Methods and apparatuses for reconfiguring a roaming mobile base station based upon its location

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016150576-A1
Application number	US-201314896282-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 13, 2013
Priority date	Jun 13, 2013
Publication date	May 26, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for a mobile or roaming base station are described. An operating mode of a mobile base station is determined, based upon the mobile base station's current location and/or current mobility mode. The operating mode of the mobile base station is switched from a full base station functionality to a limited base station functionality, based upon the determining. A connection to a network is established by the mobile base station.

First claim

1 - 45 . (canceled)

46 . An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor; and at least one memory comprising computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus, at least to:
determine an operating mode based on a current location and/or a current mobility mode;
switch the operating mode from a full base station functionality to a limited base station functionality based on the determine an operating mode; and
establish a connection to a network.

47 . The apparatus of claim 46 , wherein the network comprises a visitor network.

48 . The apparatus of claim 46 , further comprising, to cause the apparatus, at least to: detect in a home network, a near-approaching border, via a proximity detection mechanism.

49 . The apparatus of claim 48 , wherein the near-approaching border comprises one of a regulatory, territory, or commercial border.

50 . The apparatus according to claim 48 , wherein the detecting further comprises: configure the apparatus on-the-fly, via the proximity detection mechanism and software defined radio properties of the apparatus.

51 . The apparatus according to claim 50 , wherein information from the configuring is obtained from the home network or from a visitor network.

52 . The apparatus according to claim 48 , wherein the proximity detection mechanism comprises one or more of network listening mode, network assistance, global positioning system (GPS), or user equipment mobility information.

53 . The apparatus according to claim 46 , wherein the limited base station functionality comprises one of an amplify-forward relay node, a decode-forward relay node, a diversity-providing relay node, a remote radio head, or a macro base station assisted or controlled small cell.

54 . The apparatus according to claim 46 , further comprising, to cause the apparatus, at least to: receive operational parameters in the limited base station functionality, via a mutual agreement between a home network and a visitor network.

55 . The apparatus according to claim 46 , wherein the apparatus comprises a roaming network.

56 . The apparatus according to claim 55 , wherein the roaming network is visible to a visitor network as a single roaming unit.

57 . The apparatus according to claim 46 , wherein the apparatus comprises a mobile base station.

58 . A method, comprising:
determining an operating mode of a mobile base station based on the mobile base station's current location and/or current mobility mode; switching the operating mode of the mobile base station from a full base station functionality to a limited base station functionality based on the determining; and establishing, by the mobile base station, a connection to a network

59 . A method, comprising:
receiving, by a user equipment, a transmission from a mobile base station, wherein the mobile base station is operating in a full base station capacity; and when the mobile base station changes its current location and/or current mobility mode, receiving by the user equipment, another transmission from the mobile base station, wherein the mobile base station is operating in a limited base station capacity.

60 . The method according to claim 59 , wherein the current location or current mobility mode of the mobile base station comprises moving across a border.

61 . The method according to claim 60 , wherein the border comprises one of a regulatory, territory, or commercial border.

62 . The method according to claim 59 , wherein the receiving another transmission includes operational parameters in a relay mode capacity, via a mutual agreement between a home network and a visitor network of the mobile base station.

63 . An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor; and at least one memory comprising computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus, at least to:
receive a transmission from a mobile base station, wherein the mobile base station is operating in a full base station capacity; and
when the mobile base station changes its current location and/or current mobility mode, receive another transmission from the mobile base station, wherein the mobile base station is operating in a limited base station capacity.

64 . The apparatus of claim 63 , wherein the current location or current mobility mode comprises: moving across a border.

65 . The apparatus of claim 64 , wherein the border comprises one of a regulatory, territory, or commercial border.

Assignees

• Nokia Technologies Oy

Inventors

• Moisio Martti
• Uusitalo Mikko
• Li Zexian
• Yilmaz Osman

Classifications

• H04W4/023 Primary

  using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds · CPC title

• H04W76/02 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W88/08

  Access point devices · CPC title

• H04W24/02 Primary

  Arrangements for optimising operational condition · CPC title

• H04B1/0003

  Software-defined radio [SDR] systems, i.e. systems wherein components typically implemented in hardware, e.g. filters or modulators/demodulators, are implented using software, e.g. by involving an AD or DA conversion stage such that at least part of the signal processing is performed in the digital domain (digital baseband systems H04L25/00; digital modulation/demodulation H04L27/00; CDMA H04B1/707; TDMA H04B7/2643; image transmission H04N5/00) · CPC title