Patent ID: 9622103
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A communications network control method comprising: obtaining, by a computer, measurement area information indicating a measurement area of a sensor included in a communications node, the computer obtaining the measurement area information for each communications node in a communications node group that is included in a communications network and that is among a plurality of communications nodes arranged in an arrangement area; obtaining, by the computer, divided area information indicating a plurality of divided areas obtained by dividing the arrangement area; deriving, by the computer and for each divided area among the plurality of divided areas indicated by the obtained divided area information, a first value corresponding to a count of communications nodes that are in the communications node group and at least partially include the divided area in the measurement area indicated by the obtained measurement area information; and providing, by the computer, control of changing among the plurality of communications nodes, the communications nodes included in the communications network, according to the first value derived for the each divided area among the plurality of divided areas.