Wireless communication control system, wireless communication control apparatus, method for controlling wireless communication, method for producing directivity information, and radio

A radio comprising:

• a directional antenna for performing wireless communication with a partner communication device;
• a directivity information storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of directivity information relating to a directivity and a change pattern that indicates a temporal change in a received signal intensity in a reception radio in a case where wireless communication is performed with a predetermined directivity, the directivity information being applied to the directional antenna in relation to wireless communication with the partner communication device in accordance with a plurality of the change patterns that indicate a temporal change in the received signal intensity in the reception radio;
• an acquisition unit that acquires a temporal change in the received signal intensity when wireless communication is performed with the partner communication device via the directional antenna to which the predetermined directivity is applied;
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• an execution unit that selects, from among the pieces of directivity information stored in the directivity information storage unit, directivity information corresponding to the change pattern determined based on the temporal change in the received signal intensity acquired by the acquisition unit, applies the selected directivity information, and executes wireless communication with the partner communication device.

A wireless communication control apparatus that controls wireless communication performed by a first radio configured to be capable of performing wireless communication with a second radio via a directional antenna in a predetermined environment in which driving of one or more driving devices is controlled in accordance with a plurality of predetermined driving patterns, the wireless communication control apparatus comprising:

• a directivity information storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of directivity information relating to a directivity and a change pattern that indicates a temporal change in a received signal intensity in a reception radio in a case where wireless communication is performed with a predetermined directivity, the directivity information being applied to the directional antenna of the first radio in relation to wireless communication between the first radio and the second radio in accordance with a plurality of the change patterns that indicate a temporal change in the received signal intensity in the reception radio;
• an acquisition unit that acquires a temporal change in the received signal intensity when wireless communication is performed between the first radio and the second radio via the directional antenna to which the predetermined directivity is applied;
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• an execution unit that selects, from among the pieces of directivity information stored in the directivity information storage unit, directivity information corresponding to the change pattern determined based on the temporal change in the received signal intensity acquired by the acquisition unit, applies the selected directivity information, and executes wireless communication between the first radio and the second radio.

A method for controlling wireless communication that controls wireless communication performed by a first radio configured to be capable of performing wireless communication with a second radio via a directional antenna in a predetermined environment in which driving of one or more driving devices is controlled in accordance with a plurality of predetermined driving patterns, the method comprising:

• acquiring a temporal change in a received signal intensity when wireless communication is performed between the first radio and the second radio via the directional antenna to which a predetermined directivity is applied;
• selecting, from a directivity information storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of directivity information relating to a directivity and a change pattern that indicates a temporal change in a received signal intensity in a reception radio in a case where wireless communication is performed with the predetermined directivity, the directivity information being applied to the directional antenna of the first radio in relation to wireless communication between the first radio and the second radio in accordance with a plurality of the change patterns that indicate a temporal change in the received signal intensity in the reception radio, directivity information that corresponds to the change pattern that was determined based on the acquired temporal change in the received signal intensity;
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• applying the selected directivity information and executing wireless communication between the first radio and the second radio.

A directivity information production method for producing directivity information that is applied to a directional antenna in wireless communication performed by a first radio configured to be capable of performing wireless communication with a second radio via the directional antenna in a predetermined environment in which driving of one or more driving devices is controlled in accordance with a plurality of predetermined driving patterns, the method comprising:

• transmitting test radio waves from a first transmission radio to a reception radio out of the first radio and the second radio in a state in which driving of the one or more driving devices is controlled in accordance with the plurality of driving patterns;
• measuring a change in a received signal intensity of the test radio waves when the test radio waves transmitted from the first transmission radio are received by the reception radio, and acquiring a change pattern in the received signal intensity corresponding to the driving pattern;
• transmitting test radio waves at a plurality of control times that are set in an execution period during which a driving pattern is executed, from a second transmission radio to a reception radio out of the first radio and the second radio, in a state in which driving of the one or more driving devices is controlled in accordance with the plurality of driving patterns;
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• measuring a received signal intensity of test radio waves when the test radio waves transmitted from the second transmission radio are received by the reception radio, and producing driving directivity information relating to a directivity for each change pattern corresponding to the plurality of driving patterns, the driving directivity information being applied to the directional antenna of the first radio in relation to wireless communication between the first radio and the second radio in a state in which driving of the one or more driving devices is controlled in accordance with the plurality of driving patterns such that the received signal has a maximum intensity or is in a predetermined received signal intensity range.