Method of and radio data communication equipment for data exchange with nautical vessels and nautical beacons
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorWojciech Potentas
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Abstract
A method of and radio data communication equipment arranged for data exchange by Wide Area Network radio data communication equipment operating as a Radio Base Station applied on a plurality of nautical vessels, and by radio data communication equipment operating as User Equipment applied on a nautical beacon. A radio communication link between the radio data communication equipment of a nautical vessel and a nautical beacon is established when an indication of availability of radio access resources of the radio data communication equipment of a nautical vessel is received by the radio data communication equipment of a nautical beacon and when the radio data communication equipment of a nautical beacon is in an operating position.
Claims20
A method of data exchange by Wide Area Network, WAN, radio data communication equipment operating as a radio base station, RBS, applied on a plurality of nautical vessels, for providing radio access to radio data communication equipment operating as a User Equipment, UE, applied on at least one nautical beacon, the WAN radio data communication equipment arranged for data exchange with radio data communication equipment operating as a UE applied on a same nautical vessel, and for data exchange with a terrestrial core data communication network, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the WAN radio data communication equipment applied on a first nautical vessel, from the radio data communication equipment operating as a UE applied on the first nautical vessel, radio access collision information relating to WAN radio communication equipment applied on a second nautical vessel operating WAN radio access resources colliding with WAN radio access resources operated by the WAN radio communication equipment applied on the first nautical vessel;
- reporting, by the WAN radio data communication equipment applied on the first nautical vessel, the radio access resource collision information to the terrestrial core data communication network;
- receiving, by the WAN radio data communication equipment applied on the first nautical vessel, from the terrestrial core data communication network, radio resource allocation information for operating WAN radio access resources by the WAN radio data communication equipment applied on the first nautical vessel;
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- establishing, by the WAN radio data communication equipment applied on the first nautical vessel, a radio data communication link with radio data communication equipment applied on at least one nautical beacon in an operating position thereof, based on the information for operating WAN radio access resources.
A method of data exchange, by radio data communication equipment operating as a User Equipment, UE, applied on a nautical beacon, for accessing Wide Area Network, WAN, radio access resources provided by WAN radio data communication equipment operating as a radio base station, RBS, applied on a nautical vessel, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the radio data communication equipment applied on the nautical beacon, from WAN radio data communication equipment applied on a nautical vessel, an indication of availability of WAN radio access resources;
- receiving, by the radio data communication equipment applied on the nautical beacon, from an operating position detection device of the nautical beacon, an indication that the nautical beacon is in an operating position for establishing a radio communication link, and;
- establishing, by the radio data communication equipment applied on the nautical beacon, a radio data communication link with the WAN radio data communication equipment of the nautical vessel based on the WAN radio access resources;
- keeping, for a predetermined first period of time, by the radio data communication equipment applied on the nautical beacon, a list of identifications of WAN radio data communication equipment applied on nautical vessels available for radio data communication;
- disconnecting, by the radio data communication equipment applied on the nautical beacon, a radio data communication link with the WAN radio data communication equipment applied on the nautical vessel, after a predetermined second period of time;
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- establishing, by the radio data communication equipment applied on the nautical beacon, on a Round Robin basis according to the list of identifications, a respective radio data communication link with the WAN radio data communication equipment applied on at least one further nautical vessel.
A nautical vessel Wide Area Network, WAN, radio data communication equipment arranged for operating as radio base station, RBS, for providing radio access to radio data communication equipment operating as a User Equipment, UE, applied on at least one nautical beacon, the WAN radio data communication equipment arranged for data exchange with radio data communication equipment operating as a UE applied on a same nautical vessel, and for data exchange with a terrestrial core data communication network, the nautical vessel WAN radio data communication equipment comprising a transceiver device and a processing device configured for:
- receiving, by the transceiver device, from the radio data communication equipment operating as UE on the first nautical vessel, radio access collision information relating to WAN radio communication equipment of a second nautical vessel operating WAN radio access resources colliding with WAN radio access resources operated by the WAN radio communication equipment of the first nautical vessel;
- reporting, by the transceiver device, the radio access collision information to the terrestrial core data communication network;
- receiving, by the transceiver device, from the terrestrial core data communication network, information for operating WAN radio resource allocation resources by the WAN radio data communication equipment of the first nautical vessel;
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- establishing, by the processing device, a radio data communication link with radio data communication equipment of at least one nautical beacon in an operating position thereof, based on the information for operating WAN radio access resources.
A nautical beacon radio data communication equipment arranged for operating as a User Equipment, UE, for accessing Wide Area Network, WAN, radio access resources provided by WAN radio data communication equipment operating as a radio base station, RBS, applied on a nautical vessel, the nautical beacon radio data communication equipment comprising a transceiver device, a processing device, and an interface for communicating with an operating position detection device, the nautical beacon radio data communication equipment configured for:
- receiving, by the transceiver device, from WAN radio data communication equipment applied on a nautical vessel, an indication of availability of WAN radio access resources;
- receiving, by the processing device, from the operating position detection device, that the transceiver device is in an operating position for establishing a radio communication link;
- establishing, by the transceiver device, a radio data communication link with the WAN radio data communication equipment applied on the nautical vessel based on the WAN radio access resources;
- keeping, for a predetermined first period of time, by the radio data communication equipment applied on the nautical beacon, a list of identifications of WAN radio data communication equipment applied on nautical vessels available for radio data communication;
- disconnecting, by the radio data communication equipment applied on the nautical beacon, a radio data communication link with the WAN radio data communication equipment applied on the nautical vessel, after a predetermined second period of time;
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- establishing, by the radio data communication equipment applied on the nautical beacon, on a Round Robin basis according to the list of identifications, a respective radio data communication link with the WAN radio data communication equipment applied on at least one further nautical vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.