# US 11,452,114 B2 · Wireless communication control device, wireless communication control method, wireless communication device, and wireless communication method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,452,114 B2 - Document ID: US11452114B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/267,809 - Filed: 2019-08-20 - Published: 2021-06-03 - Granted: 2022-09-20 - Earliest claimed: 2018-09-03 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Yuichi Morioka - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11452114B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/56: based on priority criteria - H04W 28/26: Resource reservation - H04W 74/006: {in the downlink, i.e. towards the terminal} - H04W 74/004: {in the uplink, i.e. towards network} - H04W 74/08: Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA (hybrid access H04W74/02) - H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication control device, a wireless communication control method, a wireless communication device, and a wireless communication method enabling low latency wireless communication to be achieved. A calculation unit calculates allowable resource occupancy time in a wireless communication network to which an own device belongs in response to a low latency request for data generated in the wireless communication network, and a wireless communication unit notifies a wireless communication device in the wireless communication network of the allowable resource occupancy time calculated. The technology according to the present disclosure can be applied to a wireless LAN system. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wireless communication control device comprising: a processor that calculates allowable resource occupancy time in a wireless communication network to which an own device belongs in response to a low latency request for data generated in the wireless communication network; and a wireless transceiver that notifies a wireless communication device in the wireless communication network of the allowable resource occupancy time calculated, wherein, in a case where the own device is a source of the data, the wireless transceiver transmits a reservation signal for the own device to preferentially occupy a wireless resource to a transmission destination device to which the data is to be transmitted, and wherein the reservation signal is transmitted to the transmission destination device at a time corresponding to the allowable latency time for the data included in the low latency request. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The wireless communication control device according to claim 1, wherein the low latency request includes allowable latency time for the data, and the processor calculates the allowable resource occupancy time on a basis of the allowable latency time. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The wireless communication control device according to claim 2, wherein the low latency request further includes duration of the low latency request. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The wireless communication control device according to claim 1, wherein the wireless transceiver further notifies the wireless communication device in the wireless communication network of duration of limitation due to the allowable resource occupancy time. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The wireless communication control device according to claim 1, wherein the wireless transceiver further notifies the wireless communication device in the wireless communication network of band subject to the limitation due to the allowable resource occupancy time. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The wireless communication control device according to claim 1, wherein the wireless transceiver also notifies another wireless communication control device that forms another wireless communication network of the allowable resource occupancy time. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The wireless communication control device according to claim 1, wherein, when the data is generated in the own device, the wireless transceiver inserts the data into the reservation signal and transmits the data to the transmission destination device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The wireless communication control device according to claim 1, wherein the wireless transceiver receives the low latency request from a requesting device out of the wireless communication device in the wireless communication network. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The wireless communication control device according to claim 8, wherein the wireless transceiver receives from the requesting device a reservation signal for the requesting device to preferentially occupy the wireless resource. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The wireless communication control device according to claim 9, wherein, when the data is generated in the requesting device, the wireless transceiver receives the data inserted in the reservation signal from the requesting device. ### Claim 11 A wireless communication control method performed by a wireless communication control device, the method comprising: calculating allowable resource occupancy time in a wireless communication network to which an own device belongs in response to a low latency request for data generated in the wireless communication network; and notifying a wireless communication device in the wireless communication network of the allowable resource occupancy time calculated, wherein, in a case where the own device is a source of the data, the method further includes transmitting a reservation signal for the own device to preferentially occupy a wireless resource to a transmission destination device to which the data is to be transmitted, and wherein the reservation signal is transmitted to the transmission destination device at a time corresponding to the allowable latency time for the data included in the low latency request. ### Claim 12 A wireless communication device comprising: a wireless transceiver that receives allowable resource occupancy time notified by a wireless communication control device in response to a low latency request for data generated in a wireless communication network to which an own device belongs, wherein the wireless transceiver performs wireless communication in accordance with limitation due to the allowable resource occupancy time, wherein, in a case where the own device is a source of the data, the wireless transceiver transmits the low latency request to the wireless communication control device, wherein the wireless transceiver further transmits a reservation signal for the own device to preferentially occupy a wireless resource to the wireless communication control device, and wherein the wireless transceiver transmits the reservation signal to the wireless communication control device at a time corresponding to allowable latency time for the data included in the low latency request. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The wireless communication device according to claim 12, wherein, when the data is generated in the own device, the wireless transceiver inserts the data into the reservation signal and transmits the data to the wireless communication control device. ### Claim 14 A wireless communication method comprising: receiving, by a wireless communication device, allowable resource occupancy time notified by a wireless communication control device in response to a low latency request for data generated in a wireless communication network to which an own device belongs; and performing, by the wireless communication device, wireless communication in accordance with limitation due to the allowable resource occupancy time, wherein, in a case where the own device is a source of the data, the wireless transceiver transmits the low latency request to the wireless communication control device, wherein the wireless transceiver further transmits a reservation signal for the own device to preferentially occupy a wireless resource to the wireless communication control device, and wherein the wireless transceiver transmits the reservation signal to the wireless communication control device at a time corresponding to allowable latency time for the data included in the low latency request.