be programs (e.g. procedures, functions, modules, instructions) that perform the functions described herein. , etc.).
- any computer/processor readable medium tangibly embodying firmware and/or software code means such as a processing unit, used to implement the steps and components described herein. may be used to implement
- firmware and/or software code may be stored in memory and executed by a computer or processor, such as in a controller.
- the memory may be implemented within the computer or processor, or external to the processor.
- the firmware and/or software code may also be, for example, random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM), programmable read only memory (PROM), electrically erasable PROM (EEPROM). ), flash memory, floppy disk, compact disk (CD), digital versatile disk (DVD), magnetic or optical data storage devices, etc. good.
- the code may be executed by one or more computers or processors and may cause the computers or processors to perform certain aspects of the functionality described herein.
- the medium may be a non-temporary recording medium.
- the code of the program is not limited to a specific format as long as it can be read and executed by a computer, processor, or other device or machine.
- the program code may be source code, object code, or binary code, or may be a mixture of two or more of these codes.
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本書に記載された実施形態に係るシステムは、地上又は海上に向けてセルを形成し、セルに在圏する複数の端末装置(UE)との間でmassive MIMO(以下「mMIMO」ともいう。)の無線通信を行う上空滞在型の通信中継装置(HAPS)を備え、機体の移動及び姿勢変化があっても、サービスエリアを構成するセル内で制御チャネルを含むSSBなどに割り当てられる特定の無線リソース部分が用いられるSSBビーム(制御用ビーム)のフットプリントの移動及び変形が抑制され、セル内のUEとの間の制御信号の増加及び通信の断絶を抑制できるとともに、基地局処理部の回路規模及び消費電力の低減を図ることができる通信システム(HAPSシステム)である。本実施形態に係る通信システムは、多数の端末装置への同時接続や低遅延化などに対応する第5世代等の次世代の移動通信の3次元化ネットワークの実現に適する。
図2のHAPS10は、ソーラープレーンタイプのHAPSであり、長手方向の両端部側が上方に反った主翼部101と、主翼部101の短手方向の一端縁部にバス動力系の推進装置としての複数のモータ駆動のプロペラ103とを備える。主翼部101の上面には、太陽光発電機能を有する太陽光発電部としての太陽光発電パネル(以下「ソーラーパネル」という。)102が設けられている。また、主翼部101の下面の長手方向の2箇所には、板状の連結部104を介して、ミッション機器が収容される複数の機器収容部としてのポッド105が連結されている。各ポッド105の内部には、ミッション機器としての中継通信局110と、バッテリー106とが収容されている。また、各ポッド105の下面側には離発着時に使用される車輪107が設けられている。ソーラーパネル102で発電された電力はバッテリー106に蓄電され、バッテリー106から供給される電力により、プロペラ103のモータが回転駆動され、中継通信局110による無線中継処理が実行される。
10A :サービスエリア
70 :GW局(フィーダ局)
