WO2018193776A1 - Drone sharing service platform - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a service that uses a flyable terminal device such as a drone in a three-dimensionally formed network in which, in fifth-generation mobile communication and the like, the propagation delay of wireless communication with terminal devices including a device for IoT is low, simultaneous connection with a wide range of multiple terminal devices and high-speed communication are possible, and the system capacity per unit area is large. A service provision system for providing a service that uses one or more terminal devices is provided with: a wireless relay device having a wireless relay station for relaying wireless communication with the terminal device; and a server device for communicating with the terminal device via the wireless relay station of the wireless relay device. The wireless relay station is provided in a floating body that is controlled so as to be located in a floating airspace at an altitude of 100 [km] or less by autonomous control or control from outside such that a three-dimensional cell is formed in a predetermined cell formation target airspace between the wireless delay station and the ground or the sea surface. The terminal device is controlled so as to be located in the three-dimensional cell by autonomous control or control from outside.

Description

Drone sharing service platform

The present invention relates to a service providing system that constitutes a platform for providing a drone sharing service using a three-dimensional network of fifth generation communication.

Conventionally, a communication standard called LTE-AdvancedPro, which is an extension of 3GPP LTE (Long Term Evolution) -Advanced (see Non-Patent Document 1), which is a communication standard for mobile communication systems, is known (see Non-Patent Document 2). . In LTE-AdvancedPro, specifications for providing communication to devices for recent IoT (Internet of Things) have been formulated. In addition, the fifth generation mobile that supports simultaneous connection and low delay to many terminal devices (also referred to as “UE (user equipment)”, “mobile station”, “communication terminal”) such as devices for IoT. Communication has been studied (for example, see Non-Patent Document 3).

In the fifth generation mobile communication, etc., the propagation delay of wireless communication with a terminal device including a device for IoT is low, can be simultaneously connected to a large number of terminal devices, can be connected at high speed, and has a system capacity per unit area. In a large three-dimensional network, there is a problem that it is desired to provide a service using a terminal device that can fly such as a drone.

A service providing system according to an aspect of the present invention is a service providing system that provides a service using one or a plurality of terminal devices capable of wireless communication, and includes a wireless relay station that relays wireless communication with the terminal device. And a server device that communicates with the terminal device via a wireless relay station of the wireless relay device. The radio relay station is located in a floating airspace having an altitude of 100 km or less by autonomous control or external control so as to form a three-dimensional cell in a predetermined cell formation target airspace between the ground and the sea surface. It is provided in the levitation body controlled as described above. The terminal device is controlled to be positioned in the three-dimensional cell by autonomous control or external control.
In the service providing system, the server device may be incorporated in the wireless relay device.

In the service providing system, the terminal device may include a terminal device including an unmanned or manned flying body that has a rechargeable battery and can fly the three-dimensional cell by autonomous control or external control. .
Here, the service providing system may further include a charging device that is provided at a place where the terminal device made of the flying object can take off and land and charges a battery of the terminal device that has landed at the place.
The service providing system further includes an airborne parking device that is controlled to be positioned in the three-dimensional cell by autonomous control or external control, and that allows the terminal device made of the flying object to take off and land. Also good.
Also, in the service providing system, an airborne charging device that is controlled to be positioned in the three-dimensional cell by autonomous control or external control and can supply power to the terminal device made of the flying object in contact or non-contact. May be further provided.
In the service providing system, the server device may control the terminal device including the plurality of flying bodies so as to fly in cooperation with each other.
In the service providing system, the server device may control at least one of a flight authorization of a terminal device formed of the flying object, a billing for flight, a flight route, a flight time zone, a flight area, and a flight route. .

In the service providing system, the terminal device may include a communication unit that wirelessly communicates with other terminal devices located around the terminal device. The communication unit may relay communication between the other terminal device and the radio relay station.
In the service providing system, the terminal device may include a terminal device provided in a high-level portion of a structure extending from the ground or the sea toward the sky.
In the service providing system, the terminal device may include a terminal device attached to at least one of a human body, a bird, and another animal.
In the service providing system, the terminal device may include a terminal device mounted on at least one of an airplane, a helicopter, a paraglider, a parachute diver, an airship, a balloon, an ad balloon, and a kite.
Moreover, the said service provision system WHEREIN: The said terminal device may be provided with the power receiving means which receives the electric power feeding by the electromagnetic induction from a high voltage electric wire.
In the service providing system, the terminal device includes a moving image, a still image, sound, temperature, humidity, illuminance, radio wave condition, fine particles, radiation, pollen, air current, field of view, weather, surrounding flying object, and the terminal. Information acquisition means for acquiring at least one piece of position information of the apparatus may be provided, and the server apparatus may include means for receiving the acquisition information acquired by the terminal apparatus from the terminal apparatus. Here, the server device may further include means for analyzing information received from the terminal device.

