When there is a movement or attitude change of an upper-airspace staying type communication relay apparatus, it is suppressed of an increase in control signals and disconnection of communication with a terminal apparatus in a cell configuring a service area, and it is reduced of a circuit scale and power consumption of a base-station processing section. The base-station processing section of the communication relay apparatus performs, with respect to a radio resource part for control communication by which a communication is performed with plural terminal apparatuses located in a cell via a single or plural beams for control among downlink and uplink radio resources used for service links, a footprint fixation control for performing a precoding and a postcoding so as to fix a position of a footprint corresponding to the beam for control, based on information on at least one of a position and attitude of the communication relay apparatus, and does not perform the footprint fixation control on the basis of the information on the at least one of the position and attitude, with respect to downlink and uplink radio resource parts other than the radio resource part for control communication.
H04B 7/06 - Systèmes de diversité; Systèmes à plusieurs antennes, c. à d. émission ou réception utilisant plusieurs antennes utilisant plusieurs antennes indépendantes espacées à la station d'émission
A manufacturing method of a multilayer collector is provided, comprising preparing a resin layer, and a laminate in which collectors including a first metal layer and a second metal layer arranged on both sides of the resin layer are laminated, arranging a tab on one of an upper surface side and a lower surface side of the laminate, and a Sub-tab on another, performing heat compression on a portion to be welded of the tab, the laminate, and the Sub-tab in a laminating direction, to elute resin of the resin layer in the portion to be welded, and performing resistance welding on the portion to be welded.
An apparatus, method, and program capable of predicting an attenuation of electromagnetic waves in an upper airspace of a target area in consideration of the influence of long-term weather changes in future are provided. An apparatus for predicting an attenuation of electromagnetic waves between a radio apparatus located above a target area and a terrestrial surface is provided with a data acquisition section for acquiring past weather data in the target area, and an estimation section for estimating a weather corresponding to a future target year in the upper airspace of the target area based on the past weather data, and estimating an attenuation of electromagnetic waves based on an estimation result of the weather.
A video transmission apparatus, including: a video data obtaining unit which obtains video data; a video data storing unit which stores the video data obtained by the video data obtaining unit; a reduced video generating unit which generates reduced video of which a data volume is reduced by performing image processing on the video data obtained by the video data obtaining unit; a streaming transmitting unit which transmits the reduced video to a transmission destination by streaming; and a video data transmitting unit which transmits the video data stored in the video data storing unit to a preservation destination of the video data in response to a predetermined condition being satisfied, is provided.
H04N 21/2743 - Hébergement vidéo de données téléchargées à partir du dispositif client
H04N 21/61 - Structure physique de réseau; Traitement de signal
H04N 21/647 - Signalisation de contrôle entre des éléments du réseau et serveur ou clients; Procédés réseau pour la distribution vidéo entre serveur et clients, p.ex. contrôle de la qualité du flux vidéo en éliminant des paquets, protection du contenu contre une modification non autorisée dans le réseau ou surveillance de la charge du résea
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MASSIVE MIMO FOR HAPS BASED ON ANGLE INFORMATION ON USER APPARATUS
In an upper-airspace staying type communication relay apparatus that performs an MU-MIMO radio communication with plural terminal apparatuses located in a cell, it is intended to improve the communication quality of the entire cell and enhance the system capacity, while suppressing an increase in overhead in the terminal apparatus and the communication relay apparatus even if the number of terminal apparatuses located in the cell increases. The communication relay apparatus receives an uplink signal from each of plural terminal apparatuses via an array antenna, estimates angle information indicating a direction of the terminal apparatus for each of the plural terminal apparatuses, selects a terminal apparatus to be assigned to each of plural radio resources used for a downlink based on the estimation result of the angle information, calculates a downlink beamforming weight based on the estimation result of the angle information, and transmits a downlink signal to the terminal apparatus via the array antenna based on the beamforming weight corresponding to the terminal apparatus and the radio resources assigned to the terminal apparatus.
H04W 72/541 - Critères d’affectation ou de planification des ressources sans fil sur la base de critères de qualité en utilisant le niveau d’interférence
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INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
An information processing apparatus according to the present application includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire individual information indicating a characteristic of behavior of an individual belonging to a group of living organisms to be processed arranged in a virtual space, relative information indicating a characteristic of the behavior relative to the individuals of other individuals located around the individual belonging to the group of living organisms to be processed with respect to the individual, and environmental information indicating a characteristic of an environment around the individual belonging to the group of living organisms to be processed; and a determination unit configured to determine a behavior of an individual belonging to the group of living organisms to be processed on the basis of the individual information, the relative information, and the environmental information acquired by the acquisition unit.
An information processing method according to the application concerned is implemented in a computer; and includes obtaining a two-dimensional simulation image that is formed when a plurality of target subjects present in a three-dimensional simulation space is captured by a virtual camera, and generating the simulation image that visually displays information indicating the degree of overlapping of the plurality of target subjects in the simulation image.
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In a drone-type radio relay apparatus, it is provided of an antenna system capable of suppressing an inclination of an antenna due to a strong wind during a stationary flight (hovering). The antenna system is provided with a long-shaped antenna 110 connected to a relay station via a cable, and an antenna guide mechanism that is fixed to a body of a drone and guides the antenna so as to be movable in an up-down direction of a basic attitude of the drone.
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An antenna apparatus is provided. The antenna apparatus includes an antenna array including a first plurality of antennas arranged by being shifted in a lateral direction by a distance of an odd integer multiple of a half period of a period of a level fluctuation depending on an antenna lateral position at a first distance that is predetermined as a distance between the antenna apparatus and an antenna apparatus of a communication partner. An antenna apparatus is provided. The antenna apparatus includes an antenna array including a first plurality of antennas arranged by being shifted in a height direction by a distance of an odd integer multiple of a half period of a period of a level fluctuation depending on an antenna height at a first distance that is predetermined as a distance between the antenna apparatus and an antenna apparatus of a communication partner.
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H01Q 21/06 - Réseaux d'unités d'antennes, de même polarisation, excitées individuellement et espacées entre elles
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COMMUNICATION RELAY APPARATUS, SYSTEM, INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION METHOD AND PROGRAM
It is prevented of degradation of communication quality caused by estimation errors of plural path differences between plural antennas for feeder link (FL antennas) incorporated in an aerial-staying type communication relay apparatus and plural gateway (GW) stations. The aerial-staying type communication relay apparatus estimates plural first path differences Δdji respectively between the plural GW stations and the plural FL antennas with reference to a main path, based on plural pilot reception signals received from the plural GW stations, obtains plural correction values corresponding to the plural first path differences, based on the plural pilot reception signals, estimates a propagation path response in the transmission signal band of the feeder link, based on plural corrected second path differences Δdji_new obtained by respectively correcting the plural first path differences with plural correction values, calculates and stores reception weights for suppressing interference signals, and applies the plural reception weights to reception signals received via the plural antennas for feeder link, with respect to each of the plural gateway stations.
Provided is a data processing apparatus comprising: a data acquisition unit which acquires determination data used for determining a date and time of exchanging, wherein the determination data includes meteorological data between a flight area of a serving flight vehicle and a takeoff area in which a to-be exchanged flight vehicle which is to replace the serving flight vehicle takes off; a data storage unit which stores the determination data; a proposed schedule acquisition unit which acquires a proposed schedule for exchanging between the serving flight vehicle and the to-be exchanged flight vehicle; a determination unit which determines a date and time of exchanging out of the proposed schedule for exchanging based on the determination data; and a data output unit which outputs output data based on the date and time of exchanging determined by the determination unit.
Provided is a system, comprising: an information-providing device; and a flying object functioning as a stratosphere platform and equipped with a control device radiating a beam to form a wireless communication area to provide wireless communication service to a user terminal in the wireless communication area, wherein the information-providing device irradiates the flying object with a radio wave including a response signal to the beam when a frequency of the beam is a predetermined frequency band, and the control device comprises: a radio wave receiving unit receiving the radio wave; a non-target area judging unit judging whether a non-target area of the wireless communication service exists in the wireless communication area based on the response signal; and a flying object controlling unit controlling the flying object not to irradiate the non-target area with the beam in response to the non-target area judging unit judging that the non-target area exists.
Provided is a control device including: a flight vehicle position information acquisition unit which acquires service flight vehicle position information indicating positions of a plurality of service flight vehicles, each of which functions as a stratosphere platform and is mounted with a communication device which forms a wireless communication area by emitting a beam and provides a wireless communication service to a user terminal in the wireless communication area; an arrangement determination unit which determines arrangement of a relay flight vehicle which relays communication of one service flight vehicle among the plurality of service flight vehicles on a basis of a predetermined condition and the service flight vehicle position information; and a flight vehicle control unit which controls the relay flight vehicle to move according to the arrangement determined by the arrangement determination unit and establish wireless communication connection with the one service flight vehicle.
Provided is a control device which controls a flight vehicle which forms a multi-cell including a plurality of cells on a ground to provide a wireless communication service to user terminals in the multi-cell, the control device including an output control unit which performs control such that in response to a state where a second flight vehicle which is to replace a first flight vehicle controlled by the control device has started forming a plurality of cells to be aligned with a position of each of the plurality of cells formed by the first flight vehicle, each of the plurality of cells formed by the second flight vehicle being in a same frequency band as that of each of the plurality of cells formed by the first flight vehicle, radio wave output of the plurality of cells of the first flight vehicle continuously falls.
