18572782. EASING RESTRICTION ON ROAMING CONNECTION DURING NORMAL TIME (Rakuten Mobile, Inc.)

EASING RESTRICTION ON ROAMING CONNECTION DURING NORMAL TIME

Organization Name

Rakuten Mobile, Inc.

Inventor(s)

Kenichiro Aoyagi of Tokyo JP

EASING RESTRICTION ON ROAMING CONNECTION DURING NORMAL TIME

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18572782 titled 'EASING RESTRICTION ON ROAMING CONNECTION DURING NORMAL TIME

Original Abstract Submitted

A communication control apparatus includes a processor that performs: by a roaming restriction area setter, setting a roaming restriction area in which roaming connection is restricted during normal time and roaming connection is allowed during emergency; and by a roaming restriction easer, easing the restriction on roaming connection during normal time for a specific communication cell included in the roaming restriction area. The roaming restriction area includes a plurality of communication cells. The roaming restriction area includes a terrestrial communication cell provided on the ground by a terrestrial base station installed on the ground and a non-terrestrial communication cell provided on the ground by a flying non-terrestrial base station, and the roaming restriction easer eases the restriction on roaming connection during normal time for the non-terrestrial communication cell included in the roaming restriction area. The non-terrestrial base station is a communication satellite flying in outer space.