The present invention relates to a 3D-compatible directional optical antenna suitable for a HAPS constructing a three-dimensional network of a fifth generation communication.
There is conventionally known of a communication standard called the LTE-Advanced Pro (refer to Non-Patent Literature 2), which has been developed from the LTE (Long Term Evolution)-Advanced (refer to Non-Patent Literature 1) of the 3GPP that is a communication standard of a mobile communication system. In this LTE-Advanced Pro, specifications for providing communications to devices for the IoT (Internet of Things) in recent years have been formulated. Furthermore, the fifth-generation mobile communication coping with a simultaneous connection to a large number of terminal apparatuses (also called as “UE (user equipment)”, “mobile station”, “communication terminal”) such as devices for the IoT, a reduction of delay time, etc. is being studied (for example, refer to Non-Patent Literature 3).
Non-Patent Literature 1: 3GPP TS 36.300 V10.12.0 (2014-12).
Non-Patent Literature 2: 3GPP TS 36.300 V13.5.0 (2016-09).
Non-Patent Literature 3: G Romano, “3GPP RAN progress on “5G””, 3GPP, 2016.
In the foregoing mobile communications of the fifth generation or the like, there is a problem of stably over a wide area realizing a three-dimensionalized network, in which a propagation delay is low, a simultaneous connection with a large number of terminals in a wide-range area and a high-speed communication can be performed, and a system capacity per unit area is large, in radio communications with terminal apparatuses including devices for the IoT. Furthermore, in a network in which such a high-speed and large-capacity communication is performed, there is also a problem of an influence on radio frequency resources.
A radio relay apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is a radio relay apparatus comprising a radio relay station for relaying a radio communication between a terrestrial base station and a terminal apparatus. The radio relay station is provided in a floating object controlled so as to be located in a floating airspace with an altitude less than or equal to 100 [km] by an autonomous control or an external control. The radio relay apparatus comprises an optical communication section for performing an optical communication with an optical communication destination via an optical antenna apparatus controllable to change an outgoing directional beam, and a beam control section for acquiring optical-beam control information for directing the directional beam of the optical antenna apparatus to the optical communication destination and controlling the directional beam of the optical antenna apparatus to be directed to the optical communication destination based on the acquired optical beam control information.
In the foregoing radio relay apparatus, the optical beam control information may include at least one of an attitude and a position of the floating object, a position of the optical communication destination, and a reception strength and a reception sensitivity of the optical communication section.
In the foregoing radio relay apparatus, the optical antenna apparatus may comprise a plurality of optical antennas with outward directivities different from each other, and the beam control section may select an optical antenna to be used for an optical communication with the optical communication destination based on the optical beam control information.
In the foregoing radio relay apparatus, the beam control section may predict and sequentially select an optical antenna to be used for the optical communication with the optical communication destination based on a time change of the optical beam control information.
In the foregoing radio relay apparatus, the plurality of optical antennas may be disposed so that directional beams of the optical antennas adjacent to each other partially overlap.
In the foregoing radio relay apparatus, when switching the optical antenna, the optical communication section may perform an optical communication with the optical communication destination so as to synchronize and overlap an optical communication via each of the plurality of optical antennas with each other for a predetermined time before and after the switching.
In the foregoing radio relay apparatus, the optical communication section may control to stop or reduce a power supply to the optical antenna that is not used for the optical communication with the optical communication destination among the plurality of optical antennas.
In the foregoing radio relay apparatus, the optical antenna apparatus may comprise an optical antenna with a directivity, and an antenna drive section for driving the optical antenna to change the directional beam of the optical antenna, and the beam control section may control the antenna drive section based on the acquired optical beam control information.
In the foregoing radio relay apparatus, the optical antenna apparatus may be configured to be capable of adjusting at least one of a direction and a divergence angle of the directional beam.
In the foregoing radio relay apparatus, the floating object may be a solar plane that comprises a wing provided with a photovoltaic power generation panel for generating an electric power to be supplied to the radio relay station, and a rotationally drivable propeller mounted on the wing, or may be an airship that comprises a battery for supplying an electric power to the radio relay station.
In the foregoing radio relay apparatus, the optical communication section may control an optical strength in accordance with a change in a relative position to the optical communication destination.
