In-vehicle pico-cell system and methods therefor
First Claim
1. A wireless mobile station, comprising:
- a wireless wide area network transceiver and antenna;
a wireless in-vehicle pico cell transceiver and antenna;
control logic operative to control the wireless wide area network transceiver and the wireless in-vehicle pico cell transceiver;
memory, operatively coupled to the control logic, that stores a preferred roaming list that comprises at least first area identification data corresponding to an area serviced by at least one wireless wide area network and an area serviced by at least one in-vehicle wireless pico cell and wherein the first area identification data is associated with an in-vehicle wireless pico cell system identification data associated with the in-vehicle wireless pico cell;
wherein the control logic is further operative to;
automatically locate an in-vehicle wireless pico cell based on the stored preferred roaming list and give priority to the in-vehicle pico cell over the wireless wide area network identified by the first area identification data, based on the stored preferred roaming list; and
determine a suitable pico channel based on a received pico cell neighbor list and channel list that identifies only the in-vehicle pico cell.
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Abstract
An apparatus (100) generates a preferred roaming list (108) for a wireless mobile station (404) that includes area identification data (such as GEO GROUP_ID) (200) corresponding to an area serviced by at least one wireless wide area network, such as a ground based CDMA system and an area services by at least one in-vehicle wireless pico-cell (402), such as a wireless CDMA pico-cell located on an aircraft or any other suitable vehicle. The area identification data (200) is associated with a wireless in-vehicle pico-cell system identification data (205) and in the case of a CDMA pico cell system, a system identification data SID) and network identification (NID) data pair (206) associated with the in-vehicle wireless pico-cell (402).
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13 Claims
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1. A wireless mobile station, comprising:
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a wireless wide area network transceiver and antenna; a wireless in-vehicle pico cell transceiver and antenna; control logic operative to control the wireless wide area network transceiver and the wireless in-vehicle pico cell transceiver; memory, operatively coupled to the control logic, that stores a preferred roaming list that comprises at least first area identification data corresponding to an area serviced by at least one wireless wide area network and an area serviced by at least one in-vehicle wireless pico cell and wherein the first area identification data is associated with an in-vehicle wireless pico cell system identification data associated with the in-vehicle wireless pico cell; wherein the control logic is further operative to; automatically locate an in-vehicle wireless pico cell based on the stored preferred roaming list and give priority to the in-vehicle pico cell over the wireless wide area network identified by the first area identification data, based on the stored preferred roaming list; and determine a suitable pico channel based on a received pico cell neighbor list and channel list that identifies only the in-vehicle pico cell. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method, comprising:
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locating an in-vehicle wireless CDMA pico cell based on a stored preferred roaming list that comprises at least first area identification data corresponding to an area serviced by at least one wireless wide area network and an area serviced by at least one in-vehicle wireless CDMA pico cell, wherein the first area identification data is associated with a data pair associated with the in-vehicle wireless CDMA pico cell, the data pair including in-vehicle wireless CDMA pico cell system identification data and network identification data; and giving priority to the in-vehicle wireless CDMA pico cell over the wireless wide area network identified by the first area identification data, based on the stored preferred roaming list; determining a suitable pico channel based on a received pico cell neighbor list and channel list that identifies only the in-vehicle CDMA pico cell; receiving a service interruption notification that includes information as to when the CDMA pico service will be unavailable; and
receive a CDMA pico cell protect message that instructs not to transmit. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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