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US 11,930,401 · App. 17/485,408 · Granted Mar 12, 2024

Control device, control method, and computer-readable storage medium

Inventors: Hideki Matsunaga (Wako, JP); Satoshi Onodera (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
H04W28/0967G05D1/0022H04W4/44H04W40/22H04W88/085
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Patent No.
US 11,930,401
App. No.
17/485,408
Granted
Mar 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device acquires information regarding a communication quality of a base station that performs a predetermined type of communication, and performs a control for moving a mobile base station to a position associated with the base station in a case where it is determined that the communication quality is lower than a predetermined communication quality.

Claims (22)

1. A control device comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory that stores a computer-readable instruction that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:

acquire information regarding a first communication quality of a predetermined type of communication in a base station that performs the predetermined type of communication and another type of communication that is different from the predetermined type of communication; and

perform, in a case where it is determined that the first communication quality is lower than a predetermined communication quality, a control for moving a mobile base station to a position associated with the base station even in a case where it is determined that a second communication quality of the another type of communication in the base station is lower than the predetermined communication quality,

wherein in a case where it is determined that the first communication quality of the predetermined type of communication is not lower than the predetermined communication quality, the mobile base station is not moved to the position even in a case where it is determined that the second communication quality of the another type of communication is lower than the predetermined communication quality.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the computer-readable instruction causes, when executed by the at least one processor, the at least one processor to determine whether or not the first communication quality of the predetermined type of communication is lower than the predetermined communication quality.

3. The control device according to claim 2 , wherein in a case where the number of terminal devices that perform the predetermined type of communication with the base station exceeds a predetermined number, the first communication quality of the predetermined type of communication is determined to be lower than the predetermined communication quality.

4. The control device according to claim 2 , wherein in a case where an area where the first communication quality of the predetermined type of communication is predicted to be lower than the predetermined communication quality is included in a cell formed by the base station, the first communication quality of the predetermined type of communication is determined to be lower than the predetermined communication quality.

5. The control device according to claim 4 , wherein the position associated with the base station is a position at which a wireless communication service is providable for at least a part of the area.

6. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the position associated with the base station is a position where the base station is installed.

7. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined type of communication includes communication for controlling remote driving or automated driving of a vehicle.

8. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile base station is an automated driving vehicle having a base station function.

9. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile base station is an automatic flight vehicle having a base station function.

10. A control method executed by a control device, the control method comprising:

acquiring information regarding a first communication quality of a predetermined type of communication in a base station that performs the predetermined type of communication and another type of communication that is different from the predetermined type of communication; and

performing, in a case where it is determined that the first communication quality is lower than a predetermined communication quality, a control for moving a mobile base station to a position associated with the base station even in a case where it is determined that a second communication quality of the another type of communication in the base station is lower than the predetermined communication quality, and

wherein in a case where it is determined that the first communication quality of the predetermined type of communication is not lower than the predetermined communication quality, the mobile base station is not moved to the position even in a case where it is determined that the second communication quality of the another type of communication is lower than the predetermined communication quality.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a program for causing a computer included in a control device to execute:

acquiring information regarding a first communication quality of a predetermined type of communication in a base station that performs the predetermined type of communication and another type of communication that is different from the predetermined type of communication; and

performing, in a case where it is determined that the first communication quality is lower than a predetermined communication quality, a control for moving a mobile base station to a position associated with the base station even in a case where it is determined that a second communication quality of the another type of communication in the base station is lower than the predetermined communication quality, and

wherein in a case where it is determined that the first communication quality of the predetermined type of communication is not lower than the predetermined communication quality, the mobile base station is not moved to the position even in a case where it is determined that the second communication quality of the another type of communication is lower than the predetermined communication quality.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2022
From: MATSUNAGA, HIDEKI; ONODERA, SATOSHI
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061310/0262 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019014299 · Mar 29, 2019
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