Further, in the service providing system, the service using the terminal device includes delivery using the terminal device, acquisition and analysis of information using the terminal device, relay of communication using the terminal device, and the It may include at least one of an air flight performance using a plurality of terminal devices and a three-dimensional display.
In the service providing system, the server device performs at least control of the terminal device and acquisition of information from the terminal device based on use application information from a user who uses a service using the terminal device. One may be performed, and the charging process for the user may be executed based on a service use result including at least one of control of the terminal device and acquisition of information from the terminal device.

According to the present invention, in the fifth generation mobile communication or the like, the propagation delay of wireless communication with a terminal device including a device for IoT is low, can be simultaneously connected to a wide range of terminal devices, and high-speed communication is possible. In a three-dimensional network having a large system capacity per area, it is possible to provide a service using a flying terminal device such as a drone.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a communication system that realizes a three-dimensional network according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of HAPS used in the communication system of the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a side view showing another example of HAPS used in the communication system of the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a HAPS wireless relay station according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating another configuration example of the HAPS wireless relay station of the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating still another configuration example of the HAPS wireless relay station according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a state of remote energy beam power supply to the HAPS of the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the remote energy beam power receiving unit of the HAPS according to the embodiment. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a communication system that provides a drone sharing service using the three-dimensional network according to the embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The communication system according to the present embodiment is a fifth generation that supports simultaneous connection to a large number of terminal devices (also referred to as “mobile station”, “mobile device”, or “user equipment (UE)”), low delay, and the like. Suitable for realizing a three-dimensional network for mobile communications. The mobile communication standards applicable to the communication system, radio relay station, base station, repeater, and terminal device disclosed in this specification are the fifth generation mobile communication standards and the fifth generation and later. Includes standards for next generation mobile communications. The communication system according to the present embodiment can provide a later-described drone sharing service in which one or a plurality of drones incorporating terminal devices are shared by a plurality of users. Here, the drone may be unmanned or manned. An unmanned drone is also called UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle).

As shown in FIG. 1, the communication system includes high altitude platform stations (HAPS) (also referred to as “high altitude pseudo satellites”) 10 and 20 as a plurality of radio relay apparatuses, and a cell formation target airspace 40 of a predetermined altitude. Then, three-dimensional cells (three-dimensional areas) 41 and 42 as shown by hatching areas in the figure are formed. The HAPS 10 and 20 are controlled to float in a high altitude floating airspace (hereinafter also simply referred to as “airspace”) 50 from the ground or the sea surface by autonomous control or external control. A radio relay station is mounted on a floating body (eg, solar plane, airship).

The airspace 50 where the HAPS 10 and 20 are located is, for example, a stratospheric airspace with an altitude of 11 km or more and 50 km or less. The airspace 50 where the HAPS 10 and 20 are located may be an airspace in which the altitude where the weather conditions are relatively stable is in the range of 15 [km] or more and 25 [km] or less, and particularly the altitude is approximately 20 [km]. The airspace may be Hrsl and Hrsu in the figure indicate relative altitudes of the lower end and the upper end of the airspace 50 where the HAPSs 10 and 20 are located with respect to the ground (GL), respectively.

The cell formation target airspace 40 is a target airspace that forms a three-dimensional cell with one or a plurality of HAPS in the communication system of the present embodiment. The cell formation target airspace 40 is a predetermined altitude range (for example, 50 [ m] to an altitude range of 1000 [m] or less. Hcl and Hcu in the figure respectively indicate the relative altitudes of the lower end and the upper end of the cell formation target airspace 40 with respect to the ground (GL).

Note that the cell formation target airspace 40 in which the three-dimensional cell of the present embodiment is formed may be above the sea, river, or lake.

The wireless relay stations of the HAPS 10 and 20 respectively form beams 100 and 200 for wireless communication with a terminal device that is a mobile station toward the ground. The terminal device may be a communication terminal module incorporated in the drone 60 which is an aircraft such as a small-sized helicopter that can be remotely controlled, or may be a user terminal device used by the user in the airplane 65. The regions through which the beams 100 and 200 pass in the cell formation target airspace 40 are three- dimensional cells 41 and 42. The plurality of beams 100 and 200 adjacent to each other in the cell formation target airspace 40 may partially overlap.

The wireless relay stations of the HAPS 10 and 20 are connected to the core network of the mobile communication network 80 via a feeder station 70 that is a relay station installed on the ground or the sea.

Each of the HAPS 10 and 20 may autonomously control its own floating movement (flight) and processing at the radio relay station by executing a control program by a control unit configured by a computer or the like incorporated therein. For example, each of the HAPS 10 and 20 acquires its own current position information (for example, GPS position information), pre-stored position control information (for example, flight schedule information), position information of other HAPS located in the vicinity, etc. Based on this information, the levitating movement (flight) and the processing at the radio relay station may be autonomously controlled.