It is provided of a system capable of estimating a current position of a terminal apparatus, even if a terminal apparatus for mobile communication is in a condition of non-receiving or inability to receive GNSS signals. A radio relay apparatus, in which a relay station mounted on a drone, transmits radio waves from a directional antenna toward the ground while flying in an upper airspace above a target area on the ground, and transmits position information on its own apparatus obtained based on the GNSS signal, to an information processing apparatus. The terminal apparatus measures a reception power or a reception quality of radio waves transmitted from the radio relay apparatus, and transmits reception measurement information regarding the measurement result of the reception power or the reception quality, to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus estimates the position of the terminal apparatus in the target area, based on the position information from the radio relay apparatus received in a flight time period during which the radio relay apparatus flies in the upper airspace above the target area and the reception measurement information from the terminal apparatus. The information processing apparatus may estimate the position where the reception power or the reception quality from the terminal apparatus is maximum, as the position of the terminal apparatus.
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BASE STATION APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD
Provided is a base station apparatus mounted on a flight vehicle and forming a multi-cell comprising cells on the ground to provide a wireless communication service for a user terminal within the multi-cell, comprising: a location-information acquiring unit that acquires location information of a user terminal served by the multi-cell; a flight-vehicle-related information acquiring unit that acquires flight-vehicle-related information comprising location information and attitude information of the flight vehicle; a terminal identification unit that identifies, among the user terminals, a victim user terminal expected to receive interference from a cell other than a cell serving, based on the location information of the user terminals and the flight-vehicle-related information; and a scheduling control unit that controls, to prevent the interference, scheduling of wireless resources of a first cell being the cell serving the victim user terminal, and a second cell being the cell expected to interfere with the victim user terminal.
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H04W 72/541 - Critères d’affectation ou de planification des ressources sans fil sur la base de critères de qualité en utilisant le niveau d’interférence
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CONTROL DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD
Provided is a control device that controls a power supply flight vehicle, the control device including a control unit which controls the power supply flight vehicle so as to cause a light irradiation unit to radiate light toward a solar cell panel while flying following flight of a power supply target flight vehicle on which the solar cell panel is mounted. Provided is a control method to control a power supply flight vehicle, which is executed by a computer, the control method including controlling the power supply flight vehicle so as to cause a light irradiation unit to radiate light toward a solar cell panel while flying following flight of a power supply target flight vehicle on which the solar cell panel is mounted.
Provided is a base station device including: a scheme selection unit that selects a scheme of HO from a first scheme not using an NRT and a second scheme using the NRT; and an HO control unit that, when the first scheme is selected, causes the UE to measure system information of an HO candidate cell, receives an ECGI, and controls HO by using cell information of the HO candidate cell received from a core network by using the ECGI, and, when the second scheme is selected and the PCI of the HO candidate cell is included in the NRT, controls the HO by using cell information corresponding to the PCI, and when the PCI is not included, causes the UE to measure the system information of the HO candidate cell, receives the ECGI, controls the HO by using the cell information of the HO candidate cell.
There is provided a flight vehicle including: a wing unit; a battery that is arranged in the wing unit; an air intake unit that is formed at a position corresponding to the battery on a front side of the wing unit; a heat sink unit that is arranged for the battery and cools the battery by air which flows in from the air intake unit and that includes a ventilation unit having a shape widening from the front side toward a rear side; and an exhaust unit that is formed at a position corresponding to the battery on the rear side of the wing unit and that exhausts air which flows out from the heat sink unit.
An information processing apparatus includes: an acceptance unit that accepts processing results of a plurality of processing targets including ground truth processing targets associated with ground truth processing results every time an operator completes processing on part of the processing targets; and a calculation unit that, when processing targets associated with the processing results accepted by the acceptance unit are the ground truth processing targets, calculates an evaluation value indicating an evaluation on the operator based on comparison between the processing results accepted by the acceptance unit and the ground truth processing results.
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G06V 10/94 - Architectures logicielles ou matérielles spécialement adaptées à la compréhension d’images ou de vidéos
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Base station device, program, system, and control method
Provided is a base station device which is mounted to a flight vehicle and forms a multi-cell including a plurality of cells on a ground to provide a wireless communication service to a user terminal in the multi-cell, the base station device including a location information acquisition unit which acquires location information of a user terminal present in the multi-cell, a flight vehicle associated information acquisition unit which acquires flight vehicle associated information, an interference estimation unit which estimates an interfered user terminal having a chance of experiencing an interference from a cell other than a cell in which the user terminal is present among a plurality of user terminals and an interference amount, an MCS decision unit which decides an MCS of an uplink to be assigned to the interfered user terminal, and an MCS notification unit which notifies the interfered user terminal of the MCS.
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (USA)
SoftBank Corp. (Japon)
Inventeur(s)
Zheng, Changxi
Xu, Ruilin
Wu, Rundi
Vondrick, Carl
Ishiwaka, Yuko
Abrégé
Disclosed are methods, systems, device, and other implementations, including a method that includes receiving an audio signal representation, detecting in the received audio signal representation, using a first learning model, one or more silent intervals with reduced foreground sound levels, determining based on the detected one or more silent intervals an estimated full noise profile corresponding to the audio signal representation, and generating with a second learning model, based on the received audio signal representation and on the determined estimated full noise profile, a resultant audio signal representation with a reduced noise level.
G10L 21/0232 - Traitement dans le domaine fréquentiel
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FLIGHT VEHICLE, COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD
Provided is a flight vehicle which has an antenna for forming a wireless communication area by irradiating beam towards a ground to provide a wireless communication service to a user terminal in the wireless communication area, the flight vehicle including an FL communication unit which communicates with a core network on the ground via a feeder link, a UP execution unit which executes a user plane function, and a communication control unit which performs control such that communication between a first user terminal in the wireless communication area and a second user terminal is relayed without intermediation of the core network by the user plane function.
Provided is a control device including a location information reception unit which receives, via a communication device, location information of a user terminal from the terminal in a wireless communication area, a detection device control unit which controls a detection device of a flying object to detect a state of a region including a location indicated by the location information, a detection information reception unit which receives, via the communication device, detection information indicating the state, an unmanned aerial vehicle control unit which controls an unmanned aerial vehicle to capture an image around the location by an image capturing unit of the vehicle based on the detection information, a captured image reception unit which receives a captured image captured by the image capturing unit from the vehicle, and a rescue method decision unit which decides a rescue method of rescuing a user of the terminal based on the image.
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USER TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD
Communication in a non-co-located scenario is controlled appropriately. A user terminal includes: a receiving unit that receives a downlink signal from a plurality of transmission points respectively corresponding to a plurality of cells by using carrier aggregation and/or dual connectivity; a transmission unit that transmits information about support for required conditions when the plurality of transmission points are not co-located; and a control unit that controls the reception of the downlink signal on the basis of whether the plurality of transmission points are co-located or not.
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There is provided a flight vehicle including: a wing unit; a main body unit; a battery that is arranged in the wing unit; a payload that is arranged in the main body unit; a radiator; and a heat pipe that exchanges heat between the battery, the payload, and the radiator and that has a check valve which causes a hydraulic fluid to be circulated to transfer the heat of the battery to the payload and the radiator.
2 absorption amounts are compared with each other and the minimum value thereof is selected as the estimated value. Information regarding the selected estimated value is displayed.
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japon)
Inventeur(s)
Saito, Takaya
Nishiyama, Koji
Takayanagi, Yoshiki
Miyakawa, Shuntaro
Yao, Masaru
Kato, Minami
Ando, Hisanori
Takeichi, Nobuhiko
Abrégé
An active material used in a secondary battery includes a heterocyclic chemical compound including one or more pyrazine rings and two or more benzene rings, or a salt or derivative thereof. The heterocyclic chemical compound is preferably a chemical compound in which at least 4 oxygen atoms are bonded to the benzene ring. The active material used in the secondary battery may also include phenazine or a salt or derivative thereof. The phenazines are preferably chemical compounds in which at least 4 oxygen atoms are bonded to a benzene ring included in a phenazine structure.
A vehicle antenna system having high transmission and reception efficiency is provided. A vehicle antenna system includes an antenna that is attached to a vehicle and is capable of transmitting and receiving radio waves of a predetermined frequency band. The antenna is attached to the vehicle in such a way that an elevation angle of the antenna with respect to a horizontal plane becomes large in a predetermined angle range in accordance with the height of a communication frequency band.
A negative electrode material that is used for a negative electrode of a lithium secondary battery containing a non-aqueous electrolyte solution, includes: a first layer that contains lithium metal as a negative electrode active material; and a second layer that is arranged on at least one surface of the first layer. The second layer consists of a compound represented by a general formula MxAy (M is an element selected from a group consisting of Al, In, Mg, Ag, Si, and Sn, and A is an element selected from a group consisting of O, N, P, and F, and 0.3
There is provided a data processing device including: a data acquisition unit configured to acquire animation data in which clothing moves according to a motion of a wearer's body wearing the clothing; and a data update unit configured to update the animation data based on three types of elements having ratios in accordance with a specified type of an emotion. There is provided a data processing method that is executed by a computer, the data processing method including: acquiring animation data in which clothing moves according to a motion of a wearer's body wearing the clothing; and updating the animation data based on three types of elements having ratios in accordance with a specified characteristic of a motion.
