Wireless communication system and method for switching base station thereof

• US 8,036,666 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2008
• Issued: 10/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zhigu Holdings Limited
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Chang, Wen-Fong, Chang, Steve, Liu, Qi
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; David Q
• Application Number:
  US12/345,619
• Publication Number:
  US 20100056159A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,016 Days
• Field of Search: 455/410, 455/436, 455/440, 455/442, 455/441, 455/456.2, 455/456.3, 455/456.1, 370/331
• US Class Current: 455/440
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/32 by location or mobility data, e.g. speed data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/322 by location data

Abstract

A wireless communication system and a method for switching a base station (BS) thereof are provided. In the present invention, a globe positioning system (GPS) of a mobile apparatus is capable of obtaining a location information about the mobile apparatus. On receiving the location information transmitted from the mobile apparatus, a server end apparatus switches to a corresponding BS of a serving area where the mobile apparatus is located so as to serve the mobile apparatus.

Claims

1. A method for switching a base station (BS), adapted to switch from a first BS to a second BS by a server end apparatus when a mobile apparatus moves from a first serving area to a second serving area, the method comprising:

receiving a location information transmitted from the mobile apparatus, wherein the location information is obtained by the mobile apparatus from a globe positioning system (GPS);

obtaining the second serving area through the location information after the mobile apparatus moves;

predicting whether the mobile apparatus intends to return to the first serving area according to a moving direction and a moving speed in the location information when the mobile apparatus moves to the second serving area; and

switching from the first BS to the second BS corresponding to the second serving area so as to serve the mobile apparatus when predicting that the mobile apparatus does not intend to return to the first serving area.

2. The method for switching a BS according to claim 1, wherein after receiving the location information from the mobile apparatus, the method further comprises:

determining whether the mobile apparatus moves to the second serving area or not according to the location information; and

continuing serving the mobile apparatus by the first BS when the mobile apparatus does not move to the second serving area and is still located in the first serving area.

3. The method for switching a BS according to claim 1, wherein after predicting whether the mobile apparatus intends to return to the first serving area or not, the method further comprises:

continuing serving the mobile apparatus by the first BS when predicting that the mobile apparatus intends to return to the first serving area.

4. The method for switching a BS according to claim 1, further comprising:

providing a BS distribution data, wherein the BS distribution data is queried according to the location information, so as to obtain the second serving area where the mobile apparatus is located and the corresponding second BS.

5. The method for switching a BS according to claim 4, wherein the step of obtaining the second serving area through the location information after the mobile apparatus moves comprises:

comparing a location coordinate in the location information with the BS distribution data, so as to obtain the second serving area.

6. The method for switching a BS according to claim 1, wherein after obtaining the second serving area after the mobile apparatus moves, the method further comprises:

predicting a downlink data transmission rate according to a moving speed in the location information.

7. The method for switching a BS according to claim 1, wherein the mobile apparatus is a cellular phone or a personal digital assistant.

8. A computer program product, wherein when the computer program is loaded and executed by a computer, the method for switching a BS described in claim 1 is accomplished.

9. A wireless communication system, comprising:

a mobile apparatus, provided with a globe positioning system (GPS), wherein the GPS is capable of obtaining a location information about the mobile apparatus;

a plurality of base stations (BSs), each providing services covering a serving area, respectively, wherein the BSs comprise a first BS and a second BS, and the services provided by the first BS and the second BS cover a first serving area and a second serving area, respectively; and

a server end apparatus, for receiving the location information transmitted from the mobile apparatus, wherein when the mobile apparatus moves from the first serving area to the second serving area, the server end apparatus obtains the second serving area through the location information after the mobile apparatus moves, the server end apparatus further predicting whether the mobile apparatus intends to return to the first serving area or not according to a moving direction and a moving speed in the location information and switching from the first BS to the second BS.

10. The wireless communication system according to claim 9, wherein the server end apparatus further determines whether the mobile apparatus moves from the first serving area to the second serving area according to the location information, so as to continue serving the mobile apparatus by the first BS when the mobile apparatus is still located in the first serving area.

11. The wireless communication system according to claim 9, wherein when the mobile apparatus moves from the first serving area to the second serving area, the server end apparatus continues serving the mobile apparatus by the first BS when predicting that the mobile apparatus intends to return to the first serving area.

12. The wireless communication system according to claim 9, wherein the server end apparatus comprises:

a BS distribution data, wherein the server end apparatus queries the BS distribution data according to the location information, so as to obtain the serving area where the mobile apparatus is located and the corresponding BS.