Further, the floating movement (flight) of each of the HAPS 10 and 20 and the processing at the radio relay station may be controlled by a remote control device 85 of a communication operator provided in a communication center of the mobile communication network 80 or the like. In this case, the HAPS 10, 20 is incorporated with a control communication terminal device (for example, a mobile communication module) so as to receive control information from the remote control device 85, and terminal identification information ( For example, an IP address, a telephone number, etc.) may be assigned. The MAC address of the communication interface may be used for identifying the control communication terminal device. Each of the HAPSs 10 and 20 receives information on the levitation movement (flight) of itself or the surrounding HAPS, processing at the wireless relay station, observation data acquired by various sensors, etc. You may make it transmit to a transmission destination. Further, the remote control device 85 is constituted by a computer device, for example, and may also be used as a server device 86 used for providing a drone sharing service described later.

In the cell formation target airspace 40, there is a possibility that a region where the beams 100 and 200 of the HAPS 10 and 20 do not pass (region where the three- dimensional cells 41 and 42 are not formed) may occur. In order to supplement this region, as shown in the configuration example of FIG. 1, a radial beam 300 is formed upward from the ground side or the sea side to form a three-dimensional cell 43 to form an ATG (Air To Ground) connection. A base station (hereinafter referred to as “ATG station”) 30 may be provided.

Further, by adjusting the position of the HAPS 10 and 20 and the divergence angle (beam width) of the beams 100 and 200 without using the ATG station, the radio relay station of the HAPS 10 and 20 can be three-dimensionally arranged in the cell formation target airspace 40. The beams 100 and 200 covering the entire upper end surface of the cell formation target airspace 40 may be formed so that the cells are formed throughout.

Note that the three-dimensional cell formed by the HAPS 10 and 20 may be formed so as to reach the ground or the sea level so as to be able to communicate with a terminal device located on the ground or the sea.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating an example of the HAPS 10 used in the communication system according to the embodiment. The HAPS 10 in FIG. 2 is a solar plane type HAPS. A solar power generation panel (hereinafter referred to as a “solar panel”) 102 as a solar power generation unit having a solar power generation function on the upper surface is provided. A plurality of motor-driven propellers 103 as a propulsion device for a bus power system are provided at one end edge in the short direction. A pod 105 serving as a plurality of device accommodating portions in which mission devices are accommodated is connected to two places in the longitudinal direction of the lower surface of the main wing portion 101 via a plate-like connecting portion 104. Each pod 105 accommodates a radio relay station 110 as a mission device and a battery 106. In addition, wheels 107 used at the time of taking off and landing are provided on the lower surface side of each pod 105. The electric power generated by the solar panel 102 is stored in the battery 106, the electric power supplied from the battery 106 drives the motor of the propeller 103 to rotate, and the wireless relay station 110 performs wireless relay processing.

The solar plane type HAPS 10 can be levitated by lift by performing, for example, turning flight or 8-shaped flight, and can be levitated so as to stay in a predetermined range in a horizontal direction at a predetermined altitude. The solar plane type HAPS 10 can fly like a glider when the propeller 103 is not driven to rotate. For example, when the power of the battery 106 is surplus due to the power generation of the solar panel 102 at daytime or the like, the battery 106 rises to a high position, and when the solar panel 102 cannot generate power at night or the like, the power supply from the battery 106 to the motor is stopped and the glider is stopped. Can fly like.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another example of the HAPS 20 used in the communication system of the embodiment. The HAPS 20 in FIG. 3 is an unmanned airship type HAPS and has a large payload, so that a large-capacity battery can be mounted. The HAPS 20 includes an airship body 201 filled with a gas such as helium gas for buoyancy, a motor-driven propeller 202 as a propulsion device for a bus power system, and a device storage unit 203 for storing mission devices. Prepare. A radio relay station 210 and a battery 204 are housed inside the device housing unit 203. With the electric power supplied from the battery 204, the motor of the propeller 202 is driven to rotate, and the wireless relay processing by the wireless relay station 210 is executed.

It should be noted that a solar panel having a solar power generation function may be provided on the top surface of the airship body 201 so that the electric power generated by the solar panel is stored in the battery 204.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the wireless relay stations 110 and 210 of the HAPS 10 and 20 according to the embodiment. The wireless relay stations 110 and 210 in FIG. 4 are examples of repeater type wireless relay stations. Each of the radio relay stations 110 and 210 includes a 3D cell (three-dimensional cell) forming antenna unit 111, a transmission / reception unit 112, a feed antenna unit 113, a transmission / reception unit 114, a repeater unit 115, a monitoring control unit 116, and a power supply unit 117. .

The 3D cell formation antenna unit 111 includes antennas that form the radial beams 100 and 200 toward the cell formation target airspace 40, and forms three- dimensional cells 41 and 42 that can communicate with the terminal device. The transmission / reception unit 112 includes a duplexer (DUP: DUPlexer), an amplifier, and the like, and transmits a radio signal to a terminal device located in the three- dimensional cell 41 or 42 via the 3D cell forming antenna unit 111 or a terminal Receive radio signals from the device.

