Connection restriction between non-terrestrial base station and in-the-sky communication device
A communication control apparatus has at least one processor that performs: by an in-the-sky communication device detection unit, detecting an in-the-sky communication device located above the ground; and by a connection restriction unit, restricting the connection of the in-the-sky communication device with a flying non-terrestrial base station that provides a non-terrestrial communication cell to a communication device. The in-the-sky communication device is a communication device in a flying aircraft. The in-the-sky communication device detection unit is provided in the in-the-sky communication device and detects itself as the in-the-sky communication device based on the altitude detected by a positioning sensor provided in the in-the-sky communication device. The connection restriction unit is provided in the in-the-sky communication device and restricts the transmission of connection request from the in-the-sky communication device to the non-terrestrial base station.
1 . A communication control apparatus comprising at least one processor that performs:
by an in-the-sky communication device detection unit, detecting an in-the-sky communication device located above the ground; and
by a connection restriction unit, restricting a connection of a flying non-terrestrial base station that provides a non-terrestrial communication cell to a communication device, with the in-the-sky communication device whose signal propagation time with the non-terrestrial base station is less than a predetermined value.
2 . The communication control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the in-the-sky communication device is a communication device in a flying aircraft.
3 . The communication control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the in-the-sky communication device detection unit detects itself as the in-the-sky communication device.
4 . The communication control apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the connection restriction unit restricts a transmission of connection request from the in-the-sky communication device to the non-terrestrial base station.
5 . The communication control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the signal is a message transmitted by the in-the-sky communication device to the non-terrestrial base station in a random access procedure.
6 . The communication control apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the connection restriction unit is provided in a non-terrestrial network constituted by the non-terrestrial base station and does not transmit a response to the message to the in-the-sky communication device.
7 . The communication control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the connection restriction unit is provided in a non-terrestrial network constituted by the non-terrestrial base station and transmits a connection restriction request for the non-terrestrial base station to the in-the-sky communication device.
8 . The communication control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the connection restriction unit restricts the connection of the in-the-sky communication device with the non-terrestrial base station when there is only one non-terrestrial base station to which the in-the-sky communication device can connect.
9 . The communication control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the non-terrestrial base station is a communication satellite flying in outer space.
10 . A communication control method comprising:
detecting an in-the-sky communication device located above the ground; and
restricting a connection of a flying non-terrestrial base station that provides a non-terrestrial communication cell to a communication device, with the in-the-sky communication device whose signal propagation time with the non-terrestrial base station is less than a predetermined value.
11 . The communication control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the in-the-sky communication device whose connection is restricted with the non-terrestrial base station belongs to a non-terrestrial network constituted by the non-terrestrial base station.
12 . A communication control apparatus comprising at least one processor that performs:
by an in-the-sky communication device detection unit, detecting an in-the-sky communication device located above the ground based on its altitude detected by a positioning sensor; and
by a connection restriction unit, restricting the connection of the in-the-sky communication device with a flying non-terrestrial base station that provides a non-terrestrial communication cell to a communication device,
when the difference between the altitude of the non-terrestrial base station notified to the in-the-sky communication device by a non-terrestrial network constituted by the non-terrestrial base station, and the altitude of the in-the-sky communication device detected by the positioning sensor, is less than a predetermined value.
13 . The communication control method according to claim 10 , wherein the in-the-sky communication device whose connection is restricted with the non-terrestrial base station belongs to a non-terrestrial network constituted by the non-terrestrial base station.
14 . The communication control method according to claim 10 , wherein the in-the-sky communication device is a communication device in a flying aircraft.
15 . The communication control method according to claim 10 , wherein a communication device itself that performs the communication control method is detected as the in-the-sky communication device.
16 . The communication control method according to claim 10 , wherein the non-terrestrial base station is a communication satellite flying in outer space.
17 . A communication control method performed by a communication device comprising:
detecting an in-the-sky communication device located above the ground based on its altitude detected by a positioning sensor; and
restricting the connection of the in-the-sky communication device with a flying non-terrestrial base station that provides a non-terrestrial communication cell to a communication device, when the difference between the altitude of the non-terrestrial base station notified to the in-the-sky communication device by a non-terrestrial network constituted by the non-terrestrial base station, and the altitude of the in-the-sky communication device detected by the positioning sensor, is less than a predetermined value.