In the foregoing radio relay apparatus, the optical communication section may be controlled to reduce an optical strength in a time period of night.
In the foregoing radio relay apparatus, the foregoing radio relay apparatus may comprise a remote control apparatus for remotely performing a control in the beam control section or the optical communication section.
In the foregoing radio relay apparatus, the communication destination of the optical communication may include another floating-type radio relay apparatus located in the floating airspace, or may include an artificial satellite.
In the foregoing radio relay apparatus, a three-dimensional cell may be formed in a predetermined cell-formation target airspace between a ground level or a sea level, and an altitude of the cell-formation target airspace may be less than or equal to 10 [km], and further may be 50 [m] or more and 1 [km] or less.
In the foregoing radio relay apparatus, the floating object may be located in a stratosphere with an altitude more than or equal to 11 [km] and less than or equal to 50 [km].
According to the present invention, in the foregoing mobile communications of the fifth generation or the like, it is possible to stably over a wide area realize a three-dimensional network, in which a propagation delay is low, a simultaneous connection with a large number of terminal apparatuses in a wide-range and high-speed communication can be performed, and a system capacity per unit area is large, in radio communications with terminal apparatuses including devices for the IoT, and there is no influence on radio wave frequency resources.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
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The airspace 50 in which the HAPSs 10 and 20 are located is, for example, a stratospheric airspace with altitude of 11 [km] or more and 50 [km] or less. The airspace 50 in which the HAPSs 10 and 20 are located may be an airspace in the altitude range of 15 [km] or more and 25 [km] or less where weather conditions are relatively stable, and may be an airspace with altitude of about 20 [km] in particular. Each of Hrsl and Hrsu in the figure indicates relative altitudes of the lower end and the upper end of the airspace 50 with reference to the ground level (GL), in which the HAPSs 10 and 20 are located.
The cell-formation target airspace 40 is a target airspace for forming a three-dimensional cell with one or more HAPSs according to the communication system of the present embodiment. The cell-formation target airspace 40 is an airspace in a predetermined altitude range (for example, altitude range of 50 [m] or more and 1000 [m] or less) located between the airspace 50 where the HAPSs 10 and 20 are located and a cell-formation area near the ground level covered by a base station 90 such as a conventional macro-cell base station. Each of Hcl and Hcu in the figure indicates relative altitudes of the lower end and the upper end of the cell-formation target airspace 40 with reference to the ground level (GL).
It is noted that, the cell-formation target airspace 40 where the three-dimensional cell of the present embodiment is formed may be an airspace over the sea, a river or a lake.
The radio relay stations of the HAPSs 10 and 20 respectively form beams 100 and 200 for a radio communication with the terminal apparatus that is a mobile station, toward the ground level. The terminal apparatus may be a communication terminal module incorporated in a drone 60 that is an aircraft such as a small helicopter capable of remotely steering, or may be a user terminal apparatus used by a user in the airplane 65. The areas through which the beams 100 and 200 pass in the cell-formation target airspace 40 are three-dimensional cells 41 and 42. The plurality of beams 100 and 200 adjacent to each other in the cell-formation target airspace 40 may be partially overlapped with each other.
Each of the radio relay stations of the HAPSs 10 and 20 is connected to a core network of a mobile communication network 80 via a feeder station (gateway) 70 that is a relay station installed on the ground or on the sea. A communication between the HAPSs 10 and 20 and the feeder station 70 may be performed by a radio communication using radio waves such as microwaves, or may be performed by an optical communication using a laser beam or the like.
Each of the HAPSs 10 and 20 may autonomously control its own floating movement (flight) or a processing at the radio relay station, by executing a control program with a control section including a computer or the like incorporated in the inside of the HAPS. For example, each of the HAPSs 10 and 20 may acquire its own current position information (for example, GPS position information), position control information (for example, flight schedule information) stored in advance, and position information on another HAPS located in a peripheral space, etc., and autonomously control the floating movement (flight) and the processing in the radio relay station base on these information.