An avatar display device includes: an obtaining part that obtains captured image data of a person; a second obtaining part that obtains, from the captured image data, depth data or image data of the person; a generating part that composes a 3D model in accordance with the depth data or image data to generate an avatar; and a display part that displays, in an image display area of an information communication device, the avatar that is caused to follow a motion of the person.
There is provided a data processing apparatus including: a set data recording unit configured to record set data obtained by combining an event representing data which is generated by processing data by a program, with a program which is started when a plurality of events including the event are complete and processes the plurality of events; and a data processing execution unit configured to execute a plurality of programs by a plurality of pieces of set data recorded by the set data recording unit. There is provided a data processing method including: recording set data obtained by combining an event representing data which is generated by processing data by a program, with a program which is started when a plurality of events including the event are complete and processes the plurality of events; and executing a plurality of programs by a plurality of pieces of set data recorded.
In the present application, for a detailed protocol for realizing supplemental downlink communication in the filed patent, particularly, a system is proposed which performs training processing at high speed by using two-dimensionally developed information. In the present application, compared to the filed patent, a two-dimensional pilot symbol can be used in a display unit, further, introduction of a segment for communication band control using a two-dimensional pilot symbol, training processing using a two-dimensional test pattern for establishing a communication path, and a configuration of a communication frame are clarified, and MIMO processing of communication using video information by a plurality of segments is realized to improve a throughput of an existing portable phone.
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INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE
An information processing system includes at least an information processing device and a storage device. The information processing device includes: a point granting unit configured to store an identifier of a company and an identifier of another company in the storage device in correlation with predetermined numbers of points; an availability information acquiring unit configured to acquire availability information on a date and time at which the use object is available to the user of the other company from a user terminal of the company; a use request acquiring unit configured to acquire a use request for the use object from the user of the other company; and a reservation setting unit configured to set a use reservation of the user of the other company for the use object on the basis of the availability information and the use request.
An information processing method implemented by a computer. The information processing method includes the step of acquiring an internal parameter value regarding a biological characteristic of fish, an external parameter value regarding a surrounding environment characteristic of the fish, and a shoaling parameter value regarding a shoaling characteristic that is a behavior of one fish with respect to other fish, and the step of generating a simulation image including a behavior of each fish in a fish school based on the internal parameter value, the external parameter value, and the shoaling parameter value that are acquired in the step of acquiring.
A01K 61/95 - Triage, classement, comptage ou marquage des animaux vivants, p.ex. identification de leur sexe spécialement adaptés aux poissons
A01K 61/10 - NÉCESSITÉS COURANTES DE LA VIE ÉLEVAGE; CHASSE; PIÉGEAGE; PÊCHE ÉLEVAGE; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; PÊCHE; OBTENTION D'ANIMAUX, NON PRÉVUE AILLEURS; NOUVELLES RACES D'ANIMAUX Élevage des animaux aquatiques des poissons
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INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM THAT CONTROLS INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND PROGRAM THAT CONTROLS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL
An information processing system includes: a gateway connecting facilities of which control performed by an unauthorized user is restricted to a network; an information processing device connected to the facilities via the network; and a communication terminal of the user, in which the information processing device includes: an authority generating unit generating authority information about provisional authority used for controlling facilities relating to a use target among the facilities on the basis of reservation information about a use reservation for the use target in a building; and a communication unit transmitting the authority information to a communication terminal of a user relating to the reservation information, and the communication terminal includes a control request generating unit generating a control request for requesting predetermined control of the facilities relating to the use target on the basis of the provisional authority.
Systems, devices, and methods including a wing panel; a spar disposed in the wing panel, where the spar comprises: an upper cap; a lower cap; a honeycomb core connected between at least a portion of the upper cap and the lower cap; an inner face sheet; and an outer face sheet, where at least a portion of the honeycomb core is disposed between the inner face sheet and the outer face sheet.
There is provided a control device that is configured to control an aircraft which has a battery, and a base station unit for providing a wireless communication service to a user terminal in a communication area formed by using power of the battery to radiate a beam on a ground, and which is configured to use the power of the battery to fly, the control device including: a battery capacity acquisition unit configured to acquire a battery capacity of the battery; and a communication control unit configured to control an amount of communication resources which is allocated to the user terminal by the base station unit based on the battery capacity.
Communication system, display control device, communication terminal, and computer-readable storage medium allowing supplemental downlink with a large capacity utilizing optical communication
In accordance with increasing communication demand, means for efficiently providing mass downstream communication at a low cost are desired. Accordingly, a communication system providing supplemental downlink as well as multicast communication comprising a display control device for causing a display unit to display a video, and a communication terminal having an image capturing unit for directly capturing the video displayed by the display unit or capturing a video projected or reflected on a wall surface or the like is provided, wherein the display control device includes a video acquiring unit, a region identification unit, a video generating unit, and a display control unit, and the communication terminal includes a region identification unit, a decoding unit, and a mechanism for communicating a control signal for supplemental downlink by the above-described optical communication using means other than optical communication (means such as WiFi, mobile data communication or the like).
H04W 72/23 - Canaux de commande ou signalisation pour la gestion des ressources dans le sens descendant de la liaison sans fil, c. à d. en direction du terminal
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INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
Provided is an information processing system including: a target person information reception unit configured to receive target person information including information related to a state of a target person and a situation in a periphery of the target person from an image capturing apparatus; a target person information analysis unit configured to analyze the target person information; and a notification processing execution unit configured to execute notification processing based on an analysis result obtained by the target person information analysis unit. Provided is an information processing method executed by a computer, including: receiving target person information including information related to a state of a target person and a situation in a periphery of the target person from an image capturing apparatus; analyzing the target person information; and executing notification processing based on an analysis result obtained in the analyzing of the target person information.
G16H 50/80 - TIC spécialement adaptées au diagnostic médical, à la simulation médicale ou à l’extraction de données médicales; TIC spécialement adaptées à la détection, au suivi ou à la modélisation d’épidémies ou de pandémies pour la détection, le suivi ou la modélisation d’épidémies ou des pandémies, p.ex. de la grippe
G16H 40/20 - TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou à l’administration de ressources ou d’établissements de santé; TIC spécialement adaptées à la gestion ou au fonctionnement d’équipement ou de dispositifs médicaux pour la gestion ou l’administration de ressources ou d’établissements de soins de santé, p.ex. pour la gestion du personnel hospitalier ou de salles d’opération
An electronic device may include: an acquisition section configured to acquire captured image data of a hand of an operator; a presumption section configured to presume, in accordance with the captured image data, skeleton data corresponding to the hand; and a determination section configured to determine, in accordance with the skeleton data, a cursor position for operating the electronic device.
Provided is a two-dimensional phased array antenna having a simple configuration capable of reducing the number of control systems and the number of control input ports for phase control of antenna elements. The phased array antenna comprises a plurality of antenna elements arranged in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction, a plurality of frequency mixers for respectively supplying transmission signals with a predetermined transmission frequency (f) to the plurality of antenna elements, and means for generating a plurality of first mixing signals having a predetermined first phase difference (Δφ1) between the antenna elements adjacent to each other in the first direction and a plurality of second mixing signals having a predetermined second phase difference (Δφ2) between the antenna elements adjacent to each other in the second direction, based on three frequency-controllable input signals with respective frequencies different from each other, and supplying the plurality of first mixing signals and the plurality of second mixing signals to the plurality of frequency mixers.
H01Q 3/42 - Dispositifs pour changer ou faire varier l'orientation ou la forme du diagramme de directivité des ondes rayonnées par une antenne ou un système d'antenne faisant varier la distribution de l’énergie à travers une ouverture rayonnante faisant varier la phase par des moyens électriques utilisant un mélangeur de fréquences
H02J 50/23 - Circuits ou systèmes pour l'alimentation ou la distribution sans fil d'énergie électrique utilisant des micro-ondes ou des ondes radio fréquence caractérisés par le type d'antennes de transmission, p.ex. les antennes-réseau directives ou les antennes Yagi
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OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, SYSTEM, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION METHOD
To provide an optical communication device including a transmitting optical output unit for transmitting information by optical communication, a receiving optical sensor for receiving information by optical communication, an optical switch that is connected to the transmitting optical output unit and the receiving optical sensor via an optical splitter, a plurality of head parts that are connected to the optical switch, and a control unit for performing control so as to transmit information by emitting a laser from each of the plurality of head parts by switching and guiding a light output by the transmitting optical output unit to the plurality of head parts with the optical switch, and receive information by switching a light received by the plurality of head parts with the optical switch and guiding the light to the receiving optical sensor.
An estimation program according to the application concerned causes a computer to execute an obtaining step and an estimating step. The obtaining step includes obtaining behavior information which indicates the behavior exhibited by a specific fish species having a predetermined physical abnormality. The estimating step includes estimating, based on the behavior information obtained at the obtaining step and based on state information indicating the state of the target fish for processing, behavioral features of the target fish for processing that are attributable to the predetermined physical abnormality seen in the target fish for processing.
