Telecommunication system used with a means for transporting passengers and cargo
First Claim
1. A telecommunication system for carrying out a wireless telecommunication with means for transporting a passenger and/or a cargo that allows a wireless telecommunication apparatus to embark and disembark, comprising:
- an embarkation/disembarkation notification unit for notifying a wireless telecommunication unit that is carrying out the wireless telecommunication as to whether the wireless telecommunication unit is on-board or off-board;
an intra-transportation means access point unit, which is equipped in a means for transporting the passenger and/or cargo, which functions as an access point dedicated to the wireless telecommunication unit within the means for transporting the passenger and cargo, and which centrally manages accesses of the wireless telecommunication units to a telecommunication system; and
the wireless telecommunication unit for carrying out a telecommunication by accessing a means constituting a base for the telecommunication system if the wireless telecommunication unit is off-board, and by accessing the intra-transportation means access point unit if the wireless telecommunication unit is on-board.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A mobile terminal UE accesses a CN and utilizes the Internet via a base station Node-B. When riding an electric train, the mobile terminal UE receives a disembarkation notification and an embarkation notification from a RFID tag writer equipped on a train, and notifies the base station Node-B that the terminal is on-board the train. While on-board the train, the terminal accesses an in-vehicle AP by employing a WLAN, Bluetooth, or similar system, and the in-vehicle AP communicates with the base station Node-B. This configuration enables the in-vehicle AP to handle all of the mobile devices existing on a train in a centralized manner, thereby eliminating the need for each of the mobile devices to individually access the base station Node-B.
-
Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A telecommunication system for carrying out a wireless telecommunication with means for transporting a passenger and/or a cargo that allows a wireless telecommunication apparatus to embark and disembark, comprising:
-
an embarkation/disembarkation notification unit for notifying a wireless telecommunication unit that is carrying out the wireless telecommunication as to whether the wireless telecommunication unit is on-board or off-board; an intra-transportation means access point unit, which is equipped in a means for transporting the passenger and/or cargo, which functions as an access point dedicated to the wireless telecommunication unit within the means for transporting the passenger and cargo, and which centrally manages accesses of the wireless telecommunication units to a telecommunication system; and the wireless telecommunication unit for carrying out a telecommunication by accessing a means constituting a base for the telecommunication system if the wireless telecommunication unit is off-board, and by accessing the intra-transportation means access point unit if the wireless telecommunication unit is on-board. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
-
10. A wireless telecommunication unit, comprising:
-
at least two telecommunication units using different telecommunication systems; an embarkation/disembarkation information reception unit for receiving information on whether the wireless telecommunication unit is on-board a means for transporting a passenger and/or a cargo or off-board the means for transporting a passenger and/or a cargo; and a changeover unit for changing over telecommunication units to be used on the basis of whether or not the wireless telecommunication units are on-board the means for transporting a passenger and/or a cargo. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
-
-
14. An intra-transportation means access point equipped in a means for transporting a passenger and/or a cargo, comprising:
an access unit for receiving accesses of all wireless telecommunication units on-board a means for transporting a passenger and/or a cargo and lumping together all accesses to an external network. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
-
17. An information notification apparatus, comprising:
-
an disembarkation information notification unit, being equipped within a means for transporting a passenger and/or a cargo, for notifying a wireless telecommunication unit of information to the effect that the wireless telecommunication unit is in a state of being off-board the means for transporting a passenger and/or a cargo; and an embarkation information notification unit, being equipped externally to the means for transporting a passenger and/or a cargo, for notifying the wireless telecommunication unit of information to the effect the wireless telecommunication unit is in a state of being on-board the means for transporting a passenger and/or a cargo. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
-
-
18. An information notification apparatus, comprising:
-
a disembarkation information notification unit, being equipped within a means for transporting a passenger and/or a cargo, for notifying a wireless telecommunication unit of information to the effect that the wireless telecommunication unit is in a state of being off-board the means for transporting a passenger and/or a cargo; and an embarkation information notification unit, being equipped in a place where the means for transporting a passenger and/or a cargo stops, for notifying the wireless telecommunication unit of information to the effect that the wireless telecommunication unit is in a state of being on-board the means for transporting a passenger and/or a cargo.
-
Specification