# US 12,604,213 B2 · Communication control system, communication control method and program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,604,213 B2 - Document ID: US12604213B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/548,428 - Filed: 2021-04-14 - Published: 2024-05-09 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2021-04-14 - Assignees: NTT, Inc. - Applicants: NTT, Inc. - Inventors: Motoharu Sasaki; Toshiro Nakahira; Takatsune Moriyama - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12604213B2 ## CPC - H04W 24/02: Arrangements for optimising operational condition - H04W 16/18: Network planning tools - H04W 24/08: Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract A communication control system includes an acquisition unit that acquires information regarding a wireless communication device and environment information that affects wireless communication quality; a prediction unit that predicts future wireless communication quality on the basis of the information regarding the wireless communication device and the environment information; a control unit that controls, on the basis of the future wireless communication quality, a target device to achieve wireless communication quality depending on a user's purpose, the user using wireless communication; and a cooperation unit that operates the acquisition unit, the prediction unit, and the control unit to operate a cycle including acquisition of information by the acquisition unit, prediction of the future wireless communication quality by the prediction unit, and control of the target device by the control unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A communication control system comprising: a processor; and a memory storing instructions that cause the processor to execute acquiring information regarding a wireless communication device and environment information that affects wireless communication quality; predicting future wireless communication quality on a basis of the information regarding the wireless communication device and the environment information; controlling, on a basis of the future wireless communication quality, a target device to achieve wireless communication quality depending on a user's purpose, the user using wireless communication; operating the acquiring, the predicting, and the controlling to operate a cycle including acquisition of information in the acquiring, prediction of the future wireless communication quality in the predicting, and control of the target device in the controlling, repeating the cycle, thereby reflecting a result of the control in the prediction and the control of a subsequent cycle, and combining and operating at least one of the acquisition, the prediction, or the control in cooperation based on a request from another system. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The communication control system according to claim 1, further comprising: a data storage unit, wherein the acquiring includes storing information acquired in the data storage unit, and in the predicting, the future wireless communication quality is predicted by using information read from the data storage unit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The communication control system according to claim 1, wherein the target device includes at least one of a base station or a terminal, and the controlling includes controlling a wireless parameter of at least one of the base station or the terminal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The communication control system according to claim 1, wherein the target device includes a reflector, and the controlling includes controlling at least one of a radio wave reflection direction or radio wave reflection power of the reflector. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The communication control system according to claim 1, wherein the target device includes a movable base station, and the controlling includes controlling a position of the movable base station. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The communication control system according to claim 1, wherein the environment information includes at least one of video information captured by a camera, sensor information sensed by a sensor, or map information acquired from a map information DB. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The communication control system according to claim 1, wherein the information regarding the wireless communication device includes received power information on the wireless communication device and object information obtained by detecting an object around the wireless communication device by wireless sensing. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The communication control system according to claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to execute: when a scenario in which two or more of the acquisition, the prediction, or the control operate in cooperation is called, performing the two or more of the acquisition, the prediction, or the control in a determined order by using an internal API, returning output results to the another system; storing the acquired information and the result of the control in a data store group; and performing the acquisition, the prediction, or the control such that the acquired information and the result of the control stored in the data store group are reflected in the acquisition, the prediction, and the control in the subsequent cycle. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The communication control system according to claim 1, wherein the target device includes both a wireless device and a reflector, and the control unit is configured to perform control by combining control of a wireless parameter of the wireless device and control of the reflector. ### Claim 10 A communication control method executed by a computer, the communication control method comprising: acquiring information regarding a wireless communication device and environment information that affects wireless communication quality; predicting future wireless communication quality on a basis of the information regarding the wireless communication device and the environment information; controlling, on a basis of the future wireless communication quality, a target device to achieve wireless communication quality depending on a user's purpose, the user using wireless communication; executing the acquiring, the predicting, and the controlling to operate a cycle including acquisition of information by the in the acquiring, prediction of the future wireless communication quality by the in the predicting, and control of the target device in the controlling, repeating the cycle, thereby reflecting a result of the control in the prediction and the control of a subsequent cycle, and combining and operating at least one of the acquisition, the prediction, or the control in cooperation based on a request from another system. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, which when executed, cause a computer to perform the communication control method according to claim 8.