Provided is a system including: a management unit configured to manage a plurality of battery packs connected in parallel, in which the management unit is configured to control the plurality of battery packs to cause the plurality of battery packs to be discharged alternately so that a discharge rate of each of the plurality of battery packs becomes higher than the discharge rate in a case of discharging all of the plurality of battery packs. The plurality of battery packs include a plurality of left-hand side battery packs and a plurality of right-hand side battery packs, and the management unit is configured to manage the plurality of battery packs to cause at least one of the plurality of battery packs in each of the plurality of left-hand side battery packs and the plurality of right-hand side battery packs to be discharged at a time in order.
B64D 27/24 - Aéronefs caractérisés par le type ou la position des groupes moteurs utilisant la vapeur, l'électricité ou l'énergie de ressorts
B60L 50/60 - Propulsion électrique par source d'énergie intérieure au véhicule utilisant de la puissance de propulsion fournie par des batteries ou des piles à combustible utilisant de l'énergie fournie par des batteries
H02J 7/00 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries
H02J 7/35 - Fonctionnement en parallèle, dans des réseaux, de batteries avec d'autres sources à courant continu, p.ex. batterie tampon avec des cellules sensibles à la lumière
H02J 3/38 - Dispositions pour l’alimentation en parallèle d’un seul réseau, par plusieurs générateurs, convertisseurs ou transformateurs
H02S 10/20 - Systèmes caractérisés par leurs moyens de stockage de l’énergie
H01M 10/46 - Accumulateurs combinés par structure avec un appareil de charge
H01M 10/48 - Accumulateurs combinés à des dispositions pour mesurer, tester ou indiquer l'état des éléments, p.ex. le niveau ou la densité de l'électrolyte
Aspects of the technology include establishing a primary communication link between a communication system of a first balloon and a communication system of a second balloon, detecting a movement of the second balloon relative to the first balloon that is expected to cause the primary communication link to become unavailable at a given time during the movement, establishing an RF communication link between an RF communication system of the first balloon and an RF communication system of the second balloon, detecting that the movement of the second balloon relative to the first balloon is such that the primary communication link between the communication system of the first balloon and the optical communication system of the second balloon can be re-established, and re-establishing the primary communication link between the communication system of the first balloon and the communication system of the second balloon.
H04B 10/118 - Dispositions spécifiques à la transmission en espace libre, c. à d. dans l’air ou le vide spécialement adaptées aux communications par satellite
It is dynamically suppressed of a downlink interference in a reverse link of a multi-feeder link of a same frequency between an aerial-staying type communication relay apparatus and plural gateway (GW) stations. A relay communication station of the communication relay apparatus estimates plural propagation path responses respectively between plural GW stations and an antenna for feeder link of the communication relay apparatus based on reception results of plural pilot signals received from each of plural GW stations. The relay communication station calculates a weight for suppressing an interference signal that causes an interference by a transmission signal transmitted from a relay communication station to the GW station and received by another GW station, based on the plural propagation path responses, with respect to each of the plural GW stations. The relay communication station adds or subtracts, for the transmission signal to be transmitted to the GW station, a transmission signal to be transmitted to another gateway station that is multiplied by the weight corresponding to the other gateway station, with respect to each of the plural GW stations.
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, TERMINAL-DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
An information processing apparatus according to the present application includes a use-condition acquiring unit, an image acquiring unit, a reservation-information acquiring unit, and a selecting unit. The use-condition acquiring unit acquires a use condition of the store. The image acquiring unit acquires an image obtained by capturing an inside of the store. The reservation-information acquiring unit acquires reservation information of the store. The selecting unit selects a store estimated to be usable on a date and time indicated in the use condition based on the acquired image of the store and the reservation information of the store.
Provided is a processing unit including a parallel processing determination unit configured to determine whether parallel processing is to be performed on at least some of processing target data, a VM execution control unit configured to cause each of a plurality of cores included in a parallel processing execution unit to execute a VM when the parallel processing determination unit determines that the parallel processing is to be performed, a storage control unit configured to divide at least some of the processing target data into partial data that can be processed in parallel and to cause a memory of the parallel processing execution unit to store the partial data, and a processing result obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of processing results of the partial data processed by VMs of the plurality of cores from the parallel processing execution unit.
G06F 9/455 - Dispositions pour exécuter des programmes spécifiques Émulation; Interprétation; Simulation de logiciel, p.ex. virtualisation ou émulation des moteurs d’exécution d’applications ou de systèmes d’exploitation
G06F 9/345 - Adressage de l'opérande d'instruction ou du résultat ou accès à l'opérande d'instruction ou au résultat d'opérandes ou de résultats multiples
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DETERMINATION DEVICE, PATH DETERMINATION METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, PATH DETERMINATION SYSTEM, AND AIR VEHICLE DEVICE
A determination device according to one embodiment includes an acquiring unit (231) and a determination unit (233). The acquiring unit (231) acquires positional information that is related to a terminal device installed at an arbitrary location serving as a reference for a path of an air vehicle and that is calculated on the basis of correction information that includes information on coordinates of a reference station associated with an area in which the terminal device is positioned and information based on a satellite signal received by the reference station. The determination unit (233) determines a flight path of the air vehicle on the basis of the positional information acquired by the acquiring unit.
G01C 21/28 - Navigation; Instruments de navigation non prévus dans les groupes spécialement adaptés pour la navigation dans un réseau routier avec corrélation de données de plusieurs instruments de navigation
There is provided a terminal including: a reception unit that receives, from a base station, a measurement configuration which associates information indicating an object cell on which given processing is to be performed, with a conditional configuration indicating a condition to initiate the given processing; a measurement unit that measures reception quality of a cell; and a control unit that initiates the given processing corresponding to the conditional configuration when the measured cell is included in the object cell and the reception quality of the measured cell fulfills the condition to initiate the given processing.
A three-dimensional stacked integrated circuit is configured such that a package provided with a semiconductor chip and an interposer substrate provided with an opening are alternately stacked with respective electrode terminals and electrode pads, the package and the interposer substrate include electrode terminals having a shape in which a gap is generated between the electrode terminals in a stacking direction in a stacked state, an electrode pad for connecting the electrode terminals, and a guide hole for holding accurate positioning and connection at a time of stacking, an interlayer communication path is formed by connecting the package and the interposer substrate, and a cooling liquid flows through the gap to perform liquid immersion cooling.
H01L 25/10 - Ensembles consistant en une pluralité de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou d'autres dispositifs à l'état solide les dispositifs étant tous d'un type prévu dans le même sous-groupe des groupes , ou dans une seule sous-classe de , , p.ex. ensembles de diodes redresseuses les dispositifs ayant des conteneurs séparés
54.
CONTROL APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, CONTROL METHOD, AND FLYING OBJECT
Provided is a control apparatus that controls flying objects, each of the flying objects having an antenna arranged to form a cell on a ground and provide wireless communication service to a user terminal in the cell, the control apparatus including a replacement control unit configured to control replacement of a first flying object covering a target area on the ground by a first cell with a second flying object, in which the replacement control unit is configured to control the second flying object in a manner that after a second cell is formed in a part of the target area, the second flying object continuously expands the second cell to continuously broaden a coverage of the target area by the second cell.
A system having flying objects, each of which includes: a beacon signal transmission unit for wirelessly transmitting a beacon signal including rank information representing the flying object is at, a first rank when wirelessly connected with a gateway, a second rank when wirelessly connected with a flying object at the first rank, and a third rank when wirelessly connected with a flying object at the second rank; a flying object identification unit for identifying, when wirelessly connected with any flying object among the flying objects, flying objects from which strength of a radio wave received is stronger than threshold; and a flying object determination unit for determining a flying object with which wireless connection is to be performed, from the identified flying objects and based on the strength of radio wave received from each of the flying objects and a rank of the each of the flying objects, is provided.
H04W 4/40 - Services spécialement adaptés à des environnements, à des situations ou à des fins spécifiques pour les véhicules, p.ex. communication véhicule-piétons
H04W 16/28 - Structures des cellules utilisant l'orientation du faisceau
H04W 72/08 - Affectation de ressources sans fil sur la base de critères de qualité
Provided is a base station device configured to form a cell to provide a wireless communication service to a user terminal within the cell, the base station device comprising: a handover threshold storing unit for storing a handover threshold which is set for the user terminal that starts a wireless connection to the base station device, a load determining unit for determining whether a load condition indicating that a load of the base station device is high is satisfied or not, and a handover threshold change unit for changing the handover threshold so as to suppress a handover from the base station device of a user terminal which establishes a wireless connection with the base station device when it is determined that the load condition is satisfied.
Provided is a system, including: a first communication apparatus including a first directional antenna; and a second communication apparatus, loaded on a mobile object, including a second directional antenna, wherein the first communication apparatus includes: a first adjustment performing unit configured to perform a calibration of the first directional antenna; and a first notification information transmitting unit configured to transmit a first notification information to the second communication apparatus according to a completion of a calibration of the first directional antenna by the first adjustment performing unit; and wherein the second communication apparatus includes a second adjustment performing unit configured to perform a calibration of the second directional antenna according to a receipt of the first notification information.
