METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOBILE RADIO STATION, MOBILE RADIO STATION, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

• US 20190037500A1
• Filed: 07/31/2018
• Published: 01/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Original Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Inventors: KWOCZEK, Andreas, BUBURUZAN, Teodor, ALIEIEV, Roman, HEHN, Thorsten, ZIELINSKI, Ernst, SCHMITZ, Steffen
• Granted Patent: US 10,779,239 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/08 Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0841 Registering performance data recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/02 Power saving arrangements in wired systems H04L12/12; signaling of mobile application services, e.g. low battery notifications H04W4/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0251 using monitoring of local events, e.g. events related to user activity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0261 managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/20 Manipulation of established connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/005 Moving wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/023 with message or information receiving capability
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method, mobile radio station and computer program to perform a change of the mobile radio device category based on the state of the transportation vehicle. When the transportation vehicle is stopped, a lower mobile radio device category is selected, wherein the downlink and/or uplink data rates are reduced. This protects the battery of the transportation vehicle and improves the resource utilization in the mobile radio system.

Claims

1. A mobile radio station wherein a number of mobile radio device categories are defined in the mobile radio system, wherein the mobile radio station is installed in a transportation vehicle and the operating state of the mobile radio station relates to the operating state of the transportation vehicle,

wherein the mobile radio station has a memory, or the mobile radio station is assigned a memory in which the assignment of at least the operating states Engine On, Engine Off, and “

Relay”

, in which the parked transportation vehicle is operated as a radio relay station,

wherein, the mobile radio device category assigned to the mobile radio station is stored in a table in the memory,

wherein communication in the mobile radio system requires a log-in/registration on a mobile radio base station, wherein the log-in/registration specifies the mobile radio device category, wherein a number of different operating states of the mobile radio station are assigned different mobile radio device categories,

wherein the mobile radio station monitors whether the operating state changes and, during operation, the mobile radio station checks whether the registered device category still matches the change in the operating state,

wherein the mobile radio station is logged out of the mobile radio base station in response to another mobile radio device category being provided for the change in the operating state, and wherein the mobile radio station is re-registered on the mobile base station specifying the appropriate mobile radio device category,

wherein at least the operating states “

Engine On” and

“

Engine Off”

are distinguished during the registration and when checking whether the registered device still matches the change of operating state,

wherein at least the operating state “

Relay”

, in which the parked transportation vehicle is operated as a mobile radio relay station, is additionally distinguished as an additional operating state for the registration and when checking whether the registered device category still matches the change of operating state.

2. The mobile radio station of claim 1, wherein the memory has a register location in a registration area of the memory in which the respective operating state is registered, and wherein the memory has another register location in the registration area, in which the current mobile radio device category is registered.

3. The mobile radio station of claim 1, wherein the respective operating state is registered in a register location in a register area of a memory and the entry in the register location is updated upon detection of the change of operating state.

4. The mobile radio station of claim 1, wherein the check as to whether the registered mobile radio device category still matches the change of operating state is carried out in response to detection of the change of operating state.

5. The mobile radio station of claim 1, wherein the check as to whether the registered device category still matches the change of operating state is carried out continuously in operation or repeated intermittently or repeated with a specific time interval.

6. The mobile radio station of claim 2, wherein the current mobile radio device category is registered in another register location of the register area and the entry in the other register location is updated in the process of de-registration and re-registration of the mobile radio station on the mobile radio base station.

7. The mobile radio station of claim 1, wherein at least the operating states “

Power On” and

“

Standby”

are distinguished for the registration, wherein a variation of the 3GPP LTE mobile radio standard family is used as the mobile system and a mobile radio device category of “

Category 6”

or above, corresponding to “

mobile broad band MBB”

is provided for the “

Power On”

operating state, and a mobile radio device category with inferior transmission properties than “

Category 6”

is provided for the “

Standby”

operating state.

8. The mobile radio station of claim 1, wherein a variation of the 3GPP mobile radio standard family is used as the mobile radio system, and the mobile radio device category “

Category M1”

corresponding to “

machine type communication MTC”

is provided for the “

Engine Off”

operating state and a mobile radio device category of “

Category 6”

or above, corresponding to “

mobile broad band MBB”

, is provided for the operating states “

Engine On” and

“

Relay”

.

9. The mobile radio station of claim 1, wherein the assignment of one or more operating states to a mobile radio device category is extracted from a table in a memory assigned to the mobile radio station.

