Patent ID: 11871275
Assignee: KDDI CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A method for controlling a node apparatus that is connected to one or more base stations and controls uplink data transmission by vehicles traveling in cells formed by the one or more base stations, the method comprising:
acquiring, from each of the one or more base stations, a measured traffic volume in a target cell, that is each of the cells formed by the one or more base stations;
predicting a traffic volume after a unit time in the target cell, based on the measured traffic volume acquired in the acquiring;
determining, upon an inquiry regarding whether or not uplink data transmission is permitted being received from a vehicle in the target cell, whether or not to permit uplink data transmission by the vehicle, based on a prediction result of predicting the traffic volume, and on a volume of data to be transmitted by the vehicle, wherein the volume of data to be transmitted by the vehicle is indicated by information included in the inquiry that has been received from the vehicle; and
transmitting, to the vehicle that has transmitted the inquiry, a response indicating whether or not to permit uplink data transmission in accordance with the determination.