Radio operation switch based on GPS mobility data
AssigneeParallel Wireless, Inc.
InventorSumit Garg
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a radio operation switch based on mobility data. In one embodiment, a mobile base station is disclosed, comprising: a global positioning system (GPS) module for determining a current location of the mobile base station; a velocity module coupled to the output of the GPS module for determining a current velocity of the mobile base station; and a controller, the controller configured to perform steps comprising: determining the current velocity of the mobile base station using the velocity module; comparing the current velocity to a threshold; and switching, based on the comparison, from a first radio band to a second radio band.
Claims19
A mobile cellular base station, comprising:
- a cellular base station being capable of 5G communication with a mobile device and having a wireless backhaul IP connection to provide data egress from the cellular base station;
- a positioning module for determining a current location of the mobile cellular base station;
- a velocity module coupled to an output of the positioning module for determining a current velocity of the mobile cellular base station;
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- a self-organizing network (SON) network module configured to perform steps comprising:
- determining the current velocity of the mobile cellular base station;
- comparing the current velocity to a threshold velocity to determine whether the current velocity exceeds the threshold velocity;
- decreasing transmit power of the mobile cellular base station to reduce cell coverage area of the mobile cellular base station when the current velocity exceeds the threshold velocity;
- switching, when the current velocity exceeds the threshold velocity, from a first radio band to a second radio band,
- switching, when the current velocity exceeds the threshold velocity, the wireless backhaul IP connection from a first backhaul mode to a second backhaul mode, the first backhaul mode being configured to provide backhaul at a low speed, the second backhaul mode being configured to provide backhaul at a higher speed, and
- maintaining the wireless backhaul IP connection to provide coverage to the mobile device in the reduced cell coverage area via switching from the first backhaul mode to the second backhaul mode,
- wherein the reduced cell coverage area covers a vehicle housing the cellular base station.
A method for providing access to mobile devices at a 5G mobile cellular base station, comprising:
- determining a current location of the 5G mobile cellular base station;
- determining, based on the current location, a current velocity of the 5G mobile cellular base station;
- comparing the current velocity to a threshold velocity to determine whether the current velocity exceeds the threshold velocity;
- decreasing transmit power of the 5G mobile cellular base station to reduce cell coverage area of the 5G mobile cellular base station when the current velocity exceeds the threshold velocity;
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- maintaining a wireless backhaul IP connection to provide coverage to the mobile devices in the reduced cell coverage area via switching from a first backhaul mode to a second backhaul mode when the current velocity exceeds the threshold velocity, the first backhaul mode being configured to provide backhaul at a low speed, the second backhaul mode being configured to provide backhaul at a higher speed,
- wherein the reduced cell coverage area covers a vehicle housing the mobile cellular base station.
A method for providing access to mobile devices at a 5G mobile cellular base station, comprising:
- determining a current location of the 5G mobile cellular base station;
- determining, based on the current location, a current velocity of the 5G mobile cellular base station;
- comparing the current velocity to a threshold velocity;
- reducing a transmit power at the base station when the current velocity exceeds the threshold velocity to provide coverage a user equipment inside a user-defined coverage area;
- switching from a first radio band to a second radio band when the current velocity exceeds the threshold velocity;
- maintaining a wireless backhaul IP connection to provide coverage to the mobile devices in the reduced cell coverage area via switching from a first backhaul mode to a second backhaul mode when the current velocity exceeds the threshold velocity, the first backhaul mode being configured to provide backhaul at a low speed, the second backhaul mode being configured to provide backhaul at a higher speed;
- continuing to monitor the current velocity of the mobile cellular base station to determine when to increase the transmit power;
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- increasing the transmit power when the current velocity of the mobile cellular base station has decreased below a second threshold velocity,
- wherein the user defined coverage area covers the vehicle space housing the mobile cellular base station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.