It is detected of an interference of a reverse link communication in a feeder link of a communication relay apparatus, which tends to occur when the number of movable aerial-floating type communication relay apparatuses increases in the same area. A communication system comprises a plurality of movable aerial-floating type communication relay apparatuses that respectively include a relay communication station of performing a service-link radio communication with a terminal apparatus, plural gateway stations that respectively perform a feeder-link radio communication with the plurality of the communication relay apparatuses, and a common baseband processing apparatus connected to the plural gateway stations. The baseband processing apparatus detects an interference of the reverse link communication due to an interference wave from a relay communication station of another communication relay apparatus, the interference wave interfering with a signal wave from the relay communication station of the communication relay apparatus connected to the gateway station, based on plural reception signals received by the plural gateway stations.
It is suppressed of a deterioration of communication quality of a service link (SL) due to a local propagation-loss increasing part in a radio propagation path of a feeder link (FL) between an aerial-floating type communication relay apparatus and a gateway (GW) station. When the local propagation-loss increasing part occurs in the radio propagation path of the feeder link between the gateway station and the communication relay apparatus or when an occurrence of the propagation-loss increasing part is predicted, the communication relay apparatus is moved to a position capable of suppressing or avoiding the deterioration of communication quality due to the propagation-loss increasing part in the radio propagation path of the feeder link.
Provided is a mobile object including: a mobile object information transmitting unit configured to transmit, to another mobile object by optical wireless communication by a first optical wireless communication unit, first mobile object information including first inertial measurement information and first body control information; a mobile object information receiving unit configured to receive, from the another mobile object by optical wireless communication by the first optical wireless communication unit, second mobile object information including second inertial measurement information and second body control information; and an optical axis direction control unit configured to control a direction of an optical axis of the first optical wireless communication unit on a basis of the first mobile object information and the second mobile object information.
H04B 10/80 - Aspects optiques concernant l’utilisation de la transmission optique pour des applications spécifiques non prévues dans les groupes , p.ex. alimentation par faisceau optique ou transmission optique dans l’eau
H04B 10/11 - Dispositions spécifiques à la transmission en espace libre, c. à d. dans l’air ou le vide
G01P 15/18 - Mesure de l'accélération; Mesure de la décélération; Mesure des chocs, c. à d. d'une variation brusque de l'accélération dans plusieurs dimensions
G01S 19/01 - Systèmes de positionnement par satellite à radiophares émettant des messages horodatés, p.ex. GPS [Système de positionnement global], GLONASS [Système global de navigation par satellite] ou GALILEO
G01C 19/00 - Gyroscopes; Dispositifs sensibles à la rotation utilisant des masses vibrantes; Dispositifs sensibles à la rotation sans masse en mouvement; Mesure de la vitesse angulaire en utilisant les effets gyroscopiques
G01P 15/08 - Mesure de l'accélération; Mesure de la décélération; Mesure des chocs, c. à d. d'une variation brusque de l'accélération en ayant recours aux forces d'inertie avec conversion en valeurs électriques ou magnétiques
G05D 1/02 - Commande de la position ou du cap par référence à un système à deux dimensions
B63B 79/15 - Surveillance des caractéristiques ou des paramètres de fonctionnement des navires en opération utilisant des capteurs, p.ex. des capteurs de pression, des jauges de contrainte ou des accéléromètres pour la surveillance des variables environnementales, p.ex. de la hauteur des vagues ou des données météorologiques
G05D 1/10 - Commande de la position ou du cap dans les trois dimensions simultanément
B64C 39/02 - Aéronefs non prévus ailleurs caractérisés par un emploi spécial
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MOVING BODY, SYSTEM, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD
There is provided a moving body including: an optical wireless communication unit configured to execute an optical wireless communication with another moving body; an object detection unit configured to detect an object around an own moving body; an object information transmission unit configured to transmit, to the other moving body, first object information including location information of the object, by the optical wireless communication or a radio wave communication; an object information receiving unit configured to receive, from the other moving body, second object information including location information of an object around the other moving body, by the optical wireless communication or the radio wave communication; and a movement control unit configured to control, based on the first object information and the second object information, a movement of the own moving body such that an object is not located on an optical axis of the optical wireless communication.
B64C 39/02 - Aéronefs non prévus ailleurs caractérisés par un emploi spécial
B64C 13/20 - Dispositifs amorçant la mise en œuvre actionnés automatiquement, p.ex. répondant aux détecteurs de rafales utilisant des émissions de signaux
H04B 10/114 - Systèmes d’intérieur ou à courte portée
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Interference canceling by fixed division of feeder link transmission band in multiple gateway HAPS system
Interference in multi-feeder links of a same frequency between an aerial-floating type communication relay apparatus and plural gateway (GW) stations is suppressed. A transmission signal band of a feeder link is divided into plural divided frequency bands, and plural propagation path responses between plural GW stations and an antenna for feeder link of the communication relay apparatus are respectively estimated with respect to each of plural divided frequency bands, by setting a center frequency of the divided frequency band as an estimation frequency, based on a reception result of the pilot signals respectively received from the plural GW stations and separated from each other. A weight for suppressing an interference signal that causes an interference by a transmission signal transmitted from the GW station and received with a directional beam corresponding to another GW station is calculated for each of the divided frequency bands based on the plural propagation path responses. A reception signal received with the directional beam corresponding to the other GW station is multiplied by the weight corresponding to the other GW station and subtracted from the reception signal received with the directional beam corresponding to the other GW station, for each of the divided frequency bands.
H04B 7/06 - Systèmes de diversité; Systèmes à plusieurs antennes, c. à d. émission ou réception utilisant plusieurs antennes utilisant plusieurs antennes indépendantes espacées à la station d'émission
While suppressing a power consumption of an aerial-floating type communication relay apparatus, an interference in a multi-feeder link of a same frequency between the communication relay apparatus and plural gateway (GW) stations is suppressed. A relay communication station of the communication relay apparatus performs a first interference suppression process and a second interference suppression process by switching therebetween. The first interference suppression process suppresses an interference signal that causes an interference by a transmission signal transmitted from a gateway station and received with a directional beam corresponding to another gateway station, by using a propagation path response estimated with one frequency in a transmission signal band as an estimation frequency based on a reception result of a pilot signal without dividing a transmission signal band of a feeder link. The second interference suppression process divides a transmission signal band of a feeder link into plural divided frequency bands, and suppresses the interference signal by using a propagation path response estimated with one frequency in the divided frequency band as an estimation frequency based on a reception result of a pilot signal, for each of the divided frequency bands.
Example embodiments may relate to web interfaces for a balloon-network. For example, a computing device may display a graphical interface that provides information related to a balloon network configured to provide service in a geographic area, where the graphical interface includes a map. The computing device may receive real-time bandwidth data related to balloons in the balloon network, where the balloons are each configured to change position via altitudinal movement and via horizontal movement with respect to the ground. Based at least in part on the received real-time bandwidth data, the computing device may display, on the map, a visual representation of bandwidth information corresponding to one or more regions in the geographic area, where the visual representation of bandwidth information updates from time to time based at least in part on a change in position of one or more balloons in the balloon network.
H04L 43/08 - Surveillance ou test en fonction de métriques spécifiques, p.ex. la qualité du service [QoS], la consommation d’énergie ou les paramètres environnementaux
H04L 43/045 - Traitement des données de surveillance capturées, p.ex. pour la génération de fichiers journaux pour la visualisation graphique des données de surveillance
H04L 41/22 - Dispositions pour la maintenance, l’administration ou la gestion des réseaux de commutation de données, p.ex. des réseaux de commutation de paquets comprenant des interfaces utilisateur graphiques spécialement adaptées [GUI]
It is detected of an interference between feeder links of communication relay apparatus, which tends to occur when the number of movable aerial-floating type communication relay apparatus increases in a same area. Plural feeder-link model elements are generated with respect to the plural communication relay apparatuses, wherein each of which a feeder-link receiving point corresponding to a position of the communication relay apparatus, a feeder-link transmitting point corresponding to a position of a gateway station, and a line segment connecting the feeder-link receiving point and the feeder-link transmitting point to each other in a three-dimensional space model. An occurrence of interference between feeder links is determined based on distances between the line segment and the feeder-link receiving point among feeder-link model elements different from each other on the three-dimensional space model.
It is suppressed of a deterioration of a communication quality of a service link (SL), which is caused by an increase of signal attenuation in a propagation path of a feeder link (FL) between an aerial-staying type communication relay apparatus and a gateway (GW) station. A relay communication station of the communication relay apparatus comprises a FL communication section that performs a feeder-link radio communication with each of a first gateway station and a second gateway station corresponding to a first cell and a second cell which are adjacent to each other, a SL communication section that performs a radio communication with a terminal apparatus in each SL of the first cell and the second cell, and a control section that controls the SL communication section so that a shape of the second cell is changed to include a part or a whole of the first cell, when a radio communication quality in the FL propagation path with the first gateway station corresponding to the first cell is deteriorated or when the deterioration of the radio communication quality is predicted.
