Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor that performs: by a communication cell identification unit, identifying a surrounding communication cell where a moving station capable of communicating with a communication device is located; by a communication quality insufficiency estimation unit, estimating insufficiency of communication quality of a communication device currently connected to the moving station; and by a connection control unit, connecting the communication device whose communication quality is estimated to be insufficient, to a surrounding base station providing the surrounding communication cell. The moving station includes a communication-device functional unit that functions as a communication device to the surrounding base station, and a base-station functional unit that functions as a base station to a communication device with which the moving station can communicate.

Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor that executes: acquiring, by an emergency information acquirer, emergency information regarding an emergency information distribution area where at least either a communication station capable of communicating with a communication device or the communication device is located; generating, by a local warning information generator, local warning information regarding the emergency information in a vicinity of at least either the communication station or the communication device, the vicinity being smaller than the emergency information distribution area; and distributing, by an information distributor, the local warning information from the communication station to the communication device.

Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor that performs: by an operating plan acquisition unit, acquiring an operating plan of a base station; by a communication device identification unit, identifying a communication device in a connection standby state with the base station, which may transfer to a unconnectable state with the base station according to the operating plan; and by a connection control unit, causing the communication device to transfer from the connection standby state to a connected state with the base station and/or another base station, before transferring to the unconnectable state. The base station is a moving base station that moves relative to a communication device, and the operating plan acquisition unit acquires a moving plan of the moving base station.

Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor that performs: by a communication cell identification unit, identifying a surrounding communication cell where a moving station capable of communicating with a communication device is located; and by a connection control unit, controlling a communication device within a moving communication cell provided by the moving station into a state where it can be connected to any of the moving station and a surrounding base station providing the surrounding communication cell. The connection control unit may control the communication device into a state where it can be connected to both the moving station and the surrounding base station simultaneously. The connection control unit may control the communication device into a state where it can communicate by an aggregated carrier into which a carrier of the moving station and a carrier of the surrounding base station are bundled.

Abstract: A radio access network control apparatus has at least one processor that performs: by a hardware acceleration policy issuance unit in a Non-RT RIC (Non-Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller) of an O-RAN, issuing a hardware acceleration policy concerning hardware acceleration in a radio access network node managed virtually by a virtual infrastructure. The hardware acceleration policy issuance unit provides the hardware acceleration policy to the outside of the Non-RT RIC through the A2 interface inside the SMO (Service Management and Orchestration) including the Non-RT RIC. The hardware acceleration policy issuance unit provides the hardware acceleration policy to a hardware acceleration management unit in the virtual infrastructure.

Abstract: A communication control apparatus comprising: a first paging control unit that causes one base station of a terrestrial base station and a non-terrestrial base station to transmit a first paging signal to a communication device in a location registration area that includes at least one terrestrial communication cell provided on the ground by the terrestrial base station installed on the ground and at least one non-terrestrial communication cell provided on the ground by the flying non-terrestrial base station; and a second paging control unit that causes other base station of the terrestrial base station and the non-terrestrial base station to transmit a second paging signal to the communication device, when there is no response from the communication device to the first paging signal.

Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor that performs, by a sensing information providing sensor setter, setting a sensor, among a plurality of sensors whose sensing ranges are included in a sensing area, to provide the sensing information through a mobile communication network in response to a request for sensing information concerning the sensing area. The sensing information providing sensor setter sets the providing manner of the sensing information from the sensor in response to the request. The at least one processor: by a sensor identifiable information reducer, reducing information identifiable of the sensor in its sensing information, based on the providing manner set by the sensing information providing sensor setter, in response to the request; and by a sensing information outputter, outputting the sensing information with reduced information identifiable of the sensor by the sensor identifiable information reducer, in response to the request.

Abstract: A wireless communication system includes: a priority communication detection unit that detects priority communication from a communicator communicating wirelessly; a connection unit for connecting the communicator for which the priority communication is detected to a second wireless communication network that is different from a first wireless communication network to which the communicator is connected; a notification unit that notifies the first wireless communication network that the connection of the communicator to the second wireless communication network is due to the detected priority communication; and a disconnection unit that disconnects the communicator from the first wireless communication network after the notification unit notifies the first wireless communication network.

Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor to execute: identifying, by a communication device identifier, a communication device inside an existing communication cell; estimating, by a communication quality insufficiency estimator, an insufficient communication quality given by the existing communication cell to the communication device; and causing, by a dynamic communication cell provider, a dynamic communication station to provide a dynamic communication cell for the communication device inside the existing communication cell. The dynamic communication cell provider moves the dynamic communication station to a place at which the dynamic communication cell can be provided for the communication device to which an insufficient communication quality is estimated in response to such an estimation made by the communication quality insufficiency estimator.

Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor that performs: by a measurement information collector, collecting measurement information of a sensor through a mobile communication network; by a measurement information analyzer, analyzing the measurement information at least during normal time when no emergency is occurring; by an emergency detector, detecting an emergency based on the measurement information; by an emergency reporter, making an emergency report through the mobile communication network in response to the emergency, before the measurement information analyzer completes the analysis of the measurement information; and by an emergency response criteria provider, causing the emergency response agency to provide emergency response criteria concerning an emergency whose report is acceptable, to the mobile communication network.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor that performs: by a communication congestion detector, detecting congestion state of communications in a communication cell; by a congestion measurer, measuring congestion state of at least one of persons and objects in the communication cell; and by a congestion state estimator, estimating congestion state in the communication cell, based on the congestion state of communications detected by the communication congestion detector and the congestion state of at least one of the persons and the objects measured by the congestion measurer.

Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor that performs: by a sensing capability recognizer, causing a mobile communication network to recognize sensing capabilities of a plurality of sensors that can communicate in the mobile communication network; and by a sensing area setter, setting a sensing area, and managing, in the mobile communication network, the sensing capabilities of the plurality of sensors whose sensing ranges are included in the sensing area, as a sensing capability group in the sensing area. The at least one processor performs, by a sensing information outputter, outputting sensing information based on the sensing capability group in the sensing area.

Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes a processor that performs: by an emergency report detector, detecting an emergency report from a communication device within a communication cell that includes jurisdictional areas of a plurality of emergency response agencies; by an analysis target specifier, specifying as an analysis target a time and an area different from at least either of the time and the area in which the communication device has made the emergency report; by a jurisdictional area estimator, estimating the jurisdictional area where the communication device is located, based on an analysis of at least either of the time and the area as the analysis target; and by a connection controller, connecting the emergency report to the emergency response agency of the estimated jurisdictional area. The analysis target specifier specifies as the analysis target a time in the past or a time in the future.

Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes at least one processor that performs: by a simulation network provider, providing a simulation network that simulates a real mobile communication network; and by a network operation information provider, providing network operation information used for operation of the simulation network, from the mobile communication network to the simulation network, through a first interface to which access by an operator of the mobile communication network and an operator of the simulation network is allowed, and access by a participant in the simulation network who is different from each of the operators is restricted.

Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes a processor that performs: by an interference detector, detecting interference between a dynamic communication cell provided by a dynamic communication station, and a surrounding communication cell around the dynamic communication station; and by an interference reducer, implementing an interference reduction measure to reduce interference between the dynamic communication cell and the surrounding communication cell, in at least one of the dynamic communication cell and the surrounding communication cell. The dynamic communication station is the IAB node comprising the MT that functions as a communication device to a parent base station and the DU that functions as a child base station to a communication device and provides the dynamic communication cell, and the interference detector detects interference between the dynamic communication cell and the surrounding communication cell, based on the communication measurement result by the IAB node.

Abstract: Provided are system, method, and device for managing machine learning models in a network. According to embodiments, the system may include: a memory storage storing computer-executable instructions; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory storage, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to execute the instructions to: store one or more machine learning model; and distribute the one or more machine learning model to one or more target network element in a network.

Abstract: A communication control apparatus has: a movement information acquisition unit that acquires movement information concerning the movement of a relay station that can communicate with a base station and expand the communication cell provided by the base station; an expansion cell selection unit that selects a communication cell to be expanded by the moving relay station based on the movement information; and a connection control unit that connects the relay station to the base station that provides the selected communication cell. The relay station is installed to a movable vehicle.

Abstract: A communication system executes a sharing process, an acquisition process, a determination process, a deployment process, and an execution process. The sharing process is a process of sharing a shared key for a plurality of entities including a communication apparatus and at least one edge server, between the plurality of entities. The acquisition process is a process of acquiring performance information, which indicates a performance of the plurality of entities, from the plurality of entities. The determination process is a process of determining services to be assigned to the plurality of entities based on the performance information. The deployment process is a process of deploying the assigned services to the plurality of entities. The execution process is a process of executing the deployed services at the plurality of entities using the shared key.

Abstract: A communication device provided with a chip set and one or more processors. The one or more processors acquire, from a preferred application with which a provided service is to be received via a communication network, a requirement for receiving the provided service, refer to a policy file to select a slice satisfying the requirement from among slices provided in the communication network, generate a first communication connection request associated with an application corresponding to the selected slice, the first communication request being independent from the preferred application with which the provided service is to be received via the communication network, and notify the chip set of the first communication connection request. Upon acquiring the first communication connection request, the chip set sends, to the communication network, a second communication connection request for performing communication associated with the application with which the provided service is to be received.