Communication system
There is provided a communication system, comprising: a base station unit that is mounted on a flight vehicle, forms a wireless communication area by radiating a beam to a ground, and communicates wirelessly with a user terminal in the wireless communication area; a processing server unit that is communicatively connected to the base station unit and provides a service to the user terminal in the wireless communication area: a closed-network core unit that provides a mobile communication service of a closed-area network in the wireless communication area formed by the base station unit. The processing server unit may be mounted on the flight vehicle and the closed-network core unit may be arranged in a closed-network core apparatus arranged on the ground.
1. A communication system, comprising:
a base station unit that is mounted on a flight vehicle, forms a wireless communication area by radiating a beam to a ground, and communicates wirelessly with a user terminal in the wireless communication area;
a processing server unit that is communicatively connected to the base station unit and provides a service to the user terminal in the wireless communication area: and
a closed-network core unit that provides a mobile communication service of a closed-area network in the wireless communication area formed by the base station unit such that the closed area network restricts the user terminal to contact only a plurality of user terminals in the wireless communication area, wherein
the processing server unit includes
an area defining unit that defines a plurality of types of areas in a ground area in the wireless communication area based on a captured image of a ground captured by a camera mounted on the flight vehicle,
a positional information acquisition unit that acquires positional information of the plurality of user terminals, each being identical to the user terminal, in the wireless communication area, and
a service provision unit that provides a different service for each of the plurality of types of areas based on the positional information of the plurality of user terminals.
2. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein
the area defining unit defines, in a ground area in the wireless communication area, a disaster-hit area where a disaster has occurred, a shelter area in which a shelter is arranged, and an evacuation guide area in which an evacuation guide is provided, based on the captured image.
3. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein
the processing server unit further includes
a situation determination unit that determines a situation of each of the plurality of user terminals based on a positional change of each of the plurality of user terminals and the plurality of types of areas defined by the area defining unit, and
the service provision unit provides, to each of the plurality of user terminals, a service according to the situation of each of the plurality of user terminals.
4. The communication system according to claim 3 , wherein
the situation determination unit determines a situation of each of the plurality of user terminals using a learning model that takes, as an input, a change in positional information of each of the plurality of user terminals and gives, as an output, availability of a road on which each of the plurality of user terminals is positioned.
5. The communication system according to claim 4 , wherein
the processing server unit includes
a model generation unit that generates the learning model by machine learning using, as learning data, availability of a road and a change in positional information of each of a plurality of user terminals positioned on the road.
6. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein
the processing server unit is mounted on the flight vehicle.
7. The communication system according to claim 6 , wherein
the processing server unit is arranged in a mobile edge computing (MEC) server mounted on the flight vehicle.
8. The communication system according to claim 6 , wherein
the closed-network core unit is arranged in a closed-network core apparatus on a ground,
the processing server unit and the closed-network core unit communicate with each other through a feeder link between the flight vehicle and the closed-network core apparatus, and
the processing server unit provides a service that uses a phone number of the user terminal by communicating with the closed-network core unit.
9. The communication system according to claim 8 , wherein
the closed-network core apparatus is mounted on a mobile communication vehicle.
10. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein
the closed-network core unit is mounted on the flight vehicle, and
the processing server unit provides a service that uses a phone number of the user terminal by communicating with the closed-network core unit.
11. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein
the processing server unit provides a return communication service that relays communication among a plurality of user terminals, each being identical to the user terminal, in the wireless communication area.
12. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein
the flight vehicle functions as a stratosphere platform.
13. A communication system, comprising:
a base station unit that is mounted on a flight vehicle, forms a wireless communication area by radiating a beam to a ground, and communicates wirelessly with a user terminal in the wireless communication area;
a processing server unit that is communicatively connected to the base station unit and provides a service to the user terminal in the wireless communication area; and
a closed-network core unit that provides a mobile communication service of a closed-area network in the wireless communication area formed by the base station unit such that the closed area network restricts the user terminal to contact only a plurality of user terminals in the wireless communication area, wherein
the processing server unit includes
a terminal identification unit that identifies a user terminal, among the plurality of user terminals in the wireless communication area, which is able to communicate wirelessly with a ground wireless base station, and
a relay control unit that performs control to relay communication between another user terminal in the wireless communication area and a ground network through the user terminal identified by the terminal identification unit.
14. The communication system according to claim 13 , wherein
the processing server unit is mounted on the flight vehicle.
15. The communication system according to claim 14 , wherein
the processing server unit is arranged in a mobile edge computing (MEC) server mounted on the flight vehicle.
16. The communication system according to claim 14 , wherein
the closed-network core unit is arranged in a closed-network core apparatus on a ground,
the processing server unit and the closed-network core unit communicate with each other through a feeder link between the flight vehicle and the closed-network core apparatus, and
the processing server unit provides a service that uses a phone number of the user terminal by communicating with the closed-network core unit.
17. The communication system according to claim 16 , wherein
the closed-network core apparatus is mounted on a mobile communication vehicle.
18. The communication system according to claim 13 , wherein
the closed-network core unit is mounted on the flight vehicle, and
the processing server unit provides a service that uses a phone number of the user terminal by communicating with the closed-network core unit.
19. The communication system according to claim 13 , wherein
the processing server unit provides a return communication service that relays communication among a plurality of user terminals, each being identical to the user terminal, in the wireless communication area.
20. The communication system according to claim 13 , wherein
the flight vehicle functions as a stratosphere platform.