Mobile communication system
First Claim
1. A mobile communication system, comprising:
- a mobile platform having a plurality of interfaces to a respective plurality of mobile communication networks, and a router for selectively connecting one or more communications devices within the mobile platform to one or more of the interfaces, for communication over the respective mobile communication networks; and
a central core common to each of the mobile communication networks, comprising a policy master arranged to determine resource requirements within the mobile communication networks in accordance with one or more defined policies and a resource manager arranged to allocate resources to the mobile communication networks in response to resource requests from the router and to resource requests from the policy master,wherein the resource manager is arranged to control which of the interfaces are active on the mobile platform such that they are connected to a respective one of the mobile communication networks, thereby controlling the respective mobile communication network'"'"'s connectivity to the router.
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Abstract
A mobile communication system comprises: a mobile platform (1) having a plurality of interfaces (2) to a respective plurality of mobile communication networks (6), and a router (5) for selectively connecting one or more communications devices (4) within the mobile platform (1) to one or more of the interfaces (2), for communication over the respective mobile communication networks (6); and a central core (10), common to each of the mobile communication networks (6), including a resource manager (11) arranged to allocate communication resources to the link interfaces (2); wherein the resource manager (11) is responsive to resource requests (S3) from the mobile platform (1) and to network conditions in the mobile communication networks (6).
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1. A mobile communication system, comprising:
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a mobile platform having a plurality of interfaces to a respective plurality of mobile communication networks, and a router for selectively connecting one or more communications devices within the mobile platform to one or more of the interfaces, for communication over the respective mobile communication networks; and a central core common to each of the mobile communication networks, comprising a policy master arranged to determine resource requirements within the mobile communication networks in accordance with one or more defined policies and a resource manager arranged to allocate resources to the mobile communication networks in response to resource requests from the router and to resource requests from the policy master, wherein the resource manager is arranged to control which of the interfaces are active on the mobile platform such that they are connected to a respective one of the mobile communication networks, thereby controlling the respective mobile communication network'"'"'s connectivity to the router. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of operating a mobile communication system, the system comprising:
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a mobile platform having a plurality of interfaces to a respective plurality of mobile communication networks, and a router for selectively connecting one or more communications devices within the mobile platform to one or more of the interfaces, for communication over the respective mobile communication networks; and a central core common to each of the mobile communication networks, comprising a policy master and a resource manager;
the method comprising;a) at the policy master, determining resource requirements within the mobile communication networks in accordance with one or more defined policies; b) at the resource manager, allocating resources to the mobile communication networks in response to resource requests from the router and to resource requests from the policy master; and c) at the resource manager, controlling which of the interfaces are active on the mobile platform, such that they are connected to a respective one of the mobile communication networks, thereby controlling the respective mobile communication network'"'"'s connectivity to the router. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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