US 12,250,031 B2
Communication relay apparatus and storage medium storing computer program
Toshihiro Tango, Fuchu Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (JP); and Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki (JP)
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo (JP); and Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki (JP)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/153,983.
Application 18/153,983 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/009615, filed on Mar. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-120027 (JP), filed on Jul. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0308138 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 7/026 (2017.01); H04B 7/155 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 7/026 (2013.01) [H04B 7/155 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication relay apparatus to which a plurality of remote units for performing radio communication with a mobile station are connectable and which is configured to transfer a signal transmitted from the mobile station through the remote units to a base station, the communication relay apparatus comprising:
a detector configured to detect a mobile station located in a coverage area formed by each of the remote units; and
a controller configured to control, for at least one of the plurality of remote units, a communication resource to be used by the at least one remote unit for communication with the mobile station based on a detection result of the detector,
wherein the controller is further configured to allocate streams respectively to beams for beam forming and to perform an addition process for adding the allocated streams.