Wireless communication apparatus, vehicle, and control method

A control method for controlling a wireless communication apparatus mounted on a vehicle and supporting a plurality of emergency report schemes which varies depending on a region, the control method comprising:

• identifying a region to which the wireless communication apparatus belongs at a time of occurrence of a vehicle accident;
• selecting one emergency report scheme corresponding to an emergency report center in the region from the plurality of emergency report schemes based on the identified region;
• and
• performing an emergency report to the emergency report center in the region by using the one emergency report scheme selected, wherein
• the plurality of emergency report schemes include a Minimum Set of Data (MSD) transmission and a voice emergency call.

A wireless communication apparatus mounted on a vehicle and supporting a plurality of emergency report schemes, the wireless communication apparatus comprising:

• a wireless communicator configured to perform wireless communication;
• and
• a controller configured to perform an emergency report via the wireless communicator at a time of occurrence of a vehicle accident, wherein
• the controller is configured to
• identify a region to which the wireless communication apparatus belongs at the time of occurrence of the vehicle accident,
• identify the region by using at least one of base station information acquired from a base station to which the wireless communication apparatus is connected, GNSS information acquired from a GNSS receiver provided in the vehicle or the wireless communication apparatus, or registration region information stored in the wireless communication apparatus,
• identify the region by prioritizing use of the base station information among the base station information, the GNSS information, and the registration region information,
• select one emergency report scheme from the plurality of emergency report schemes based on the identified region, and
• perform the emergency report by using the one emergency report scheme selected.