The floating movement (flight) of each HAPS 10 and 20 and processing in the radio relay stations may be controlled by a remote control apparatus 85 of a communication operator, which is disposed in a communication center or the like of the mobile communication network 80. In this case, the HAPSs 10 and 20 may include a communication terminal apparatus for control (for example, a mobile communication module) so that control information from the remote control apparatus 85 can be received, and terminal identification information (for example, IP address, telephone number, etc.) may be allocated to the terminal communication apparatus so as to be identified from the remote control apparatus 85. The MAC address of the communication interface may be used for identification of the communication terminal apparatus for control. Each of the HAPSs 10 and 20 may transmit information relating to the floating movement (flight) of the HAPS itself or the neighboring HAPS and the processing at the radio relay station, and information such as observation data acquired by various sensors or the like, to a predetermined destination such as the remote control apparatus 85.
In the cell-formation target airspace 40, there is a possibility that a spatial area where the beams 100 and 200 of the HAPSs 10 and 20 do not pass may occur, in which the three-dimensional cells 41 and 42 are not formed. In order to spatially complement this area, as shown in the configuration example of
By adjusting the positions of the HAPSs 10 and 20 and the divergence angle (beam width) etc. of the beams 100 and 200 without using the ATG station, the radio relay stations of the HAPSs 10 and 20 may form the beams 100 and 200 covering the overall upper end face of the cell-formation target airspace 40 so that three-dimensional cells are formed all over the cell-formation target airspace 40.
It is noted that, the three-dimensional cell formed by the HAPSs 10 and 20 may be formed so as to reach the ground level or the sea level so as to be able to communicate also with the terminal apparatus located on the ground or on the sea.
The solar plane-type HAPS 10 can float with lift force by, for example, performing a turning flight or performing a flight along a figure of “8”, and can float to stay in a predetermined range in the horizontal direction at a predetermined altitude. It is noted that, the solar plane-type HAPS 10 can also fly like a glider when the propeller 103 is not rotationally driven. For example, when electric power of the battery 106 is surplus by power generation of the solar panel 102, such as in daytime, the solar plane-type HAPS 10 rises to a high position. And when electric power cannot be generated by the solar panel 102 such as at night, the solar plane-type HAPS 10 can stop power supply from the battery 106 to the motor and can fly like a glider.
The HAPS 10 also includes an optical antenna apparatus 130 compatible with a three-dimensional directivity, which is used for optical communications with other HAPSs and artificial satellites. In the example of
It is noted that, a solar panel having a photovoltaic power generation function may be provided on the top surface of the airship body 201, and an electric power generated by the solar panel is stored in the battery 204.
The unmanned airship type HAPS 20 also includes an optical antenna apparatus 230 compatible with a three-dimensional directivity, which is used for optical communications with other HAPSs and artificial satellites. In the example of
In the embodiment of
The 3D cell-formation antenna section 111 has antennas for forming radial beams 100 and 200 toward the cell-formation target airspace 40, and forms three-dimensional cells 41 and 42 in which a communication with the terminal apparatus can be performed. The transmission/reception section 112 has a transmission/reception duplexer (DUP: DUPlexer) and an amplifier, etc., and transmits radio signals to the terminal apparatuses located in the three-dimensional cells 41 and 42 and receives radio signals from the terminal apparatuses via the 3D cell-formation antenna section 111.
The feeder antenna section 113 has a directional antenna for performing a radio communication with the feeder station 70 on the ground or on the sea. The transmission/reception section 114 has a transmission/reception duplexer (DUP: DUPlexer) and an amplifier, etc., and transmits radio signals to the feeder station 70 and receives radio signals from the feeder station 70 via the 3D cell-formation antenna section 111.
The repeater section 115 relays signals of the transmission/reception section 112 which is transmitted to and received from the terminal apparatus and signals of the transmission/reception section 114 which is transmitted to and received from the feeder station 70. The repeater section 115 may have a frequency conversion function.
The monitoring control section 116 is configured with, for example, a CPU and a memory, etc., and monitors the operation processing status of each section and controls each section in the HAPSs 10 and 20, by executing the preinstalled program. The power source section 117 supplies an electric power outputted from the batteries 106 and 204 to each section in the HAPSs 10 and 20. The power source section 117 may have a function of storing an electric power generated by the solar-power generation panel, etc. and an electric power supplied from outside in the batteries 106 and 204.