The feed antenna unit 113 includes a directional antenna for wireless communication with the ground or sea feeder station 70. The transmission / reception unit 114 includes a duplexer (DUP: DUPlexer), an amplifier, and the like, and transmits a radio signal to the feeder station 70 and receives a radio signal from the feeder station 70 via the 3D cell forming antenna unit 111. To do.

The repeater unit 115 relays the signal of the transmission / reception unit 112 transmitted / received to / from the terminal device and the signal of the transmission / reception unit 114 transmitted / received to / from the feeder station 70. The repeater unit 115 may have a frequency conversion function.

The monitoring control unit 116 is configured by, for example, a CPU and a memory, and monitors the operation processing status of each unit in the HAPS 10 and 20 and controls each unit by executing a program incorporated in advance. The power supply unit 117 supplies the power output from the batteries 106 and 204 to each unit in the HAPS 10 and 20. The power supply unit 117 may have a function of storing in the batteries 106 and 204 power generated by a solar power generation panel or the like or power supplied from the outside.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating another configuration example of the wireless relay stations 110 and 210 of the HAPS 10 and 20 according to the embodiment. The radio relay stations 110 and 210 in FIG. 5 are examples of base station type radio relay stations. In FIG. 5, the same components as those in FIG. 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted. Each of the radio relay stations 110 and 210 in FIG. 5 further includes a modem unit 118 and a base station processing unit 119 instead of the repeater unit 115.

The modem unit 118 performs, for example, a demodulation process and a decoding process on the reception signal received from the feeder station 70 via the feed antenna unit 113 and the transmission / reception unit 114, and outputs the data signal to the base station processing unit 119 side. Is generated. Further, the modem unit 118 performs encoding processing and modulation processing on the data signal received from the base station processing unit 119 side, and transmits to the feeder station 70 via the feed antenna unit 113 and the transmission / reception unit 114. Generate a signal.

The base station processing unit 119 has a function as e-NodeB that performs baseband processing based on, for example, a method compliant with the LTE / LTE-Advanced standard. The base station processing unit 119 may perform processing by a method based on a standard for future mobile communication such as the fifth generation or the next generation after the fifth generation.

For example, the base station processing unit 119 performs demodulation processing and decoding processing on the received signals received from the terminal devices located in the three- dimensional cells 41 and 42 via the 3D cell forming antenna unit 111 and the transmission / reception unit 112. A data signal to be output to the modem unit 118 side is generated. In addition, the base station processing unit 119 performs encoding processing and modulation processing on the data signal received from the modem unit 118 side, and the 3D cells 41 and 42 via the 3D cell forming antenna unit 111 and the transmission / reception unit 112. A transmission signal to be transmitted to the terminal device is generated.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating still another configuration example of the wireless relay stations 110 and 210 of the HAPS 10 and 20 according to the embodiment. The radio relay stations 110 and 210 in FIG. 6 are examples of high-function base station type radio relay stations having an edge computing function. In FIG. 6, the same components as those in FIGS. 4 and 5 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. Each of the radio relay stations 110 and 210 of FIG. 6 further includes an edge computing unit 120 in addition to the components of FIG.

The edge computing unit 120 is configured by a small computer, for example, and can execute various types of information processing related to wireless relaying in the wireless relay stations 110 and 210 of the HAPS 10 and 20 by executing a program incorporated in advance. it can.

For example, the edge computing unit 120 determines the transmission destination of the data signal based on the data signal received from the terminal device located in the three- dimensional cell 41 or 42, and relays the communication based on the determination result. Executes the process of switching. More specifically, when the transmission destination of the data signal output from the base station processing unit 119 is a terminal device located in its own three- dimensional cell 41 or 42, the data signal is not passed to the modem unit 118. Then, it returns to the base station processing unit 119 and transmits it to the transmission destination terminal device located in its own three- dimensional cell 41, 42. On the other hand, when the transmission destination of the data signal output from the base station processing unit 119 is a terminal device residing in a cell other than its own three- dimensional cells 41 and 42, the data signal is passed to the modem unit 118. The data is transmitted to the feeder station 70 and transmitted to the terminal device of the transmission destination located in another cell of the transmission destination via the mobile communication network 80.

The edge computing unit 120 may execute processing for analyzing information received from a large number of terminal devices located in the three- dimensional cells 41 and 42. This analysis result may be transmitted to a large number of terminal devices located in the three- dimensional cells 41 and 42, or may be transmitted to a server device of the mobile communication network 80 or the like.

