# US 2020/0288287 A1 · Telecommunications apparatuses and methods > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0288287 A1 - Document ID: US20200288287A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/881,980 - Filed: 2020-05-22 - Published: 2020-09-10 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-12 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Jussi Tapani KAHTAVA; Hideji WAKABAYASHI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200288287A1 ## CPC - H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] - H04L 63/0876: {based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint} - H04W 4/70: Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 48/20: Selecting an access point - H04W 52/0216: {using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame} - H04W 52/0219: {where the power saving management affects multiple terminals} - H04W 60/04: using triggered events - H04W 76/10: Connection setup - H04W 76/14: Direct-mode setup - H04W 76/27: Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states - H04W 4/90: Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS] - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1: Circuitry for 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, wherein the circuitry comprises a controller element and a transceiver element configured to operate together to: receive 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; and upon determining to activate a connection with the first base station, activate the connection with the first base station. ### Claim at position 2 2: A base station 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 a vehicular-capable terminal, wherein the base station is one of the plurality of base stations and is configured to operate as a road side unit, the base station comprising a transmitter, a receiver and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to: transmit, via the transmitter, a list of one or more base stations selected from the plurality of base stations to the vehicular-capable terminal, wherein the list is for use by the vehicular-capable terminal to determine based on the list of base stations whether to activate a connection with a first base station of the plurality of base stations, upon detection that the vehicular-capable terminal is within range of a first base station. ### Claim at position 3 3: Circuitry for a base station 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 a vehicular-capable terminal wherein the base station is one of the plurality of base stations and wherein the circuitry comprises a controller element and a transceiver element configured to operate together to: transmit, via the transmitter, a list of one or more base stations selected from the plurality of base stations to the vehicular-capable terminal, wherein the list is for use by the vehicular-capable terminal to determine based on the list of base stations whether to activate a connection with a first base station of the plurality of base stations, upon detection that the vehicular-capable terminal is within range of a first base station. ### Claim at position 4 (depends on 1) 4: The circuitry of claim 1, wherein determining whether to activate a connection with the first base station comprises identifying that the first base station is not on the list of one or more base stations. ### Claim at position 5 (depends on 1) 5: The circuitry of claim 1, wherein the determining whether to activate the connection with the first base station comprises identifying that the first base station is on the list of one or more base stations, and the one or more base stations are further selected from the at least one base station. ### Claim at position 6 (depends on 1) 6: The circuitry of claim 1, wherein, upon activation of the connection with the first base station, the circuitry is configured to exchange vehicular related data with the first base station. ### Claim at position 7 (depends on 1) 7: The circuitry of claim 1, wherein the vehicular-capable terminal is a vulnerable road user (VRU) terminal. ### Claim at position 8 (depends on 1) 8: The circuitry of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured not to activate a connection with a core network portion of the mobile telecommunications system. ### Claim at position 9 (depends on 8) 9: The circuitry of claim 8, wherein upon activation of the connection with the first base station, the circuitry is configured to exchange vehicular related data with the first base station while the terminal is not connected to the core network portion of the mobile telecommunications system. ### Claim at position 10 (depends on 1) 10: The circuitry of claim 1, wherein the terminal, upon activation of the connection with the base station, is configured not to activate a connection with an anchor element of a core network portion of the mobile telecommunications system, and the anchor element is a mobility manager entity (MME). ### Claim at position 11 (depends on 1) 11: The circuitry of claim 1, wherein, upon detection that the vehicular-capable terminal is no longer within range of the first base station, the circuitry is configured to de-activate the connection to the first base station and the vehicular-capable terminal switching to an idle connection mode, and the idle connection mode is an idle Radio Resources Control (RRC) mode. ### Claim at position 12 (depends on 1) 12: The circuitry of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to switch to a connected mode, the connected mode being a connected Radio Resources Control (RRC) mode. ### Claim at position 13 (depends on 1) 13: The circuitry of claim 1, wherein the vehicle is configured to receive a list of road side units from one of the plurality of base stations. ### Claim at position 14 (depends on 1) 14: The circuitry of claim 1, wherein, upon activating the connection with the first base station, the first base station is configured to transmit an updated list of one or more base stations. ### Claim at position 15 (depends on 1) 15: The circuitry of claim 1, wherein the list of base stations is comprised in a tracking area list communicated by the mobile telecommunications system to the vehicular-capable terminal. ### Claim at position 16 (depends on 1) 16: The circuitry of claim 1, wherein the list of base stations is comprised in a tracking area list communicated by the mobile telecommunications system to the vehicular-capable terminal. ### Claim at position 17 (depends on 1) 17: The circuitry of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to notify a presence of the vehicular-capable terminal to the road side unit, in response to being notified of the presence of the vehicular-capable terminal, the road side unit is configured to report the presence of the vehicular-capable terminal to at least another of the plurality of base stations, and in response to being reported the presence of the vehicular-capable terminal, the at least another of the plurality of base stations, which has been notified of the presence of the vehicular-capable terminal, is configured to alert the vehicular-capable terminal to wake up. ### Claim at position 18 (depends on 1) 18: The circuitry of claim 1, wherein the list includes one or more base stations which the vehicular-capable terminal should not connect to. ### Claim at position 19 (depends on 1) 19: The circuitry of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to determine whether the vehicular-capable terminal is within the range of the first base station.