The optical communication section 125 communicates with neighboring other HAPSs 10 and 20 and an artificial satellite via an optical communication medium such as a laser light. This communication enables dynamic routing that dynamically relays a radio communication between the mobile communication network 80 and a terminal apparatus such as the drone 60, and can enhance a robustness of the mobile communication system by backing up and relaying wirelessly the other HAPSs when one of the HAPSs fails.
The beam control section 126 controls direction and intensity of a beam such as a laser light used for an inter-HAPS communication and a communication with an artificial satellite, and performs control so as to switch another HAPS (radio relay station) for performing communication by an optical beam such as the laser light in accordance with a change in a relative position to neighboring another HAPS (radio relay station). This control may be performed based on, for example, a position and posture of the HAPS itself, a position of the neighboring HAPS, and the like. Information on the position and posture of the HAPS itself may be acquired based on an output of a GPS receiver, a gyro sensor, an acceleration sensor, etc. incorporated in the HAPS, and information on the position of the neighboring HAPS may be acquired from the remote control apparatus 85 or another HAPS management server provided in the mobile communication network 80.
The modem section 118, for example, performs a demodulation processing and a decoding processing for a received signal received from the feeder station 70 via the feeder antenna section 113 and the transmission/reception section 114, and generates a data signal to be outputted to the base-station processing section 119. The modem section 118 performs an encoding processing and a modulation processing for the data signal received from the base-station processing section 119, and generates a transmission signal to be transmitted to the feeder station 70 via the feeder antenna section 113 and the transmission/reception section 114.
The base-station processing section 119, for example, has a function as an e-Node B that performs a baseband processing based on a method conforming to the standard of LTE/LTE-Advanced. The base-station processing section 119 may process in a method conforming to a future standard of mobile communication such as the fifth generation or the next generation after the fifth generation onwards.
The base station processing section 119, for example, performs a demodulation processing and a decoding processing for a received signal received from a terminal apparatus located in the three-dimensional cells 41 and 42 via the 3D cell-formation antenna section 111 and the transmission/reception section 112, and generates a data signal to be outputted to the modem section 118. The base-station processing section 119 performs an encoding processing and a modulation processing for the data signal received from the modem section 118, and generates a transmission signal to be transmitted to the terminal apparatus of the three-dimensional cells 41 and 42 via the 3D cell-formation antenna section 111 and the transmission/reception section 112.
The edge computing section 120 is configured with, for example, a compact computer, and can perform various types of information processing relating to a radio relay, etc., in the radio relay stations 110 and 210 of the HAPSs 10 and 20, by executing a preinstalled program.
The edge computing section 120, for example, determines a transmission destination of a data signal based on a data signal received from a terminal apparatus located in the three-dimensional cells 41 and 42, and performs a process of switching a relay destination of communication based on the determination result. More specifically, in case that the transmission destination of the data signal outputted from the base-station processing section 119 is a terminal apparatus located in the own three-dimensional cells 41 and 42, instead of passing the data signal to the modem section 118, the edge computing section 120 returns the data signal to the base-station processing section 119 and transmits the data signal to the terminal apparatus of the transmission destination located in the own three-dimensional cells 41 and 42. On the other hand, in case that the transmission destination of the data signal outputted from the base-station processing section 119 is a terminal apparatus located in another cell other than the own three-dimensional cells 41 and 42, the edge computing section 120 passes the data signal to the modem section 118 and transmits the data signal to the feeder station 70, and transmits the data signal to the terminal apparatus of the transmission destination located in the other cell of the transmission destination via the mobile communication network 80.
The edge computing section 120 may perform a process of analyzing information received from a large number of terminal apparatuses located in the three-dimensional cells 41 and 42. This analysis result may be transmitted to the large number of terminal apparatuses located in the three-dimensional cells 41 and 42, and may be transmitted to a server, etc. of the mobile communication network 80.
