A wireless communication system using cells to provide wireless access to services, comprising a first base station installed on board a public transportation vehicle to provide a moving cell, and a second base station installed at a stop at which users enter or leave the vehicle, to provide a fixed cell. A central controller guides handovers of users entering or leaving the vehicle. The first and second base stations to provide data concerning users to the central controller, and the central controller, over many journeys of the vehicle, gathers profile data of users based on the data provided by the base stations. As the vehicle approaches a stop, the central controller makes predictions about users likely to enter and leave the vehicle, and, provides guidance to the first and second base stations for performing handovers.
Group handover with moving cells
27.04.2016
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
BASE | 2017
|HANDOVER SYSTEM FOR TRACKING MOVING OBJECT AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME
Europäisches Patentamt | 2023
|Kraftfahrwesen | 1992
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