ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,907, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to NTT Inc. (Tokyo).

"Wireless communication system, communication apparatus, wireless communication method and communication program" was invented by Daisuke Goto (Musashino, Japan), Kiyohiko Itokawa (Musashino, Japan), Yasuyoshi Kojima (Musashino, Japan) and Fumihiro Yamashita (Musashino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a wireless communication system in which a relay apparatus provided in a mobile object wirelessly communicates with a plurality of communication apparatuses placed at different locations, the relay apparatus includes a receiver that receives a signal transmitted from each...