The uplink and downlink duplex schemes for wireless communication with the terminal devices via the radio relay stations 110 and 210 are not limited to specific schemes. For example, even in a time division duplex (TDD) scheme Alternatively, a frequency division duplex (FDD) method may be used. In addition, the access method of wireless communication with the terminal device via the wireless relay stations 110 and 210 is not limited to a specific method, for example, FDMA (Frequency Division Multiple Access) method, TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) method, It may be a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) system or OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access). In addition, the wireless communication has functions such as diversity coding, transmission beamforming, and spatial division multiplexing (SDM), and by using multiple antennas simultaneously for both transmission and reception, MIMO (multi-input and multi-output) technology capable of increasing the transmission capacity of the network may be used. The MIMO technology may be a SU-MIMO (Single-User MIMO) technology in which one base station transmits a plurality of signals at the same time and the same frequency as one terminal device. Even in the MU-MIMO (Multi-User MIMO) technology in which signals are transmitted to different communication terminal devices at the same time and the same frequency, or a plurality of different base stations transmit signals to one terminal device at the same time and the same frequency. Good.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a state of remote energy beam power supply to the HAPS (solar plane type) 11 capable of handling high latitudes. In the HAPS 10 in FIG. 7, the same components as those in FIG. In FIG. 7, the high-latitude HAPS 11 includes power receiving pods 108 at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the main wing 101. Inside the power receiving pod 108, a microwave power receiving unit 130 and a battery 106 as a remote energy beam power receiving unit are accommodated. The microwave power receiving unit 130 is a high-power microwave beam 750 or a high-power microwave beam 750 transmitted from a microwave power supply station 75 as a power supply device on the ground or the sea or a power supply airship (charging airship) 25 as an air power supply device. 250 is received and converted into electric power and output. The electric power output from the microwave power reception unit 130 is stored in the battery 106.

The power supply airship 25 drifts by, for example, an air current, and sequentially supplies power to the stationary HAPS by transmitting a power supply microwave beam.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the microwave power receiving unit 130 of the HAPS 11 capable of handling high latitudes. In FIG. 8, the microwave power reception unit 130 includes a rectenna unit 131, a rectenna control unit 132, an output device 133, a pilot signal transmission antenna unit 134, and a beam direction control unit 135. The rectenna unit 131 receives and rectifies the high-power feed microwave beam 750 or 250 transmitted from the ground or sea microwave feed station 75 or the power supply airship 25. The rectenna control unit 132 controls power reception processing and rectification processing of the feeding microwave beam by the rectenna unit 131. The output device 133 outputs the rectified power output from the rectenna unit 131 to the battery 106. The pilot signal transmitting antenna unit 134 transmits a pilot signal beam including a laser beam or the like for guiding the feeding microwave beam to the microwave feeding station 75 or the feeding airship prior to receiving the feeding microwave beam 750 or 250. To 25. The beam direction control unit 135 controls the beam direction of the pilot signal.

In the remote energy beam feeding shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the case where a microwave beam is used as the energy beam has been described, but another energy beam such as a laser beam may be used.

Next, a drone sharing service (also referred to as a DAAS (Drone as a Service)) provided by using a communication system (platform) that realizes the three-dimensional network of the fifth generation mobile communication having the above configuration will be described.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a communication system that provides a drone sharing service using the three-dimensional network according to the embodiment. In FIG. 9, the same parts as those in FIG.

In FIG. 9, a user using the drone sharing service operates via a predetermined UI (user interface) incorporated in a communication terminal device 95 such as a computer device, and via the Internet 81 and the mobile communication network 80. The server device 86 can be accessed to apply for the drone sharing service. Examples of users of the drone sharing service include a news agency, a local government, a surveying company, an event company, a delivery company, and an individual. The user may register the use of the drone sharing service with the server device in advance.

The drone 60 used for the drone sharing service of the embodiment is on standby at a drone parking lot provided on the ground or on the roof of the building 91, and a necessary type when receiving an application for use of the drone sharing service from a user. And a number of drones 60 take off from the drone parking. When the provision of the drone sharing service is finished, the aircraft returns to the drone parking area and landes, and enters a standby state.

A drone parking lot provided on the ground or on the roof of the building 91 may be provided with a function of automatically repairing the drone 60 that has landed to provide an unmanned maintenance service. Further, a charging device (charging spot) 92 that charges the battery in the drone 60 may be provided in the drone parking area. The charging device (charging spot) 92 may charge the drone battery in a non-contact manner using electromagnetic waves (for example, microwaves). In this case, the drone 60 can receive a charge without landing at the drone parking area. Further, the drone 60 may charge the battery using power feeding by electromagnetic induction from the high voltage electric wire 93 when flying near the high voltage electric wire 93 or hovering. By receiving such a charging service, the drone 60 can fly a long distance.

In addition, the drone 60 has a function of relaying communication between the HAPS 10 and 20 and other communication terminal devices (for example, user devices such as mobile phones and smartphones), and the drone sharing service uses the drone 60 to perform the HAPS 10, 20 may be a service that relays communication between 20 and another communication terminal device (for example, a user device such as a mobile phone or a smartphone).

The drone 60 may be a small size drone (micro drone). In addition, a large number of drones are loaded on a vehicle such as a truck that is a ground-moving parking device or an airship that is an airborne parking device that can stay at a predetermined position in the 3D cell. You may carry to the service provision place in the lower ground or a three-dimensional cell collectively.