The disclosure provides for a communication system. The communication system includes a station moving relative to a geographic area, a plurality of antennas, and one or more processors configured to control the plurality of antennas. For instance, the one or more processors may be configured to control a first antenna of the plurality of antennas to output a primary beam to cover the geographic area, wherein the primary beam is associated with a primary cell having a first center frequency, and to control a second set of antennas of the plurality of antennas to output a plurality of secondary beams to cover a plurality of locations within the geographic area, wherein the plurality of secondary beams each has a beam angle smaller than the primary beam, and wherein the plurality of secondary beams are all associated with a secondary cell having a second center frequency.
H04W 16/28 - Structures des cellules utilisant l'orientation du faisceau
H04B 7/06 - Systèmes de diversité; Systèmes à plusieurs antennes, c. à d. émission ou réception utilisant plusieurs antennes utilisant plusieurs antennes indépendantes espacées à la station d'émission
H04B 7/0408 - Systèmes de diversité; Systèmes à plusieurs antennes, c. à d. émission ou réception utilisant plusieurs antennes utilisant plusieurs antennes indépendantes espacées utilisant plusieurs faisceaux, c. à d. diversité de faisceaux
H04W 36/30 - La resélection étant déclenchée par des paramètres spécifiques par des données de mesure ou d’estimation de la qualité des liaisons
Interferences in multi-feeder links on a same frequency between an aerial-floating type communication relay apparatus and plural gateway (GW) stations are dynamically suppressed. Each of the plural GW stations transmits plural pilot signals with frequencies different from each other in the feeder link. A relay communication station of a communication relay apparatus: estimates a propagation path response by calculating plural path differences between the plural GW stations and an antenna for feeder link of a communication relay apparatus, based on reception results of the plural pilot signals received from each of the plural GW stations; calculates a weight for suppressing an interference signal that causes an interference by a transmission signal transmitted from the GW stations and received by a directional beam corresponding to other GW stations, based on the plural propagation path responses; and subtracts reception signals received respectively by the directional beams corresponding to the other GW stations and multiplied respectively by the weight corresponding to the other GW stations, from the reception signal received by the directional beam corresponding to each of the GW stations.
H04B 7/06 - Systèmes de diversité; Systèmes à plusieurs antennes, c. à d. émission ou réception utilisant plusieurs antennes utilisant plusieurs antennes indépendantes espacées à la station d'émission
The technology relates to simulating a dynamic hybrid network. A method for simulating a dynamic hybrid network includes modeling a transmission supply of a mesh network of moving stations on aerial vehicles in flight at each time step in a time series, modeling capacity demand as a function of user distribution data and user behavior data, and computing an aggregate network metric for the dynamic hybrid network including throughput. A method for optimizing throughput of a dynamic hybrid network includes modeling a dynamic hybrid network, including a transmission supply of a mesh network of moving stations, modeling capacity demand as a function of user distribution data and user behavior data, and computing an aggregate network metric; then providing feedback to a controller and causing a change to a station in the network to increase throughput.
H04W 84/18 - Réseaux auto-organisés, p.ex. réseaux ad hoc ou réseaux de détection
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Arrangement determination apparatus, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon program, and arrangement determination method
An arrangement determination apparatus is provided comprising a target region identifying unit configured to identify a target region for providing service by a plurality of flying objects, the plurality of flying objects forming a wireless communication area on a ground by emitting a beam toward the ground, a flying object number retrieving unit configured to retrieve a number of the plurality of flying objects, a point retrieving unit configured to retrieve a point for each of a plurality of meshes obtained by dividing the target region, and an arrangement determination unit configured to determine an arrangement of the plurality of flying objects over the target region based on the number of flying objects and the point for each of the plurality of meshes.
Example embodiments may relate to web interfaces for a balloon-network. For example, a computing device may display a graphical interface that that includes one or more interface features to receive a request for use of bandwidth of a balloon network. In particular, the computing device may receive, via the graphical interface, input data corresponding to a bandwidth request for a first location, where the bandwidth request includes: (i) an indication of the first location and (ii) an indication of time. Subsequently, the computing device may receive an indication corresponding to whether or not the bandwidth request is accepted, where acceptance of the bandwidth request is based at least in part on expected movement of one or more balloons from a plurality of balloons in the balloon network. As such, the computing device may display, on the graphical interface, the indication corresponding to whether or not the bandwidth request is accepted.
G06F 3/0484 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] pour la commande de fonctions ou d’opérations spécifiques, p.ex. sélection ou transformation d’un objet, d’une image ou d’un élément de texte affiché, détermination d’une valeur de paramètre ou sélection d’une plage de valeurs
H04L 43/08 - Surveillance ou test en fonction de métriques spécifiques, p.ex. la qualité du service [QoS], la consommation d’énergie ou les paramètres environnementaux
H04L 43/045 - Traitement des données de surveillance capturées, p.ex. pour la génération de fichiers journaux pour la visualisation graphique des données de surveillance
H04L 41/22 - Dispositions pour la maintenance, l’administration ou la gestion des réseaux de commutation de données, p.ex. des réseaux de commutation de paquets comprenant des interfaces utilisateur graphiques spécialement adaptées [GUI]
H04L 47/24 - Trafic caractérisé par des attributs spécifiques, p.ex. la priorité ou QoS
H04L 47/2491 - Trafic caractérisé par des attributs spécifiques, p.ex. la priorité ou QoS en faisant correspondre les exigences de qualité du service [QoS] entre différents réseaux
H04L 47/70 - Contrôle d'admission; Allocation des ressources
H04L 29/06 - Commande de la communication; Traitement de la communication caractérisés par un protocole
G06F 3/04817 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] fondées sur des propriétés spécifiques de l’objet d’interaction affiché ou sur un environnement basé sur les métaphores, p.ex. interaction avec des éléments du bureau telles les fenêtres ou les icônes, ou avec l’aide d’un curseur changeant de comport utilisant des icônes
Provided is a communication control apparatus configured to control communication of a flying body configured to form a wireless communication area by applying a beam toward the ground to provide wireless communication service for a user terminal in the wireless communication area. The communication control apparatus comprises an inner area forming unit configured to form an inner wireless communication area having a radius of about 100 km or shorter; and an outer area forming unit configured to form, on an outer side of the inner wireless communication area, an outer wireless communication area constituted by an outer peripheral cell, the outer peripheral cell having a radius of about 50 km or shorter.
In at least one embodiment, provided is a battery pack for a vehicle including battery pack for a vehicle, the battery pack having a firebox for enclosing batteries, an electronics compartment, thermal insulation surrounding the firebox and the electronics compartment, and heat pipes. The heat pipes may include firebox heat pipes contacting the firebox on an evaporator end and extending to an exterior surface of the battery pack on a condenser end, and electronics compartment heat pipes extending from within the electronics compartment on an evaporators end and extending through the thermal insulation to the exterior surface of the battery pack on a condenser end.
In at least one embodiment, provided is a battery pack for a vehicle including a thin firebox for enclosing batteries and containing thermal runaway gases, thermal insulation surrounding the firebox, and a vent hole extending through the firebox and the thermal insulation to an exterior of the vehicle with vent hole plug and a pressure relief frangible vent cover at least partially covering the vent hole plug to retain it within the vent hole.
An antenna for wireless communication includes a spherical reflector and one or more feeds. The spherical reflector includes an inner portion made of material that reflects radiofrequency (RF) beams, and an outer portion positioned on an edge of the inner portion, the outer portion being made of metamaterials that can be controlled to be reflective of or transparent to RF beams. The one or more feeds are configured to form one or more RF beams reflected off the spherical reflector. In some implementations, the antenna includes one or more processors configured to form one or more RF beams using the one or more feeds, and control at least a part of the outer portion of the spherical reflector to reflect an RF beam of the one or more RF beams or be transparent to the RF beam based on the one or more RF beam.
H01Q 15/00 - Dispositifs pour la réflexion, la réfraction, la diffraction ou la polarisation des ondes rayonnées par une antenne, p.ex. dispositifs quasi optiques
H01Q 1/28 - Adaptation pour l'utilisation dans ou sur les avions, les missiles, les satellites ou les ballons
H01Q 19/12 - Combinaisons d'éléments actifs primaires d'antennes avec des dispositifs secondaires, p.ex. avec des dispositifs quasi optiques, pour donner à une antenne une caractéristique directionnelle désirée utilisant des surfaces réfléchissantes où les surfaces sont concaves
76.
COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD
Provided is a communication control apparatus for controlling communication of a flying body for forming a cell by irradiating a beam toward the ground to provide wireless communication service for a user terminal in the cell. The communication control apparatus comprises: a determination unit for determining a user terminal of an offload target to be offloaded and a cell of an offload destination, based on a neighbor cell list of the cell of the flying body, a frequency priority list in which priorities are each associated with each of a plurality of frequencies, a radio resource usage rate of each of the plurality of user terminals that exists in the cell of the flying body, and an MCS of each of the plurality of user terminals; and a control unit for causing the user terminal of the offload target to be handed over to the cell of the offload destination.
A communication management device provided in a flight vehicle that communicates with a base station management device that manages a plurality of base stations, includes: a first communication unit that transmits and receives control signals of an airframe of the flight vehicle or flight information of the flight vehicle to and from the base station management device; a second communication unit that provides communications among the plurality of wireless terminals as a base station; an acquisition unit that acquires anomaly information indicating that an anomaly of the first communication unit or an anomaly of a flight state of the flight vehicle has occurred, and an anomaly reporting unit that transmits the anomaly information to the base station management device via the second communication unit when the anomaly information is acquired by the acquisition unit.
