CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM UTILIZING UPGRADED MOVING RELAYS AND METHODS USEFUL IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH
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Abstract
A moving cellular communication system comprising at least one upgraded moving relay including at least two base station functionalities and at least one mobile station functionality and a relay resource manager, all co-located, wherein each base station functionality from among the at least two base station functionalities of the upgraded moving relay is operative to communicate via antennae with at least one mobile station thereby to define a first radio link therebetween, and wherein each base station functionality has a connection to its co-located relay resource manager, wherein each mobile station functionality of the upgraded moving relay communicates via antennae with a unit which has base station functionality thereby to define at least one second radio link, respectively, wherein the relay resource manager in each individual moving relay comprises a radio resource manager; and functionality for exchanging information with relay resource managers is included in moving relays other than the individual moving relay.
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73 Claims
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54. A moving cellular communication system comprising:
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at least one upgraded moving relay including at least one base station functionality and at least two mobile station functionalities and a relay resource manager, all co-located, wherein the relay resource manager includes a routing and quality-of-service subsystem operative to communicate with at least one base station functionality and at least one of said mobile station functionalities, wherein each base station functionality of said upgraded moving relay is operative to communicate via antennae with at least one mobile station thereby to define at least one first radio link therebetween, and wherein each base station functionality has a connection to its co-located relay resource manager, wherein each mobile station functionality from among said at least two mobile station functionalities of said upgraded moving relay communicates via antennae with a unit which has base station functionality thereby to define at least two second radio links, respectively, wherein the relay resource manager in at least one individual moving relay comprises; a radio resource manager; and functionality for exchanging information with relay resource managers included in moving relays other than said individual moving relay. - View Dependent Claims (55, 64, 67, 68, 72)
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56. A method for providing moving cellular communication, the method comprising:
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providing at least one upgraded moving relay including at least one base station functionality, a relay resource manager, and at least two mobile station functionalities each of which includes a modem, all co-located, wherein each base station functionality of said upgraded moving relay is operative to communicate via antennae with at least one mobile station thereby to define at least one first radio link therebetween, and wherein each base station functionality has a connection to its co-located relay resource manager, wherein each mobile station functionality from among said at least two mobile station functionalities of said upgraded moving relay communicates via antennae with a unit which has base station functionality thereby to define at least two second radio links, respectively, wherein providing the relay resource manager in each individual moving relay comprises; providing a radio resource manager; and providing functionality for exchanging information with relay resource managers included in moving relays other than said individual moving relay. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 69, 73)
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71. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for providing moving cellular communication, the method comprising:
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providing at least one upgraded moving relay including at least one base station functionality, a relay resource manager which includes a tunneling subsystem operative to provide tunnels for multi-hop encapsulation, and at least two mobile station functionalities, all co-located, wherein each base station functionality of said upgraded moving relay is operative to communicate via antennae with at least one mobile station thereby to define at least one first radio link therebetween, and wherein each base station functionality has a connection to its co-located relay resource manager, wherein each mobile station functionality from among said at least two mobile station functionalities of said upgraded moving relay communicates via antennae with a unit which has base station functionality thereby to define at least two second radio links, respectively, wherein providing the relay resource manager in each individual moving relay comprises; providing a radio resource manager; and providing functionality for exchanging information with relay resource managers included in moving relays other than said individual moving relay. - View Dependent Claims (66, 70)
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