Patent ID: 11902008
Assignee: SOFTBANK CORP.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC H

Claim 17:
18. A control method which is executed by a computer, the control method comprising:
acquiring flight vehicle position information by acquiring service flight vehicle position information indicating positions of a plurality of service flight vehicles, each of which functions as a stratosphere platform and is mounted with a communication device which forms a wireless communication area by emitting a beam and provides a wireless communication service to a user terminal in the wireless communication area;
determining arrangement of a relay flight vehicle which relays communication of one service flight vehicle among the plurality of service flight vehicles on a basis of a predetermined condition and the service flight vehicle position information;
controlling a flight vehicle by controlling the relay flight vehicle to move according to the arrangement determined by the determining arrangement and establish wireless communication connection with the one service flight vehicle; and
receiving weather-related information on weather in the wireless communication area formed by each of the plurality of service flight vehicles, the weather-related information including rainfall information indicating a rainfall in the wireless communication area formed by each of the plurality of service flight vehicles.