# US 12,224,963 B2 · Communication control device and method, wireless communication device and method, and wireless communication terminal > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,224,963 B2 - Document ID: US12224963B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/624,057 - Filed: 2020-06-26 - Published: 2022-11-10 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-07-12 - Assignees: Sony Group Corporation - Applicants: Sony Group Corporation - Inventors: Ryuichi Hirata; Kosuke Aio - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12224963B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)} - H04B 7/024: Co-operative use of antennas of several sites, e.g. in co-ordinated multipoint or co-operative multiple-input multiple-output [MIMO] systems - H04L 1/1671: {the supervisory signal being transmitted together with control information} - H04L 1/1685: {the supervisory signal being transmitted in response to a specific request, e.g. to a polling signal} - H04L 1/1864: {ARQ related signaling (H04L1/1607 takes precedence)} - H04L 2001/0097: {Relays} - H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] - H04W 88/12: Access point controller devices - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04B: TRANSMISSION - 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 technology relates to communication control devices and methods, wireless communication devices and methods, and wireless communication terminals that can prevent retransmission of data that does not need to be retransmitted. A communication control device includes a communication unit that communicates with a first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device; and a control unit that performs control to transmit response setting information in which a transmission method of a transmission result of coordinated transmission to a wireless communication terminal by the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device is set to the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device. The present technology can be applied to communication systems. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A communication control device, comprising: a communication unit configured to communicate with a first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device; and a control unit configured to control transmission of response setting information to the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device, wherein the response setting information is an ack scheme field information, the response setting information indicates information related to a transmission method for transmission of a transmission result of a coordinated transmission, the transmission result of the coordinated transmission is transmitted by the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device to the communication control device, and the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device perform the coordinated transmission to a is set to the first wireless communication terminal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The communication control device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to control transmission of a first coordinated transmission start signal to the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device, the first coordinated transmission start signal controls the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device to perform the coordinated transmission to the wireless communication terminal, and the first coordinated transmission start signal includes the response setting information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The communication control device according to claim 2, wherein the control unit is further configured to control reception of a transmission result response signal that indicates the transmission result of the coordinated transmission, the transmission result response signal includes information on a receipt confirmation signal transmitted from the wireless communication terminal, and the transmission result response signal is transmitted from the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device based on the response setting information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The communication control device according to claim 3, wherein based on the transmission result response signal, the control unit is further configured to determine whether to transmit a second coordinated transmission start signal to the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The communication control device according to claim 4, wherein the control unit is further configured to: determine, based on the transmission result response signal, that the second coordinated transmission start signal is not to be transmitted; and control to transmission of a coordinated transmission end signal based on the determination that the second coordinated transmission start signal is not to be transmitted, wherein the coordinated transmission end signal indicates end of the coordinated transmission. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The communication control device according to claim 4, wherein the control unit is further configured to: determine, based on the transmission result response signal, that the second coordinated transmission start signal is to be transmitted; and control generation and transmission of the second coordinated transmission start signal, wherein the second coordinated transmission start signal includes a coordinated transmission end signal that indicates end of the coordinated transmission. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The communication control device according to claim 4, wherein the control unit is further configured to: determine, based on the transmission result response signal, that the second coordinated transmission start signal is to be transmitted; and control transmission of the second coordinated transmission start signal, wherein the second coordinated transmission start signal controls retransmission of the coordinated transmission. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The communication control device according to claim 3, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the transmission of the response setting information that indicates a transmission method of the transmission result response signal. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The communication control device according to claim 8, wherein based on the transmission result response signal that includes buffer information regarding data held in a buffer of the first wireless communication device or a buffer of the second wireless communication device, the control unit is further configured to control generation of a second coordinated transmission start signal, and the second coordinated transmission start signal includes information that indicates retransmission data to be transmitted again from the data held in the buffer of the first wireless communication device or the buffer of the second wireless communication device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 3) The communication control device according to claim 3, wherein the control unit is further configured to: control transmission of a transmission result request signal, wherein the transmission result request signal requests the transmission result response signal; and control the reception of the transmission result response signal transmitted from the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device based on the transmission result request signal. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The communication control device according to claim 10, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the transmission of the transmission result request signal that includes at least one of information that indicates that the transmission result response signal is requested, information that indicates a transmission method of the transmission result response signal for the coordinated transmission, and radio resources used for transmission of the transmission result response signal. ### Claim 12 (depends on 3) The communication control device according to claim 3, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the transmission of the response setting information that includes radio resources used by the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device to transmit the transmission result response signal. ### Claim 13 A communication control method by a communication control device, the method comprising: allowing a communication unit to communicate with a first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device; and controlling transmission of response setting information to the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device, wherein the response setting information is an ack scheme field information, the response setting information indicates information related to a transmission method for transmission of a transmission result of a coordinated transmission, the transmission result of the coordinated transmission is transmitted by the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device to the communication control device, and the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device perform the coordinated transmission to a is set to the first wireless communication terminal. ### Claim 14 A first wireless communication device, comprising: a communication communicates configured to communicate with a communication control device and a second wireless communication device; and a control unit configured to: control reception of a coordinated transmission start signal to control the communication control device to perform a coordinated transmission; control reception of response setting information from the communication control device, wherein the response setting information is an ack scheme field information, and the response setting information indicates information related to a transmission method for transmission of a transmission result response signal; control a wireless communication terminal to perform the coordinated transmission with the second wireless communication device based on the coordinated transmission start signal; and control the transmission of the transmission result response signal to the communication control device based on the response setting information, wherein the transmission result response signal includes information regarding a receipt confirmation signal of the wireless communication terminal for the coordinated transmission. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The first wireless communication device according to claim 14, wherein the control unit is further configured to: control reception of a transmission result request signal from the communication control device; and control the transmission of the transmission result response signal to the communication control device based on the transmission result request signal. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The first wireless communication device according to claim 14, wherein in a case the receipt confirmation signal is not received from the wireless communication terminal, the control unit is further configured to control the transmission of the transmission result response signal to the communication control device, and the transmission result response signal indicates that the coordinated transmission has failed. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The first wireless communication device according to claim 14, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the transmission of the transmission result response signal that includes buffer information regarding data held in a buffer. ### Claim 18 A wireless communication method, comprising: allowing a first wireless communication device to communicate with a communication control device and a second wireless communication device; controlling reception of a coordinated transmission start signal for controlling the communication control device to perform a coordinated transmission; controlling reception of response setting information from the communication control device, wherein the response setting information is an ack scheme field information, and the response setting information indicates information related to a transmission method for transmission of a transmission result response signal; controlling a wireless communication terminal to perform the coordinated transmission with the second wireless communication device based on the basis of the coordinated transmission start signal; and controlling the transmission of the transmission result response signal to the communication control device based on the response setting information, wherein the transmission result response signal includes information regarding a receipt confirmation signal of the wireless communication terminal for the coordinated transmission. ### Claim 19 A wireless communication terminal, comprising: a communication unit configured to communicate with a first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device; and a control unit configured to: determine a reception result for data coordinately transmitted from the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device; and control transmission of control information to the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device, wherein the control information is for transmission of a transmission result response signal to a communication control device, the transmission result response signal includes information on a receipt confirmation signal that indicates the reception result, the transmission result response signal is transmitted based on response setting information, the response setting information is an ack scheme field information, and the response setting information indicates information related to a transmission method for transmission of the reception result for the data coordinately transmitted from the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device.