Connection setup between a mobile terminal and a moving base station based on joint movement detection
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
InventorsLeif Wilhelmsson, Mattias Bergstrom, Filip Mestanov, Hakan Persson
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Abstract
A method in a base station is disclosed for determining connection establishment between the base station and a mobile terminal, where the base station is moving. When the base station receives a first connection request, the base station refrains from establishing a connection between the base station and the mobile terminal. When the base station receives a second connection request from the mobile terminal, the base station determines whether or not to establish the connection between the base station and the mobile terminal.
Claims13
A method in a base station for determining connection establishment between the base station and a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- in response to receiving a first connection request from the mobile terminal, refraining from establishing a connection between the base station and the mobile terminal, and waiting for a second connection request from the mobile terminal;
- in response to receiving the second connection request from the mobile terminal, performing:
- determining a time period between the first connection request and the second connection request;
- determining whether or not the mobile terminal and the base station are moving together by considering one or more of:
- an absolute speed of the base station, an absolute speed of the mobile terminal, and a relative speed between the base station and the mobile terminal;
- and
- establishing the connection between the base station and the mobile terminal when the time period between the first connection request and the second connection request exceeds a third threshold and it is determined that the mobile terminal and the base station are moving together, and not establishing the connection otherwise,
- wherein the base station is movable.
A base station adapted to determine connection establishment between the base station and a mobile terminal, the base station comprises a control unit adapted to:
- receive a first connection request from the mobile terminal;
- refrain from establishing the connection between the base station and the mobile terminal when the first connection request is received, and waiting for a second connection request from the mobile terminal;
- receive the second connection request from the mobile terminal;
- determine a time period between the first connection request and the second connection request;
- determine whether or not the mobile terminal and the base station are moving together by considering one or more of:
- an absolute speed of the base station, an absolute speed of the mobile terminal, and a relative speed between the base station and the mobile terminal;
- and
- establish the connection between the base station and the mobile terminal when the time period between the first connection request and the second connection request exceeds a third threshold and it is determined that the mobile terminal and the base station are moving together, and not establishing the connection otherwise,
- wherein the base station is movable.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program product comprising computer program code for executing a method when said computer program code is executed by a programmable control unit of the base station, wherein the method is in the base station and is for determining connection establishment between the base station and a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- in response to receiving a first connection request from the mobile terminal, refraining from establishing a connection between the base station and the mobile terminal, and waiting for a second connection request from the mobile terminal;
- in response to receiving the second connection request from the mobile terminal, performing:
- determining a time period between the first connection request and the second connection request;
- determining whether or not the mobile terminal and the base station are moving together by considering one or more of:
- an absolute speed of the base station, an absolute speed of the mobile terminal, and a relative speed between the base station and the mobile terminal;
- and
- establishing the connection between the base station and the mobile terminal when the time period between the first connection request and the second connection request exceeds a third threshold and it is determined that the mobile terminal and the base station are moving together, and not establishing the connection otherwise,
- wherein the base station is movable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.