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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2021
Connection change restriction in overlapping area of terrestrial network and non-terrestrial network
Rakuten Mobile, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Tsunehiko Chiba, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichiro Aoyagi, Tokyo, JP;
RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication control apparatus includes: an overlapping area identification unit that identifies an overlapping area of a first location registration area including at least one terrestrial communication cell provided on the ground by a terrestrial base station installed on the ground and a second location registration area including at least one non-terrestrial communication cell provided on the ground by a flying non-terrestrial base station; a connection detection unit that detects that a communication device in the overlapping area is connected to one base station of the terrestrial base station and the non-terrestrial base station; and a connection change restriction unit that restricts change of connection destination of the communication device from the one base station to the other base station of the terrestrial base station and the non-terrestrial base station while the communication device is in the overlapping area.