Uplink and downlink duplex methods for radio communication with a terminal apparatus via the radio relay stations 110 and 210 are not limited to a specific method, and may be, for example, a time division duplex method (Time Division Duplex: TDD) or a frequency division duplex method (Frequency Division Duplex: FDD). An access method for radio communication with a terminal apparatus via the radio relay stations 110 and 210 is not limited to a specific method, and may be, for example, FDMA (Frequency Division Multiple Access) method, TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) method, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) method or OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access). In the foregoing radio communication, a MIMO (Multi-Input and Multi-Output) technology may be used, which has functions of diversity/coding, transmission beam forming, spatial division multiplexing (SDM: Spatial Division Multiplexing), etc., and in which a transmission capacity per unit frequency can be increased by simultaneously using a plurality of antennas for both of transmission and reception. The MIMO technology may be an SU-MIMO (Single-User MIMO) technology in which one base station transmits a plurality of signals to one terminal apparatus at the same time/same frequency, and may be an MU-MIMO (Multi-User MIMO) technology in which one base station transmits signals to a plurality of different communication terminal apparatuses at the same time/same frequency or a plurality of different base stations transmit signals to one terminal apparatus at the same time/same frequency.
In the above embodiment, since the stratosphere with an altitude of 11 [km] or more and 50 [km] or less where the HAPSs 10 and 20 are located and an upper airspace above it are not easily affected by the atmosphere, the optical communication is suitable for communication in those spaces. In particular, in the optical communication, since a light such as a laser light of a communication medium has a shorter wavelength and a higher frequency compared to a radio wave such as a microwave, a high-speed and large-capacity communication is possible, and there is no problem of radio frequency resources.
However, since the foregoing optical beam such as a laser light used for the inter-HAPS communication and the communication with the artificial satellite has a strong directivity, an alignment of an optical axis is important. In particular, since the solar plane type HAPS 10 constantly changes the attitude and position of the airframe, there is a problem how to maintain transmission and reception of optical signals. In particular, in case of the inter-HAPS communication, the problem is greater because the position between the HAPSs changes with each other.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, in order to maintain the inter-HAPS communication and the communication with the artificial satellite even if the positions and attitudes of the HAPSs 10 and 20 change in the upper airspace, the HAPSs 10 and 20 use an optical antenna apparatus that can be controlled so that an outward directional beam changes. Then, optical beam control information for directing a directional beam of the optical antenna apparatus to an optical communication destination such as other HAPS or artificial satellite is acquired, and the directional beam (optical beam) of the optical antenna apparatus is controlled to be directed toward the optical communication destination based on the acquired optical beam control information.
The optical transmission/reception signal processing section 135 processes an optical signal, which is received by the optical antenna apparatuses 130 and 230 and converted into an electrical signal, to generate a reception data, and processes a transmission data to generate an optical signal to be sent to the optical antenna apparatuses 130 and 230.
The beam control section 126 includes an optical antenna selection control section 140 and an optical beam control information acquisition 145. The optical beam control information acquisition section 145 acquires optical beam control information for directing the optical beam (directive beam) of the optical antenna apparatuses 130 and 230 to the optical communication destination. The optical beam control information is, for example, information such as attitudes and positions of the HAPSs 10 and 20, a position of the optical communication destination such as the HAPS or the artificial satellite, and a reception strength or reception sensitivity for each optical antenna obtained from the optical communication section 125. The optical beam control information includes at least one of these kinds of information.
The information on the attitudes of HAPSs 10 and 20 is, for example, a roll angle, a pitch angle and a yaw angle which are measured in advance with respect to a measurement reference portion at a predetermined position of the optical antenna apparatus, with reference to the gravity direction and the true north direction of the earth. The information on the positions of the HAPSs 10 and 20 and the optical communication destination is, for example, position information (latitude, longitude, altitude) obtained based on a GPS reception signal. As described above, the information on the position and attitude of the HAPS itself can be acquired based on an output of a GPS reception apparatus, a gyro sensor, an acceleration sensor, etc., which are incorporated in the HAPS, and the information on the positions of the neighboring HAPSs and the artificial satellites can be acquired from the remote control apparatus 85 or another HAPS management server provided in the mobile communication network 80.
The information on the reception strength and the reception sensitivity of the optical beam is, for example, information on a reception strength and a reception sensitivity, which are measured for the optical antenna in using for an optical communication and the optical antenna disposed in the vicinity thereof, among the plurality of optical antennas constituting the optical antenna apparatuses 130 and 230. The information on the reception strength and the reception sensitivity of the optical beam can be acquired, for example, from the optical transmission/reception signal processing section 135 of the optical communication section 125.