71 :アンテナ
80 :移動通信網
100B(1)~100B(3) :SSBビーム
100C :セル
100F(1)~100F(3) :SSBビームのフットプリント
100F'(1)~100F'(3) :変化後のSSBビームのフットプリント
100X(1)~100(X) :SSBビームが変化したエリア
110 :中継通信局
111 :サービスリンク用アンテナ部
112 :送受信部
113 :フィーダリンク用アンテナ部
114 :送受信部
116 :監視制御部
117 :電源部
118 :モデム部
119 :基地局処理部
120 :姿勢情報取得部
130 :アレーアンテナ
130a :アンテナ素子
1190 :下りリンク(DL)送信部
1191 :第1のプリコーディング部(SSBプリコーディング部)
1192 :第2のプリコーディング部(UEプリコーディング部)
1193 :周波数/時間変換部
1195 :上りリンク(UL)受信部
1196 :周波数/時間変換部
1197 :第1のポストコーディング部(SSBポストプリコーディング部)
1198 :第2のポストコーディング部(UEポストコーディング部)
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- 端末装置と無線通信する上空滞在型の通信中継装置であって、
前記端末装置と間で無線通信が可能なサービスリンクのセルを形成する複数のアンテナ素子を有するアレーアンテナと、
前記通信中継装置の位置及び姿勢の少なくとも一方の情報を取得する情報取得部と、
前記アレーアンテナを介して送信される下りリンクの送信信号に対して周波数領域のビームフォーミングのためのプリコーディングを適用する処理を含むベースバンド処理と前記アレーアンテナを介して受信された上りリンクの受信信号に対して周波数領域のビームフォーミングのためのポストコーディングを適用する処理とを行う基地局処理部と、を備え、
前記基地局処理部は、
前記サービスリンクに用いられる下りリンクの無線リソースのうち、前記セルに対して形成される単一又は複数の制御用ビームを介して通信を行う制御通信用の無線リソース部分について、前記情報取得部で取得した前記通信中継装置の位置及び姿勢の少なくとも一方の情報に基づいて、前記制御用ビームに対応するフットプリントの位置を固定するように前記周波数領域のビームフォーミングのためのプリコーディングを行うフットプリント固定制御を実行し、
前記制御通信用の無線リソース部分以外の下りリンクの無線リソース部分については、前記通信中継装置の位置及び姿勢の少なくとも一方の情報に基づくフットプリント固定制御を実行せず、
前記サービスリンクに用いられる上りリンクの無線リソースのうち、前記セルに対して形成される単一又は複数の制御用ビームを介して上りリンクの通信を行う制御通信用の無線リソース部分について、前記情報取得部で取得した前記通信中継装置の位置及び姿勢の少なくとも一方の情報に基づいて、前記制御用ビームに対応するフットプリントの位置を固定するように前記周波数領域のビームフォーミングのためのポストコーディングを行うフットプリント固定制御を実行し、
前記制御通信用の無線リソース部分以外の上りリンクの無線リソース部分については、前記通信中継装置の位置及び姿勢の少なくとも一方の情報に基づくフットプリント固定制御を実行せず、
前記フットプリント固定制御では、事前に設定した目標点に対して制御用ビームのメインビームが向くようにビームフォーミングを行う、ことを特徴とする通信中継装置。 - 請求項1の通信中継装置において、
前記下りリンクの制御通信用の無線リソース部分は、同期信号(SS)及び報知チャネル(PBCH)が割り当てられる無線リソース部分を含み、
前記下りリンクの制御通信用の無線リソース部分は、物理下りリンク制御チャネル(PDCCH)が割り当てられる無線リソース部分と、前記端末装置から前記セルへの初期アクセス完了前の物理下りリンク共有チャネル(PDSCH)が割り当てられる無線リソース部分とを含む、ことを特徴とする通信中継装置。 - 請求項1又は2の通信中継装置において、
前記上りリンクの制御通信用の無線リソース部分は、物理ランダムアクセスチャネル(PRACH)が割り当てられる無線リソース部分を含み、
前記上りリンクの制御通信用の無線リソース部分は、物理上りリンク制御チャネル(PUCCH)が割り当てられる無線リソース部分と、前記端末装置から前記セルへの初期アクセス完了前の物理上りリンク共有チャネル(PUSCH)が割り当てられる無線リソース部分とを含む、ことを特徴とする通信中継装置。 - 請求項1乃至3のいずれかの通信中継装置において、
サービスエリアの位置を基準にした前記通信中継装置の予測移動経路における互いに異なる複数組の位置及び姿勢それぞれに対応づけてビームフォーミング(BF)ウェイトを予め計算して保存し、前記保存している複数組の位置及び姿勢それぞれに対応するビームフォーミング(BF)ウェイトから、前記情報取得部で取得した前記通信中継装置の位置及び姿勢に対応するビームフォーミング(BF)ウェイトを選択する、ことを特徴とする通信中継装置。
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