COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM

To provide a communication device, a communication method, and a communication program, capable of investigating a distribution of user terminals even in areas where base stations are not installed.SOLUTION: The communication device includes: a communication unit for communicating with a plurality of wireless terminals within a communication area; a terminal number acquisition unit for acquiring the number of wireless terminals for communicating with the communication unit for a predetermined period on the basis of information about communication performed between the wireless terminal and the communication unit; a terminal position acquisition unit for acquiring a position of the wireless terminal for communicating with the communication unit for a predetermined period on the basis of the information about the communication performed between the wireless terminal and the communication unit; and a distribution acquisition unit for acquiring a distribution of the wireless terminals on the basis of the number of wireless terminals acquired by the terminal number acquisition unit and the position of the wireless terminal acquired by the terminal position acquisition unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】基地局が設置されていない地域でも、ユーザ端末の分布を調査することのできる通信装置、通信方法及び通信プログラムを提供する。【解決手段】通信装置は、通信エリア内の複数の無線端末と通信を行う通信部と、無線端末と通信部との間で通信される通信に関する情報に基づいて、所定期間の通信部と通信を行う無線端末の数を取得する端末数取得部と、無線端末と通信部との間で通信される通信に関する情報に基づいて、所定期間の通信部と通信を行う無線端末の位置を取得する端末位置取得部と、端末数取得部によって取得された無線端末の数と、端末位置取得部によって取得された無線端末の位置とに基づいて、無線端末の分布を取得する分布取得部と、を備える。【選択図】図２