US 12,192,752 B2
Determination device, determination method, and determination program for switching networks based on a plurality of learning models
Koki Horita, Tokyo (JP); Toshiya Ikenaga, Tokyo (JP); Daichi Ueura, Tokyo (JP); and Takeshi Itagaki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/633,579
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/017570
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/038961, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/JP2019/034252 (WO), filed on Aug. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0312289 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/324 (2023.05) [H04W 36/1446 (2023.05); H04W 36/304 (2023.05); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A determination device comprising:
a transceiver; and
control circuitry configured to:
selectively connect to and communicate with one of a plurality of communication networks via the transceiver,
wherein the plurality of communication networks comprise one or more LTE networks, one or more 5G Sub 6 networks, one or more 5G mmWave networks and one or more WiFi networks;
acquire both:
sensor information, the sensor information including:
information regarding a current position and speed of a user that is detected by a mobile communication device being used by the user,
information about a future position and speed of the user that is inferred by the mobile communication device, and
information about a time related to downloading information by the user via the mobile communication device, and
communication network specific communication information indicating a state of communication quality of a respective one of the plurality of communication networks; and
determine whether to switch from a current communication network of the plurality of communication networks to another communication network among the plurality of communication networks, on the basis of the acquired sensor information and the acquired communication information,
wherein the current communication network is one of the one or more LTE networks, the one or more 5G Sub 6 networks, the one or more 5G mm Wave networks or the one or more WiFi networks,
wherein the another communication network is a different one of the one or more LTE networks, the one or more 5G Sub 6 networks, the one or more 5G mm Wave networks or the one or more WiFi networks,
wherein the control circuitry:
determines whether to switch from the current communication network to the another communication network based on a plurality of learning models respectively corresponding to the plurality of communication networks, each of the plurality of learning models outputting scores that are generated based on the acquired communication information and the acquired sensor information,
upon determining whether to switch from the current communication network to the another communication network, uses the plurality of learning models to select, as the another communication network, a communication network among the plurality of communication networks having a maximum score of the scores that are output from the plurality of learning models, and
switches from the current communication network to the selected communication network.