Predictive reservation of radio cells for interruption-free communication with a data cloud

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017325136-A1
Application number	US-201515522404-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 10, 2015
Priority date	Nov 10, 2014
Publication date	Nov 9, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method for operating a terminal for a communication network, the terminal, based on a future route of the terminal, transmitting a reservation request for logging into a radio cell of the communication network along the route via the communication network to a radio cell management server, to be able to log into the requested radio cell as a function of a response of the radio cell management server. A method for operating a radio cell management server, a terminal, a radio cell management server, a vehicle, and a computer program, are also described.

First claim

1 - 10 . (canceled)

11 . A method for operating a terminal for a communication network, comprising:
transmitting via the communication network by the terminal to a radio cell management server, based on a future route of the terminal, a reservation request for logging into a radio cell of the communication network along the route, to be able to log into the requested radio cell as a function of a response of the radio cell management server.

12 . The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein, if the response from the radio cell management server includes the fact that logging into the requested cell is not possible, the terminal requests future required data via the communication network from a network server infrastructure as a function of the response.

13 . The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein the terminal is moved along the route and changes from one radio cell to a next radio cell during the movement, the radio cell of the reservation request corresponding to the radio cell which immediately follows the radio cell in which the terminal is presently located.

14 . The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein the reservation request includes a time when the terminal wishes to log into the radio cell.

15 . A method for operating a radio cell management server for radio cells of a communication network, the method comprising:
receiving from a terminal via the communication network by the radio cell management server, a reservation request for logging into a radio cell; checking, by the radio cell management server, logging into the radio cell is possible or not in accordance with the reservation request; and transmitting via the communication network to the terminal by the radio cell server a corresponding response via the communication network, the response indicating that logging into the requested radio cell is possible or is not possible.

16 . The method as recited in claim 15 , wherein the response includes a time period for which the requested radio cell is reserved for the terminal for logging in.

17 . A terminal for a communication network, comprising:
a processor designed to ascertain, based on a future route of the mobile terminal, a reservation request for logging into a radio cell of the communication network along the route; and a communication interface designed to transmit the reservation request to a radio cell management server via the communication network, so that the terminal may log into the requested radio cell as a function of a response of the radio cell management server.

18 . A radio cell management server for radio cells of a communication network, comprising:
a communication interface designed to receive, via the communication network, a reservation request from a terminal for logging into a radio cell; and a processor designed to check whether logging into the radio cell is possible or not in accordance with the reservation request, the processor further being designed to ascertain a corresponding response as a function of the check, that logging into the requested radio cell is possible or is not possible; and wherein the communication interface is further designed to transmit the response to the terminal via the communication network.

19 . A vehicle, comprising:
a terminal for a communication network, the terminal including a processor designed to ascertain, based on a future route of the mobile terminal, a reservation request for logging into a radio cell of the communication network along the route, and a communication interface designed to transmit the reservation request to a radio cell management server via the communication network, so that the terminal may log into the requested radio cell as a function of a response of the radio cell management server.

20 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which is stored program code for operating a terminal for a communication network, the program code, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform:
transmitting via the communication network by the terminal to a radio cell management server, based on a future route of the terminal, a reservation request for logging into a radio cell of the communication network along the route, to be able to log into the requested radio cell as a function of a response of the radio cell management server.

Assignees

• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Rous Martin
• Hofsaess Volker

Classifications

• H04W4/029 Primary

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• H04W36/0061 Primary

  of neighbour cell information · CPC title

• H04W36/0083

  Determination of parameters used for hand-off, e.g. generation or modification of neighbour cell lists · CPC title

• H04W4/028

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W36/249

  according to timing information · CPC title