Telecommunications apparatuses and methods
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsJussi Tapani KAHTAVA, Hideji WAKABAYASHI
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for activating a vehicular-capable terminal to connect to a base station and/or road side unit. Accordingly a vehicular-capable terminal which would otherwise be in idle mode can then participate in vehicular communications, if appropriate.
Claims18
A method of activating a vehicular-capable terminal in a mobile telecommunications system, the mobile telecommunications system comprising a plurality of base stations operable to communicate with the vehicular-capable terminal and wherein at least one base station of the plurality of base stations is configured to operate as a road side unit and wherein the method comprises:
- the vehicular-capable terminal receiving a list of one or more base stations selected from the plurality of base stations;
- upon detection that the vehicular-capable terminal is within range of a first base station, the vehicular-capable terminal determining whether to activate, based on the list of base stations, a connection with the first base station;
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- upon determining to activate a connection with the first base station, the vehicular-capable terminal activating the connection with the first base station.
14-15. (canceled)
A vehicular-capable terminal for use in a mobile telecommunications system, the mobile telecommunications system comprising a plurality of base stations operable to communicate with the vehicular-capable terminal and wherein at least one base station of the plurality of base stations is configured to operate as a road side unit, the vehicular-capable terminal comprising a transmitter, a receiver and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to:
- receive, via the receiver, a list of one or more base stations selected from the plurality of base stations;
- upon detection that the vehicular-capable terminal is within range of a first base station, determine based on the list of base stations whether to activate a connection with the first base station;
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- upon determining to activate a connection with the first base station, activate the connection with the first base station.
17-42. (canceled)
A road side unit for use in a mobile telecommunications system, the mobile telecommunications system comprising a vehicular-capable terminal, one or more base stations operable to communicate with the vehicular-capable terminal and one or more road side units operable to communicate with the vehicular-capable terminal, wherein the road side unit is one of the one or more road side units and comprises a transmitter, a receiver and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to:
- detect the presence of the vehicular-capable terminal;
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- upon detection of the presence of the vehicular-capable terminal, notify a first base station of the one or more base stations of the presence of the vehicular-capable terminal for the first base station to instruct the vehicular-capable terminal to connect to the first base station by transmitting an activation message, the activation message being addressed to a group of terminals comprising the vehicular-capable terminal.
44-47. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.