US-12621877-B2 - Base station device, method for providing service, and program recording medium with program recorded thereon

Abstract

A base station device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: receive a connection request from a terminal, monitor a predetermined area and estimate a state of a transmission source of the connection request, determine whether to allow the connection request from the terminal based on the state of the transmission source, and provide a service to the terminal for which the connection request has been allowed by the determination.

Inventors

• Kazuki OGATA

Assignees

• NEC CORPORATION

Dates

Publication Date

20260505

Application Date

20200715

Claims (8)

1. 1 . A base station device comprising: at least one memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: receive a connection request from a terminal; monitor a predetermined area and estimate a state of a transmission source of the connection request by counting a number of transmission sources present in the predetermined area by a sensor, the sensor detecting an object present in the predetermined area; determine whether to allow the connection request from the terminal based on whether the number of transmission sources is consistent with the connection request from the terminal; and provide a service to the terminal for which the connection request has been allowed by the determination.
2. 2 . The base station device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to: count the number of transmission sources of the connection request based on a change in a figure present in the predetermined area.
3. 3 . The base station device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to: determine whether to allow the connection request from the terminal based on whether a number of connection requests received from the terminal within a predetermined time is within a predetermined range with respect to the number of transmission sources of the connection request.
4. 4 . The base station device according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to: allow a number of connection requests within the predetermined range among connection requests received from terminals within the predetermined time, and reject a connection request from the terminal after exceeding the predetermined range.
5. 5 . The base station device according to claim 1 , wherein a connection request to be allowed is selected from among the connection requests received within the predetermined time further based on a terminal type included in the connection request.
6. 6 . The base station device according to claim 1 , wherein a connection request to be allowed is selected from among the connection requests received within the predetermined time further based on a content of a service request from the terminal.
7. 7 . A method for providing a service, the method comprising: receiving a connection request from a terminal; monitoring a predetermined area and estimating a state of a transmission source of the connection request by counting a number of transmission sources present in the predetermined area by a sensor, the sensor detecting an object present in the predetermined area; determining whether to allow the connection request from the terminal based on whether the number of transmission sources is consistent with the connection request from the terminal; and providing the service to the terminal for which the connection request has been allowed by the determination.
8. 8 . A non-transitory program recording medium with a program recorded on the medium, the program causing a base station device to perform: processing of receiving a connection request from a terminal; processing of monitoring a predetermined area and estimating a state of a transmission source of the connection request by counting a number of transmission sources present in the predetermined area by a sensor, the sensor detecting an object present in the predetermined area; processing of determining whether to allow the connection request from the terminal based on whether the number of transmission sources is consistent with the connection request from the terminal; and processing of providing a service to the terminal for which the connection request has been allowed by the determination.

Description

This application is a National Stage Entry of PCT/JP2020/027434 filed on Jul. 15, 2020, the contents of all of which are incorporated herein by reference, in their entirety. TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to a base station device, a method for providing a service, and a program recording medium with a program recorded on the medium. BACKGROUND ART Information is provided to a terminal of a user located in a certain area, or a service is provided based on a request from the terminal. For example, PTL 1 discloses a driving assistance system capable of appropriately providing information regarding traffic to a driver or a vehicle. In addition, PTL 2 discloses a traffic monitoring device in which a camera is attached to a traffic light embedded with a communication device, and information such as traffic volume measurement, traffic violation detection, and accident detection is transmitted to a base station via a communication line. In the future, in addition to the above-described vehicle, an unmanned aerial vehicle, various transport robots, an Internet of Things (IoT) sensor, and the like will become entities of communication, and it is expected that a proportion thereof will increase. PTL 3 discloses an imaging device capable of estimating a position of an owner of a portable information terminal and capturing an image or a video of the estimated position without increasing costs and the number of components. In addition, NPL 1 discloses a crowd behavior analysis technology capable of grasping the degree of congestion and a moving direction of a crowd for each area in real time from a video captured by a camera. CITATION LIST Patent Literature [PTL 1] JP 2013-47931 A[PTL 2] JP 2001-229487 A[PTL 3] JP 2016-208197 A Non Patent Literature [NPL 1] “Congestion Estimation System Based On Crowd Behavior Analysis Technology”, NEC Technical Journal/Vol. 67, No. 1, [online], [searched on Jun. 1, 2020], Internet <URL:http://jpn.nec.com/techrep/journal/g14/n01/pdf/140117.pdf> SUMMARY OF INVENTION Technical Problem The following analysis was given by the present inventor. In addition to the in-vehicle terminal and traffic signal described in PTL 1 and PTL 2, various devices are expected to be connected to a network and receive various services in the future. In addition, the number of communication devices carried by one user also tends to increase. For example, there are not a few users who carry a smartphone and a tablet and use them selectively, and there are an increasing number of people who separately wear a smart watch, a global positioning system (GPS) terminal, a health care terminal, or the like having a communication function. On the other hand, a base station described in PTL 1 or the like regards one terminal as one communication entity and allocates resources (see, for example, paragraphs 0028 to 0031 and FIG. 3 of PTL 1). As a result, a kind of unfair situation, in which more resources of the base station and the network are allocated to a user or machine having multiple communication terminals than to a user having one communication terminal, and there is a difference in service to be provided, occurs. An object of the present disclosure is to provide a base station device, a method for providing a service, and a program capable of contributing to the fair allocation of communication resources described above. Solution to Problem According to a first aspect, there is provided a base station device including: means configured to receive a connection request from a terminal; means configured to monitor a predetermined area and estimate a state of a transmission source of the connection request; means configured determine whether to allow the connection request from the terminal based on the state of the transmission source; and means configured to provide a service to the terminal for which the connection request has been allowed by the determination. According to a second aspect, there is provided a method for providing a service, the method including: receiving a connection request from a terminal; monitoring a predetermined area and estimating a state of a transmission source of the connection request; determining whether to allow the connection request from the terminal based on the state of the transmission source; and providing the service to the terminal for which the connection request has been allowed by the determination. The method is combined with a specific machine called a base station device that provides a service in response to a connection request from a terminal. According to a third aspect, there is provided a computer program for implementing the functions of the base station device described above. The computer program can be recorded on a computer-readable (non-transitory) storage medium (program recording medium). That is, the present invention can also be embodied as a computer program product. Advantageous Effects of Invention According to the present disclosure, i