In the case of the optical antenna apparatuses 130 and 230 in
Here, the following control may be performed to maintain a continuous optical communication at a time of handover for switching the optical antenna 131. For example, the beam control section 126 may perform a control to predict and sequentially select an optical antennas used for optical communication with the optical communication destination based on a time change of the optical beam control information such as the reception sensitivity of the foregoing optical antenna in communication and the optical antenna in the vicinity thereof. When switching of the optical antenna 131, the optical communication section 125 may perform an optical communication with the optical communication destination so as to synchronize and overlap the optical communication via each of the plurality of optical antennas with each other for a predetermined time before and after the switching. The optical communication section 125 may control to stop or reduce a power supply to the optical antenna that is not used for the optical communication with the optical communication destination among the plurality of optical antennas 131, in order to reduce a power consumption. The optical antenna apparatuses 130 and 230 may be configured to be capable of adjusting at least one of a direction and a divergence angle of the directional beam of the optical antenna 131 in order to accurately align the optical axis with the optical communication destination.
It is noted that, although the plurality of optical antennas are disposed in the example of
In
As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the communication between the HAPSs 10 and 20 forming the three-dimensional cell and the communication between the HAPSs 10 and 20 and the artificial satellite 72 can be stably performed by the optical communication capable of performing a high-speed and large-capacity communication, it is possible to stably over a wide area realize a three-dimensional network, in which a propagation delay is low, simultaneous connections with a large number of terminal apparatuses in wide-range and high-speed communications can be performed, and a system capacity per unit area is large, in radio communications with terminal apparatuses including devices for the IoT. Moreover, since the optical communication is used for the communication between the HAPSs 10 and 20 and the communication between the HAPSs 10 and 20 and the artificial satellite 72, there is no influence on radio wave frequency resources.
It is noted that, the process steps and configuration elements of the radio relay station of the radio relay apparatus, the feeder station, the remote control apparatus, terminal apparatus (user apparatus, mobile station, communication terminal) and the base station described in the present description can be implemented with various means. For example, these process steps and configuration elements may be implemented with hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof.
With respect to hardware implementation, means such as processing units or the like used for establishing the foregoing steps and configuration elements in entities (for example, radio relay station, feeder station, base station apparatus, radio relay station apparatus, terminal apparatus (user apparatus, mobile station, communication terminal), remote control apparatus, hard disk drive apparatus, or optical disk drive apparatus) may be implemented in one or more of an application-specific IC (ASIC), a digital signal processor (DSP), a digital signal processing apparatus (DSPD), a programmable logic device (PLD), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a processor, a controller, a microcontroller, a microprocessor, a electronic device, other electronic unit, computer, or a combination thereof, which are designed so as to perform a function described in the present specification.
With respect to the firmware and/or software implementation, means such as processing units or the like used for establishing the foregoing configuration elements may be implemented with a program (for example, code such as procedure, function, module, instruction, etc.) for performing a function described in the present specification. In general, any computer/processor readable medium of materializing the code of firmware and/or software may be used for implementation of means such as processing units and so on for establishing the foregoing steps and configuration elements described in the present specification. For example, in a control apparatus, the firmware and/or software code may be stored in a memory and executed by a computer or processor. The memory may be implemented within the computer or processor, or outside the processor. Further, the firmware and/or software code may be stored in, for example, a medium capable being read by a computer or processor, such as a random-access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), a non-volatility random-access memory (NVRAM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an electrically erasable PROM (EEPROM), a FLASH memory, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a compact disk (CD), a digital versatile disk (DVD), a magnetic or optical data storage unit, or the like. The code may be executed by one or more of computers and processors, and a certain aspect of functionalities described in the present specification may by executed by a computer or processor.
The description of embodiments disclosed in the present specification is provided so that the present disclosures can be produced or used by those skilled in the art. Various modifications of the present disclosures will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art and general principles defined in the present specification can be applied to other variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosures. Therefore, the present disclosures should not be limited to examples and designs described in the present specification and should be recognized to be in the broadest scope corresponding to principles and novel features disclosed in the present specification.
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