The drone sharing service includes, for example, a delivery service using the drone 60, a sensing service, a flight in which a plurality of drones are linked to each other (for example, a display of flight performance, a three-dimensional advertisement, etc.), a driverless single-seat taxi, etc. Can be mentioned.

The drone sharing service may be a service that lends the drone 60 to the user and allows the user to remotely control the drone within a certain range.

The server device 86 may perform air traffic control of the drone 60 that controls at least one of the flight authorization of the drone 60, the charging related to the flight, the flight route, the flight time zone, the flight area, and the flight route via the HAPS 10 and 20. Good. In addition, the server device 86 has a function of obtaining data such as the state of the drone 60 and the position information through the HAPS 10 and 20 and supporting the operation of the drone 60, so that the drone 60 can be visually checked safely. You may make it possible to realize outside operation.

Sensing services include video, still image, sound, temperature, humidity, illuminance, radio wave condition, fine particles, radiation, pollen, airflow (direction and strength), visibility, weather, radar detection of surrounding flying objects, and This is a service for acquiring (including observation, measurement, imaging, and recording) at least one piece of position information of the terminal device. Such information acquisition may be performed by remote control from the server device 86 via the HAPS 10 or 20, and information such as observation data and measurement data may be transmitted from the drone 60 to the server device 86 by real-time transmission / reception. Good. The sensing service may include a service for analyzing information such as observation data and measurement data received from the drone 60 by AI analysis processing, big data processing, or the like.

Also, a service that complements the black box may be provided by collecting information on the state of the aircraft of a light aircraft or helicopter with an IoT device and transmitting the collected information to the server device via the HAPS 10 and 20.

Also, the drone sharing service may be a countermeasure service in the event of a disaster or accident as follows.

For example, set a large amount of micro drone on a mother ship such as an airship or truck, move to the target area of the disaster site, fly a large amount of micro drone from the target area, and encounter in large-scale disaster areas such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and landslides Can provide a search service. Further, a service for constructing a temporary temporary mobile communication area may be provided by using a wireless relay communication device installed in the drone.

In addition, for example, a bracelet incorporating an IoT device as a terminal device with a function to detect biological information such as body temperature and heart rate is distributed to a large number of elderly people and care recipients. Thus, a service for specifying the distribution of survivors may be provided.

In addition, for example, the server device 86 once analyzes the disaster information from the data observed by a large number of drones skipped at the time of a disaster, and provides a service for sending a real-time disaster map and evacuation information from the drone 60 to a personal mobile terminal. May be. There is already an information sharing application at the time of a disaster, but when the ground mobile communication network (cell phone network) goes down, the information provision / communication function by this large amount of drone 60 is useful.

In addition, for example, when a drone 60 is immediately blown to an evacuation site in the event of a disaster and information on the evacuation site is sucked up, an image of the evacuation site is taken to acquire various information, or the drone 60 holding necessary information is evacuated The evacuees can land on the mobile terminal and suck up necessary information from the drone 60 with the mobile terminal, thereby providing a service for delivering necessary information. In the event of a disaster, there is a high possibility that public assistance will not be achieved, such as the absence of staff at the evacuation site, and it can be used as a communication point with the site at that time. Such services are used not only by local administrative staff, but also by many uses and users such as firefighting, police, first aid, news reporting, and infrastructure (electricity, gas, water, communication, transportation).

In addition, for example, when a traffic accident or fire occurs, the drone 60 promptly visits the site and contacts the police station or fire station, etc., police monitoring and community monitoring (patrol from the sky. School from the sky. We can provide services for monitoring the surrounding area, guarding large-scale events, and preventing removal.

In addition, the drone sharing service is a service that estimates the flow situation of people and vehicles from the data (for example, images and videos) acquired by the drone 60 (for example, estimates by AI), and confirms and inspects the appearance of buildings, etc. It may be.

Further, the server device 86 may execute a billing process for a user who uses the drone sharing service based on a service use result including at least one of control of the drone 60 and acquisition of information from the drone 60. . For example, the server device 86 performs a billing process for using the drone sharing service based on the flight distance or flight time of the drone 60 used by the user, the type of the drone sharing service used by the user, the time zone used, and the like. May be executed. Moreover, you may charge about charge based on the frequency | count of charge or charge amount of the drone 60 which the user utilized.

In addition, the drone sharing service provided using the drone 60 is a drone as a service (DAAS) that can receive drone services such as delivery, observation, sensing, and flight demonstrations when necessary users need it. However, it may be a drone sharing service for corporations.

In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which the drone 60 is provided with a terminal device located in the three-dimensional cell of the HAPS 10 and 20, but the terminal device with which the HAPS 10 and 20 relays wireless communication can be It may be a terminal device provided in a high-rise part of a structure such as a skyscraper or a steel tower extending from above. In this case, for example, it is possible to provide a service that enables mobile communication to be performed via the HAPS 10 and 20 even in a high-rise part (super-high floor) of a structure such as a skyscraper or a steel tower.

