US 12,149,958 B2
Control apparatus, computer readable storage medium, control method, and flying object
Hidetaka Iwamura, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SoftBank Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SOFTBANK CORP., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/713,236.
Application 17/713,236 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/031353, filed on Aug. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-202493 (JP), filed on Nov. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0232397 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 16/00 (2009.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); H04W 16/32 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); B64U 50/31 (2023.01); B64U 101/20 (2023.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 16/32 (2013.01) [B64U 10/25 (2023.01); H04W 36/322 (2023.05); B64U 50/31 (2023.01); B64U 2101/20 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); H04W 84/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control apparatus that controls flying objects, each of the flying objects having an antenna arranged to form a cell on a ground and provide wireless communication service to a user terminal in the cell, the control apparatus comprising:
a replacement control unit configured to control replacement of a first flying object covering a target area on the ground by a first cell with a second flying object, wherein
the replacement control unit is configured to control the second flying object in a manner that after a second cell is formed in a part of the target area, the second flying object continuously expands the second cell to continuously broaden a coverage of the target area by the second cell.