B64C 39/02 - Aéronefs non prévus ailleurs caractérisés par un emploi spécial
H04W 24/10 - Planification des comptes-rendus de mesures
H04W 24/04 - Configurations pour maintenir l'état de fonctionnement
H04W 4/42 - Services spécialement adaptés à des environnements, à des situations ou à des fins spécifiques pour les véhicules, p.ex. communication véhicule-piétons pour les véhicules de transport collectif, p.ex. les autobus, les trains ou les aéronefs
H04W 4/90 - Services pour gérer les situations d’urgence ou dangereuses, p.ex. systèmes d’alerte aux séismes et aux tsunamis
78.
Wireless communication device, system, computer-readable storage medium, and control method
There is provided a wireless communication device, comprising: a plurality of radio units including a first radio unit and a second radio unit; and a control unit configured to control the plurality of radio units to form a multi-cell on the ground, wherein the control unit has a removal processing performing unit configured to perform, based on a first reception radio wave in which the first radio unit received a first transmission radio wave which includes a first signal transmitted by a first user terminal, and a second reception radio wave in which the second radio unit received a second transmission radio wave which includes a second signal transmitted by a second user terminal, removal processing to remove a component of the first transmission radio wave contained as an interference wave in the second reception radio wave.
A device for communication including a gimbal and a communication unit being rotatably supported by the gimbal and having a communication port for optical wireless communication and an imaging unit for capturing an image in a direction in which the communication port executes optical wireless communication is provided. In addition, a communication device including the device for communication and a communication executing unit for executing optical wireless communication using the communication port is provided.
H04B 10/40 - Systèmes de transmission utilisant des ondes électromagnétiques autres que les ondes hertziennes, p.ex. les infrarouges, la lumière visible ou ultraviolette, ou utilisant des radiations corpusculaires, p.ex. les communications quantiques Émetteurs-récepteurs
H04B 10/50 - Systèmes de transmission utilisant des ondes électromagnétiques autres que les ondes hertziennes, p.ex. les infrarouges, la lumière visible ou ultraviolette, ou utilisant des radiations corpusculaires, p.ex. les communications quantiques Émetteurs
80.
Reduced forwarding rules for aerospace net work nodes
A method for managing nodes of a network includes receiving location information from each of a plurality of nodes in a network, where at least one node is moving relative to another node of the network. The method then includes converting the received location information for each node into a corresponding network address. The corresponding network address is based on a hierarchical cell-based partitioning scheme. The method further includes identifying a target region for a given node of the network based on a plurality of routing paths. The target region encompasses two or more nodes in the network that are next hops for the given node and that have a common segment in the corresponding network addresses. The method then includes sending forwarding rules to one or more nodes in the network. The forwarding rules includes the common segment to identify the next hops for the given node.
A terminal apparatus executing radio communication with a base station apparatus, the terminal apparatus: transmits a first message, including a random access preamble and identification information of the terminal apparatus, for starting a random access procedure to the base station apparatus; receives a second message, including a random access response to the first message, from the base station apparatus; and selects one random access preamble group from among a plurality of random access preamble groups on the basis of a first condition, a second condition, a third condition, and a status of the terminal apparatus, in order to notify the base station apparatus of the status of the terminal apparatus when transmitting the first message. Consequently, even when a 2-step random access procedure is adopted, radio resources for the radio communication between the base station apparatus and the terminal apparatus can be used efficiently.
H04W 74/08 - Accès non planifié, p.ex. accès aléatoire, ALOHA ou accès multiple par détection de porteuse [CSMA Carrier Sense Multiple Access]
H04W 52/24 - Commande de puissance d'émission [TPC Transmission power control] le TPC étant effectué selon des paramètres spécifiques utilisant le rapport signal sur parasite [SIR Signal to Interference Ratio] ou d'autres paramètres de trajet sans fil
H04W 80/02 - Protocoles de couche liaison de données
H04W 28/02 - Gestion du trafic, p.ex. régulation de flux ou d'encombrement
82.
Communications system that provides continuous service
Aspects of the technology include establishing a primary communication link between a communication system of a first balloon and a communication system of a second balloon, detecting a movement of the second balloon relative to the first balloon that is expected to cause the primary communication link to become unavailable at a given time during the movement, establishing an RF communication link between an RF communication system of the first balloon and an RF communication system of the second balloon, detecting that the movement of the second balloon relative to the first balloon is such that the primary communication link between the communication system of the first balloon and the optical communication system of the second balloon can be re-established, and re-establishing the primary communication link between the communication system of the first balloon and the communication system of the second balloon.
H04B 10/118 - Dispositions spécifiques à la transmission en espace libre, c. à d. dans l’air ou le vide spécialement adaptées aux communications par satellite
A method and apparatus are provided for nulling a radio frequency (RF) beam for a high-altitude platform (HAP). A transmitter generates an RF signal. A primary antenna system generates an RF beam based on the RF signal. One or more processors determine a result indicating whether to modify the RF beam. When the result indicates to modify the RF beam, a detachable nulling subassembly generates nulling signals based on the RF signal to modify the RF beam generated by the primary antenna system.
H01Q 3/26 - Dispositifs pour changer ou faire varier l'orientation ou la forme du diagramme de directivité des ondes rayonnées par une antenne ou un système d'antenne faisant varier la distribution de l’énergie à travers une ouverture rayonnante
A high-altitude platform (HAP) node provides communication service during an emergency. The HAP node uses a first network to provide communication services for handling calls initiated by at least one user equipment (UE). The HAP node detects that an emergency disruption has occurred that prevents the use of the first network. In response to detecting the occurrence of the emergency disruption, a mobile terminal (MT) in the HAP node searches for a second network able to accept emergency calls. The HAP node determines whether the second network will handle all calls initiated by the at least one UE or only emergency calls generated by the at least one UE. The HAP node handles the calls based on the determining and through the use of the second network.
H04W 40/22 - Sélection d'itinéraire ou de voie de communication, p.ex. routage basé sur l'énergie disponible ou le chemin le plus court utilisant la retransmission sélective en vue d'atteindre une station émettrice-réceptrice de base [BTS Base Transceiver Station] ou un point d'accès
A method and an antenna system are provided for a high-altitude platform (HAP) configured to move in a pattern in the stratosphere to provide coverage to a region of interest and compensate for HAP movement relative to the region of interest. HAP movement is monitored. When it is determined that the HAP has moved relative to the region of interest and, based on the relative movement, a first one of a plurality of antennas in the HAP is no longer able to cover a selected portion of the region of interest, an antenna array switching circuit in the HAP is used to adjust beams transmitted by the antennas by switching to a second one of the plurality of antennas to cover the selected portion of the region of interest, such that the communication services provided to the region of interest are not interrupted due to the movement of the HAP.
H01Q 3/24 - Dispositifs pour changer ou faire varier l'orientation ou la forme du diagramme de directivité des ondes rayonnées par une antenne ou un système d'antenne faisant varier l'orientation, par commutation de l'énergie fournie, d'un élément actif rayonnant à un autre, p.ex. pour commutation du lobe
H01Q 1/28 - Adaptation pour l'utilisation dans ou sur les avions, les missiles, les satellites ou les ballons
H01Q 19/10 - Combinaisons d'éléments actifs primaires d'antennes avec des dispositifs secondaires, p.ex. avec des dispositifs quasi optiques, pour donner à une antenne une caractéristique directionnelle désirée utilisant des surfaces réfléchissantes
H01Q 19/17 - Combinaisons d'éléments actifs primaires d'antennes avec des dispositifs secondaires, p.ex. avec des dispositifs quasi optiques, pour donner à une antenne une caractéristique directionnelle désirée utilisant des surfaces réfléchissantes où les surfaces sont concaves la source rayonnante primaire comprenant plusieurs éléments rayonnants
86.
Method for ensuring data localization on an ad hoc moving data network
The present disclosure provides methods operable in a balloon network. The method can include determining that a balloon is at a location associated with a legally-defined geographic area. An area profile of the legally-defined geographic area may identify geographically-restricted data that must not be removed from the legally-defined geographic area. The method can also include determining that the balloon contains at least some of the geographically-restricted data. The method can also include determining that the balloon is likely to move out of the legally-defined geographic area. The method can also include removing the geographically-restricted data from the memory of the balloon.
G08B 21/00 - Alarmes réagissant à une seule condition particulière, indésirable ou anormale, et non prévues ailleurs
H04W 4/02 - Services utilisant des informations de localisation
H04W 16/00 - Planification du réseau, p.ex. outils de planification de couverture ou de trafic; Déploiement de réseau, p.ex. répartition des ressources ou structures des cellules
H04W 24/02 - Dispositions pour optimiser l'état de fonctionnement
H04W 4/021 - Services concernant des domaines particuliers, p.ex. services de points d’intérêt, services sur place ou géorepères
Provided is an aerial-floating type communication relay apparatus capable of reducing a size and suppressing a movement of a cell footprint. The communication relay apparatus comprises an array antenna that has plural antenna elements forming a cell for performing a radio communication of a service link with a terminal apparatus, an information acquisition section that acquires information on at least one of a position and an attitude of the communication relay apparatus, and a control section that controls phases and amplitudes of plural transmission/reception signals transmitted/received via each of the plural antenna elements of the array antenna so as to fix the position of the cell footprint, based on the information on at least one of the position and the attitude of the communication relay apparatus.
