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Radio communication device, radio communication method, and program

US8718575B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 28, 2010
Grant dateMay 6, 2014
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Expiry dateDec 30, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B7/086
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A direction deciding unit calculates a plane the perpendicular of which is a directional vector from the wireless communication apparatus toward a radio station. A group deciding unit decides, as groups, antenna combinations each consisting of some ones but not all of a plurality of antennas. A distance calculating unit calculates the distances each between the coordinates of antennas projected, in parallel with the directional vector, onto the plane, and further calculates, for each group, as a group shortest-distance of the group, the shortest one of the calculation results of the distances each between the coordinates of the antennas constituting the group. An identifying unit identifies a group the group shortest-distance of which is the longest. A plurality of communication units communicate with the radio station by use of respective ones of a plurality of antennas in the group identified by the identifying unit.

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