US 12,463,906 B2
Management apparatus and quality control apparatus
Masashi Anzawa, Chiyoda-ku (JP); Hiroki Ishizuka, Chiyoda-ku (JP); and Daiki Takeda, Chiyoda-ku (JP)
Assigned to NTT DOCOMO, INC., Chiyoda-ku (JP)
Appl. No. 17/996,408
Filed by NTT DOCOMO, INC., Chiyoda-ku (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 23, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/016442
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/230044, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-084467 (JP), filed on May 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0216799 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 47/2416 (2022.01); A63F 13/358 (2014.01); H04L 47/2483 (2022.01); H04L 67/131 (2022.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01)
CPC H04L 47/2416 (2013.01) [A63F 13/358 (2014.09); H04L 47/2483 (2013.01); H04L 67/131 (2022.05); H04W 4/00 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A management apparatus comprising:
a receiver configured to receive, for each of a plurality of terminal devices belonging to a first group, a corresponding piece of quality information based on a quality of a quality of service (QOS) control service available to the respective terminal device in the QoS control service, the QoS control service being a QoS control service for changing a quality of communication;
a determiner configured to determine, based on the corresponding piece of quality information for each of the plurality of terminal devices, whether the first group includes a second group of two or more terminal devices, the second group satisfying a predetermined condition, the predetermined condition including a quality condition in which the QoS control service with a quality higher than or equal to a predetermined quality is available; and
a situation controller configured to, based on a result of a determination made by the determiner being affirmative, cause a first situation in which the second group receives the QoS control service with a quality higher than or equal to the predetermined quality.