10. A method for operating a mobile radio station, wherein a number of mobile radio device categories are defined in the mobile radio system, wherein the communication in the mobile radio system requires a log-in/registration on a mobile radio base station specifying the mobile radio device category, wherein a number of different operating states of the mobile radio station are assigned different mobile radio device categories, and wherein the mobile radio station monitors whether the operating state changes and, during operation, the mobile radio station checks whether the registered device category still matches the change in the operating state, wherein the mobile radio station is logged out of the mobile radio base station in response to another mobile radio device category being provided for the change in the operating state, and wherein the mobile radio station is re-registered on the mobile base station specifying the appropriate mobile radio device category, wherein the mobile radio station is installed in a transportation vehicle and the operating state of the mobile radio station relates to the operating state of the transportation vehicle, wherein at least the operating states “

Engine On” and

“

Engine Off”

are distinguished during the registration and when checking whether the registered device still matches the change of operating state, wherein at least the operating state “

Relay”

, in which the parked transportation vehicle is operated as a mobile radio relay station, is additionally distinguished as an additional operating state for the registration and when checking whether the registered device category still matches the change of operating state.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the respective operating state is registered in a register location in a register area of a memory and the entry in the register location is updated upon detection of the change of operating state.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the check as to whether the registered mobile radio device category still matches the change of operating state is carried out in response to detection of the change of operating state.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the check as to whether the registered device category still matches the change of operating state is carried out continuously in operation or repeated intermittently or repeated with a specific time interval.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the current mobile radio device category is registered in another register location of the register area and the entry in the other register location is updated in the process of de-registration and re-registration of the mobile radio station on the mobile radio base station.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein at least the operating states “

Power On” and

“

Standby”

are distinguished for the registration, wherein a variation of the 3GPP LTE mobile radio standard family is used as the mobile system and a mobile radio device category of “

Category 6”

or above, corresponding to “

mobile broad band MBB”

is provided for the “

Power On”

operating state, and a mobile radio device category with inferior transmission properties than “

Category 6”

is provided for the “

Standby”

operating state.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein a variation of the 3GPP mobile radio standard family is used as the mobile radio system, and the mobile radio device category “

Category M1”

corresponding to “

machine type communication MTC”

is provided for the “

Engine Off”

operating state and a mobile radio device category of “

Category 6”

or above, corresponding to “

mobile broad band MBB”

, is provided for the operating states “

Engine On” and

“

Relay”

.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the assignment of one or more operating states to a mobile radio device category is extracted from a table in a memory assigned to the mobile radio station.

18. A computer program comprising program operations which carry out a method for operating a mobile radio station during execution of the program in a processing unit, wherein a number of mobile radio device categories are defined in the mobile radio system, wherein the communication in the mobile radio system requires a log-in/registration on a mobile radio base station specifying the mobile radio device category, wherein a number of different operating states of the mobile radio station are assigned different mobile radio device categories, and wherein the mobile radio station monitors whether the operating state changes and, during operation, the mobile radio station checks whether the registered device category still matches the change in the operating state, wherein the mobile radio station is logged out of the mobile radio base station in response to another mobile radio device category being provided for the change in the operating state, and wherein the mobile radio station is re-registered on the mobile base station specifying the appropriate mobile radio device category, wherein the mobile radio station is installed in a transportation vehicle and the operating state of the mobile radio station relates to the operating state of the transportation vehicle, wherein at least the operating states “

Engine On” and

“

Engine Off”

are distinguished during the registration and when checking whether the registered device still matches the change of operating state, wherein at least the operating state “

Relay”

, in which the parked transportation vehicle is operated as a mobile radio relay station, is additionally distinguished as an additional operating state for the registration and when checking whether the registered device category still matches the change of operating state.

19. The program of claim 18, wherein the respective operating state is registered in a register location in a register area of a memory and the entry in the register location is updated upon detection of the change of operating state.

20. The program of claim 18, wherein the check as to whether the registered mobile radio device category still matches the change of operating state is carried out in response to detection of the change of operating state.

21. The program of claim 18, wherein the check as to whether the registered device category still matches the change of operating state is carried out continuously in operation or repeated intermittently or repeated with a specific time interval.

22. The program of claim 18, wherein the current mobile radio device category is registered in another register location of the register area and the entry in the other register location is updated in the process of de-registration and re-registration of the mobile radio station on the mobile radio base station.

23. The program of claim 18, wherein at least the operating states “

Power On” and

“

Standby”

are distinguished for the registration, wherein a variation of the 3GPP LTE mobile radio standard family is used as the mobile system and a mobile radio device category of “

Category 6”

or above, corresponding to “

mobile broad band MBB”

is provided for the “

Power On”

operating state, and a mobile radio device category with inferior transmission properties than “

Category 6”

is provided for the “

Standby”

operating state.

24. The program of claim 18, wherein a variation of the 3GPP mobile radio standard family is used as the mobile radio system, and the mobile radio device category “

Category M1”

corresponding to “

machine type communication MTC”

is provided for the “

Engine Off”

operating state and a mobile radio device category of “

Category 6”

or above, corresponding to “

mobile broad band MBB”

, is provided for the operating states “

Engine On” and

“

Relay”

.

25. The program of claim 18, wherein the assignment of one or more operating states to a mobile radio device category is extracted from a table in a memory assigned to the mobile radio station.