The terminal device to which the HAPS 10 and 20 relay wireless communication may be a terminal device attached to at least one of a human body, a bird, and another animal. In this case, for example, an IoT device is attached to a foot of a wild bird, a wild bird, a harmful bird (crow, etc.), etc., and flight information of the wild bird is transmitted to the server device via the HAPS 10, 20, and the habitat, nest, etc. A service may be provided to detect and take countermeasures.

Further, the terminal device to which the HAPS 10, 20 relays wireless communication may be a terminal device mounted on at least one of an airplane, a helicopter, a paraglider, a parachute diver, an airship, a balloon, an ad balloon, and a kite. In this case, for example, information on the altitude of the parachute is measured by the IoT device, and the measured information is transmitted to the server device via the HAPS 10 and 20, and automatically at a predetermined altitude even if the user of the parachute loses a stroke. A service for opening a parachute may be provided.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, unlike the conventional ground base station 90, the cell formation target airspace 40 in a predetermined altitude range (for example, an altitude range of 50 [m] or more and 1000 [m] or less) on the ground or the sea surface. Wide-area three- dimensional cells 41 and 42 can be formed, and communication between a plurality of terminal devices located in the three- dimensional cells 41 and 42 and the mobile communication network 80 can be relayed. Moreover, since the HAPSs 10 and 20 forming the three- dimensional cells 41 and 42 are located at a lower altitude (for example, the stratospheric altitude) than the artificial satellites, the terminal devices and mobile communication networks located in the three- dimensional cells 41 and 42 The propagation delay in wireless communication with 80 is smaller than that in the case of satellite communication via an artificial satellite. As described above, since the three- dimensional cells 41 and 42 can be formed and the propagation delay of the wireless communication is low, a three-dimensional network for fifth generation mobile communication having a low propagation delay of the wireless communication can be realized.

In particular, according to the present embodiment, the propagation delay of wireless communication with a terminal device including a device for IoT in 5th generation mobile communication or the like is low, and can be simultaneously connected to a large number of terminal devices, and high-speed communication is possible. In a three-dimensional network having a large system capacity per unit area, various services using a terminal device capable of flying such as a drone can be provided.
In addition, drone sharing services including drone 60 air traffic control, flight route and flight time zone control, observation, flight authorization, billing, observation result data processing (eg, AI analysis processing, big data processing) The platform to be provided can be realized and the drone sharing service platform business can be developed.

Note that the processing steps described in this specification and the components of the base station device in the radio relay station, feeder station, remote control device, terminal device (user device, mobile station, communication terminal) and base station of the radio relay device are as follows: Can be implemented by various means. For example, these steps and components may be implemented in hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof.

For hardware implementation, entity (eg, wireless relay station, feeder station, base station device, wireless relay station device, terminal device (user device, mobile station, communication terminal), remote control device, hard disk drive device, or optical disk The means such as processing units used to implement the above steps and components in the drive device) are one or more application specific IC (ASIC), digital signal processor (DSP), digital signal processor (DSPD). ), Programmable logic device (PLD), field programmable gate array (FPGA), processor, controller, microcontroller, microprocessor, electronic device, designed to perform the functions described herein Other electronic units, Yuta, or it may be implemented in a combination thereof.

Also, for firmware and / or software implementation, means such as processing units used to implement the above components may be programs (eg, procedures, functions, modules, instructions) that perform the functions described herein. , Etc.). In general, any computer / processor readable medium that specifically embodies firmware and / or software code is means such as a processing unit used to implement the steps and components described herein. May be used to implement For example, the firmware and / or software code may be stored in a memory, for example, in a control device, and executed by a computer or processor. The memory may be implemented inside the computer or processor, or may be implemented outside the processor. The firmware and / or software code is, for example, random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM), programmable read only memory (PROM), electrically erasable PROM (EEPROM) ), FLASH memory, floppy disk, compact disk (CD), digital versatile disk (DVD), magnetic or optical data storage, etc. Good. The code may be executed by one or more computers or processors, and may cause the computers or processors to perform the functional aspects described herein.

Also, descriptions of the embodiments disclosed herein are provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present disclosure. Various modifications to the present disclosure will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be applied to other variations without departing from the spirit or scope of the disclosure. The present disclosure is therefore not limited to the examples and designs described herein, but should be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

