US 11,871,275 B2
Node apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium
Nobutaka Matsumoto, Fujimino (JP); Koutarou Ichikawa, Fujimino (JP); Akinari Nanba, Fujimino (JP); and Takeshi Kitahara, Fujimino (JP)
Assigned to KDDI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by KDDI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/008,867.
Application 17/008,867 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2018/041137, filed on Nov. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-067543 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0396644 A1, Dec. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. H04W 28/10 (2009.01); H04L 47/70 (2022.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/14 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/10 (2013.01) [H04L 47/824 (2013.01); H04W 28/0231 (2013.01); H04W 48/14 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A node apparatus that is connected to one or more base stations and controls uplink data transmission by vehicles traveling in cells formed by the one or more base stations, the node apparatus comprising:
at least one processor circuit with a memory comprising instructions, that when executed by the processor circuit, cause the at least one processor circuit to perform:
acquiring, from each of the one or more base stations, a measured traffic volume in a target cell, that is each of the cells formed by the one or more base stations;
predicting a traffic volume after a unit time in the target cell, based on the measured traffic volume acquired in the acquiring;
a determining, upon an inquiry regarding whether or not uplink data transmission is permitted being received from a vehicle in the target cell, whether or not to permit uplink data transmission by the vehicle, based on a prediction result of predicting the traffic volume, and on a volume of data to be transmitted by the vehicle, wherein the volume of data to be transmitted by the vehicle is indicated by information included in the inquiry that has been received from the vehicle; and
transmitting, to the vehicle that has transmitted the inquiry, a response indicating whether or not to permit uplink data transmission in accordance with the determination.