H01Q 21/20 - Réseaux d'unités d'antennes, de même polarisation, excitées individuellement et espacées entre elles les unités étant espacées le long d'un trajet curviligne ou adjacent à celui-ci
H04W 16/28 - Structures des cellules utilisant l'orientation du faisceau
There is provided a system including: a control device mounted on an aircraft and configured to control the aircraft, the aircraft having a battery, and a wireless device configured to use power stored in the battery to provide a wireless communication service to a user terminal; and a module that is physically attachable to and detachable from the control device, in which the control device has a housing that includes a module attachment and detachment unit, and an electrical connection unit configured to electrically connect the module to the battery when the module is attached to the module attachment and detachment unit, and the module has, a power receiving unit configured to receive power from the battery, and a communication processing unit configured to use the power received by the power receiving unit to communicate with the wireless device.
It is prevented that a communication relay apparatus in an upper airspace, which is suitable for constructing a three-dimensional network, falls by a strong wind. A communication relay apparatus is provided with a relay communication station that performs a radio communication with a terminal apparatus, and is capable of flying in an upper airspace by an autonomous control or an external control. This communication relay apparatus includes a flight control section that controls a flight of the communication relay apparatus based on flight control information determined so as to reduce an influence of a strong wind generated around the communication relay apparatus. The flight control information may include information for controlling at least one of a flight direction, velocity, altitude, attitude, flight route and flight pattern of the communication relay apparatus.
G01S 13/95 - Radar ou systèmes analogues, spécialement adaptés pour des applications spécifiques pour la météorologie
G05D 1/10 - Commande de la position ou du cap dans les trois dimensions simultanément
G05D 1/00 - Commande de la position, du cap, de l'altitude ou de l'attitude des véhicules terrestres, aquatiques, aériens ou spatiaux, p.ex. pilote automatique
There is provided an area construction method for providing a 5G mobile wireless communication network service (hereinafter, referred to as a 5G service) using a millimeter wave, in which a wireless communication area is constructed by using line-of-sight propagation of a radio wave which is emitted by using a beam-forming technology from a base station, and rough surface scattering of the radio wave by a road surface, rather than by using a diffraction phenomenon of the radio wave which causes a large loss, and by using a U-shaped UE relay or CPE.
Provide a system capable of improving a frequency utilization efficiency of a feeder link of an aerial-floating type communication relay apparatus. A system, which has an aerial-staying type communication relay apparatus that wirelessly communicates with a terminal apparatus, is provided with plural gateway stations that perform space-division multiplexing communication for transmitting and receiving different relay signals from each other on a same frequency in a feeder link with the aerial-stay type communication relay apparatus. Each of the plural gateway stations may be provided with an antenna control section that controls an antenna for feeder link so as to track the aerial-stay type communication relay apparatus.
H04B 7/06 - Systèmes de diversité; Systèmes à plusieurs antennes, c. à d. émission ou réception utilisant plusieurs antennes utilisant plusieurs antennes indépendantes espacées à la station d'émission
H04B 7/0456 - Sélection de matrices de pré-codage ou de livres de codes, p.ex. utilisant des matrices pour pondérer des antennes
Provided is a flying body comprising an antenna for forming a communication area by a beam irradiated toward the ground to provide wireless communication service for a user terminal in the communication area; and an attachment/detachment part configured to physically attach to and detach from another flying body for combining with and separating from another flying body. Provided is also a flying body comprising an antenna for forming a communication area by a beam irradiated toward the ground to provide wireless communication service for a user terminal in the communication area; a cable having an attachment/detachment part configured to physically attach to and detach from another flying body; a cable communication unit configured to communicate with another flying body via the cable; and an electric power transmission unit configured to transmit electric power with another flying body via the cable.
A relay communication station is remotely controlled without increasing communication traffic of a feeder link of communication to be relayed between a communication relay apparatus such as a HAPS located in an upper airspace and a communication network on the ground side or on the sea side. The communication relay apparatuses 10 and 20 comprise relay communication stations 110 and 210 that are respectively mounted on flying objects and relay communications between a terminal apparatus and a communication network via a feeder link for mobile communication, radio communication section 120 and 121 that transmit and receive control information to and from a remote control apparatus via a radio communication line for flight control different from the feeder link for mobile communication, and control sections (cell-optimization processing sections 122 and 123) that respectively control the relay communication stations based on the control information received from the remote control apparatus by the radio communication section.
Provided is a base station device that is mounted in a flying object, forms a communication area on a ground, establishes a communication connection with a user terminal in the communication area, and provides a radio communication service to the user terminal, and comprises a connection control unit that, when the number of connected terminals is larger than a first threshold, performs admission control in response to a connection request received from the user terminal, and when the number of connected terminals is smaller than the first threshold and larger than a second threshold smaller than the first threshold, periodically selects a connection allowable group, executes a connection establishment process in response to a connection request from a user terminal included in the connection allowable group, and executes a request rejection process that rejects a connection request from a user terminal not included in the connection allowable group.
Provided is a control apparatus for controlling a plurality of flying bodies including a first flying body having an antenna for forming a communication area by a beam irradiated toward the ground to provide wireless communication service for a user terminal in the communication area. The control apparatus comprises a selection unit configured to select a flying body of a combination target to be combined with the first flying body from the plurality of flying bodies; and a flying body control unit configured to control combination of the first flying body and the flying body of a combination target.
G05D 1/10 - Commande de la position ou du cap dans les trois dimensions simultanément
H04W 4/46 - Services spécialement adaptés à des environnements, à des situations ou à des fins spécifiques pour les véhicules, p.ex. communication véhicule-piétons pour la communication de véhicule à véhicule
B64C 39/02 - Aéronefs non prévus ailleurs caractérisés par un emploi spécial
H01Q 1/28 - Adaptation pour l'utilisation dans ou sur les avions, les missiles, les satellites ou les ballons
96.
Base station device, program, control device and control method
Provided is a base station device mounted on an aircraft and configured to form a communication area on the ground to provide wireless communication service for a user terminal in the communication area. The base station device comprises a CPU; a determination unit configured to determine whether to execute congestion control in the wireless communication service, based on a use status of a CPU stack message queue of the CPU; and a congestion control execution unit that executes the congestion control when the determination unit determines to execute the congestion control.
A system includes a plurality of aircrafts, each of which has an antenna for forming a communication area on the ground to provide a radio communication service to a user terminal in the communication area, and a management device for managing the plurality of aircrafts. The management device includes a signal transmitting unit that transmits a remote operation signal to an aircraft selected as the remote operation target from the plurality of aircrafts. Each of the plurality of aircrafts includes a remote operation flying control unit that, when an aircraft is selected as the remote operation target, causes the aircraft to fly based on the remote operation signal received from the management device, and a tuned flying control unit that, when the aircraft is not selected as the remote operation target, causes the aircraft to fly in tune with other aircraft selected as the remote operation target.
G05D 1/00 - Commande de la position, du cap, de l'altitude ou de l'attitude des véhicules terrestres, aquatiques, aériens ou spatiaux, p.ex. pilote automatique
Methods and systems for controlling a group of aerial vehicles to meet a connectivity service objective are provided. A method may include causing aerial vehicles in the group to arrive at a target service area during a given arrival time window associated with the connectivity service objective, which may indicate a desired probability of service coverage of the target service area. The method further includes calculating a probability of service coverage of the target service area for the vehicles for a time period after the vehicles are expected to arrive at the target service area, determining whether the probability of service coverage meets a threshold, and causing the vehicles to operate according to a station seeking flight policy during the time period.
G05D 1/00 - Commande de la position, du cap, de l'altitude ou de l'attitude des véhicules terrestres, aquatiques, aériens ou spatiaux, p.ex. pilote automatique
G01W 1/10 - Dispositifs pour la prévision des conditions météorologiques
G05D 1/06 - Régime de modification de l'altitude ou de la profondeur
Provided is a system, comprising: a control plane device; and a plurality of user plane devices, wherein the control plane device including: a request receiving unit for receiving a session generating request transmitted by a mobility management device, which has received a connection request from a user terminal; a user plane device selection unit for selecting a user plane device corresponding to the user terminal from the plurality of user plane devices, based on the session generating request; an address acquiring unit for obtaining an IP address assigned to the user terminal based on the session generating request; and a response transmission unit for transmitting a session generating response including the IP address assigned to the user terminal, identification information and IP address of the user plane device selected by the user plane device selection unit, and IP address of a PGW-U.
Provided is a control device that controls flight vehicles having an antenna for forming a cell on the ground to provide a wireless communication service to a user terminal in the cell. The control device includes a replacement control unit that controls replacement of a first flight vehicle covering an object area on the ground by means of a cell with a second flight vehicle. The replacement control unit controls the first flight vehicle and the second flight vehicle such that the second flight vehicle moves to a location corresponding to the location of the first flight vehicle, the second flight vehicle and the first flight vehicle start providing a wireless communication service to a user terminal by Coordinated Multiple Point transmission/reception (CoMP), and then the first flight vehicle stops forming its cell.
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