Patent ID: 11867821

Abstract:
It is provided of a system capable of estimating a current position of a terminal apparatus, even if a terminal apparatus for mobile communication is in a condition of non-receiving or inability to receive GNSS signals. A radio relay apparatus, in which a relay station mounted on a drone, transmits radio waves from a directional antenna toward the ground while flying in an upper airspace above a target area on the ground, and transmits position information on its own apparatus obtained based on the GNSS signal, to an information processing apparatus. The terminal apparatus measures a reception power or a reception quality of radio waves transmitted from the radio relay apparatus, and transmits reception measurement information regarding the measurement result of the reception power or the reception quality, to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus estimates the position of the terminal apparatus in the target area, based on the position information from the radio relay apparatus received in a flight time period during which the radio relay apparatus flies in the upper airspace above the target area and the reception measurement information from the terminal apparatus. The information processing apparatus may estimate the position where the reception power or the reception quality from the terminal apparatus is maximum, as the position of the terminal apparatus.