| CPC H04B 7/18506 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/104 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01); H04W 84/06 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 2101/20 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01)] | 20 Claims |
|
1. A system, comprising:
a plurality of flying objects having a relaying function configured to relay communication between a gateway on a ground, and a user terminal within a cell formed by wirelessly connecting with the gateway and irradiating a beam toward a ground,
wherein each flying object of the plurality of flying objects includes,
a beacon signal transmission unit for wirelessly transmitting a beacon signal including rank information representing that the flying object is at a first rank when wirelessly connected with the gateway, the rank information representing that the flying object is at a second rank lower than the first rank when wirelessly connected with another flying object being at the first rank, and the rank information representing that the flying object is at a third rank lower than the second rank when wirelessly connected with another flying object being at the second rank,
a radio wave strength measurement unit for measuring strength of a radio wave received from each of the plurality of flying objects,
a flying object identification unit for identifying, when wirelessly connected with any flying object among the plurality of flying objects, a plurality of flying objects from which the strength of the radio wave received is stronger than a predetermined threshold, and
a connection target determination unit for determining a flying object with which wireless connection is to be performed, from the plurality of flying objects identified by the flying object identification unit and based on the strength of the radio wave received from the each of the plurality of flying objects and a rank of the each of the plurality of flying objects.
|