10, 11, 12 HAPS (solar plane type)
20 HAPS (Airship type)
25 Power Supply Airship 30 ATG Station 40 Cell Formation Target Airspace 41, 42, 43 3D Cell 50 Airspace where HAPS is located 60 Drone 65 Airplane 70 Feeder Station 75 Microwave Feed Station 80 Mobile Communication Network 85 Remote Control Device 86 Server Device 100 , 200, 300 Beam 101 Main wing 102 Solar panel (solar power generation panel)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 103 Propeller 104 Connection part 105 Pod 106 Battery 107 Wheel 108 Power receiving pod 109 Auxiliary wing part 110,210 Radio relay station 111 Three-dimensional (3D) cell formation antenna part 112 Transmission / reception part 113 Feed antenna part 114 Transmission / reception part 115 Repeater part 116 Monitoring control unit 117 Power supply unit 118 Modem unit 119 Base station processing unit 120 Edge computing unit 130 Remote energy beam power receiving unit 131 Rectenna unit 132 Rectenna control unit 133 Output device 134 Pilot signal transmitting antenna unit 135 Beam direction control unit

Claims (20)

1. A service providing system that provides a service using a terminal device capable of flying over one or more wirelessly communicable devices,
   A wireless relay device having a wireless relay station that relays wireless communication with the terminal device;
   A server device capable of communicating with the terminal device via the wireless relay station,
   A service providing system, wherein flight of the terminal device is controlled by autonomous control or external control based on communication between the server device and the terminal device.
2. In the service provision system of Claim 1,
   A service providing system, wherein a three-dimensional cell is formed in an area where the terminal device flies.
3. In the service provision system of Claim 1 or 2,
   The radio relay station is located in a floating airspace having an altitude of 100 km or less by autonomous control or external control so as to form a three-dimensional cell in a predetermined cell formation target airspace between the ground and the sea surface. Provided in the levitation body controlled as
   The service providing system, wherein the terminal device is controlled to be positioned in the three-dimensional cell by autonomous control or external control.
4. In the service provision system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 3,
   The service providing system, wherein the server device is incorporated in the wireless relay device.
5. In the service provision system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 4,
   The service providing system comprising: a terminal device comprising an unmanned or manned flying body having a rechargeable battery and capable of flying the three-dimensional cell by autonomous control or external control.
6. In the service provision system of Claim 5,
   A service providing system, further comprising a charging device that is provided at a place where the terminal device composed of the flying object can be taken off and landing and charges a battery of the terminal device that has landed at the place.
7. The service providing system according to claim 5 or 6,
   A service providing system further comprising an airborne parking device that is controlled so as to be positioned in the three-dimensional cell by autonomous control or control from the outside and to which a terminal device composed of the flying object can take off and land.
8. In the service provision system in any one of Claims 5 thru | or 7,
   It further includes an airborne charging device that is controlled to be positioned in the three-dimensional cell by autonomous control or control from the outside and that can supply power to the terminal device made of the flying object in contact or non-contact. Service providing system.
9. In the service provision system in any one of Claims 5 thru | or 8,
   The service providing system according to claim 1, wherein the server device controls the terminal device including the plurality of flying bodies so as to fly in cooperation with each other.
10. In the service provision system in any one of Claims 5 thru | or 9,
    The server device controls at least one of a flight authorization of a terminal device composed of the flying object, a billing for flight, a flight route, a flight time zone, a flight area, and a flight route.
11. In the service provision system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 10,
    The said terminal device is provided with the communication means which carries out radio | wireless communication between the other terminal devices located around the terminal device, The service provision system characterized by the above-mentioned.
12. In the service provision system of Claim 11,
    The service providing system, wherein the communication unit of the terminal device relays communication between the other terminal device and the wireless relay station.
13. In the service provision system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 12,
    The terminal device includes a terminal device provided in a high-rise part of a structure extending from the ground or the sea toward the sky.
14. In the service provision system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 13,
    The service providing system, wherein the terminal device includes a terminal device attached to at least one of a human body, a bird, and another animal.
15. In the service provision system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 14,
    The terminal device includes a terminal device mounted on at least one of an airplane, a helicopter, a paraglider, a parachute diver, an airship, a balloon, an ad balloon, and a kite.
16. In the service provision system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 15,
    The service providing system, wherein the terminal device includes power receiving means for receiving power supply by electromagnetic induction from a high-voltage electric wire.
17. In the service provision system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 16,
    The terminal device is at least one of moving image, still image, sound, temperature, humidity, illuminance, radio wave condition, fine particle, radiation, pollen, air current, field of view, weather, surrounding flying object, and position information of the terminal device. Comprising information acquisition means for acquiring information;
    The service providing system, wherein the server device includes means for receiving acquisition information acquired by the terminal device from the terminal device.
18. The service providing system according to claim 17,
    The service providing system, wherein the server device further comprises means for analyzing information received from the terminal device.
19. In the service provision system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 18,
    The service using the terminal device includes delivery using the terminal device, acquisition and analysis of information using the terminal device, relay of communication using the terminal device, and air using the plurality of terminal devices. A service providing system comprising at least one of a flight performance and a three-dimensional display.
20. In the service provision system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 19,
    The server device
    Based on use application information from a user who uses the service using the terminal device, at least one of control of the terminal device and acquisition of information from the terminal device,
    A service providing system for executing charging processing for the user based on a service use result including at least one of control of the terminal device and acquisition of information from the terminal device.

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