Methods and systems for monitoring moving UE/vehicle speed in wireless networks

• US 9,479,903 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2015
• Issued: 10/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jad El-Najjar, Suliman Albasheir
• Original Assignee: Suliman Albasheir
• Inventors: Albasheir, Suliman, El-Najjar, Jad
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, DANH C
• Application Number:
  US14/720,754
• Publication Number:
  US 20150334531A1
• Time in Patent Office: 521 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.1, 455/418, 455/550.1, 701/119
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0104 Measuring and analyzing of parameters relative to traffic conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]

Abstract

A network node in a mobile network monitors vehicle speed based on the registered User Equipments (UEs)/Vehicles. The network node receives information of the moving UE/Vehicle from other network nodes in the mobile network, and determines the corresponding UE/Vehicle moving speed information based on the collected information. For each UE/Vehicle, the network node creates a speed information record indicating the UE/Vehicle moving speed information. The network node then transmits the speed information record to other messaging nodes in order to (i) send warning message to the moving UE/Vehicle when the speed is about to exceed or has exceeded the speed limit, and (ii) to deliver the speed information record to the responsible/ticketing authorities/entities when the moving UE/Vehicle has violated the speed limitation in a certain area.

Claims

1. A method performed by a network node in a mobile network for monitoring vehicle speed based on registered user equipments (UEs), in the mobile network, the method comprising:

receiving a speed determination record of a moving UE from other network nodes in the mobile network;

determining a corresponding UE/vehicle moving speed information;

calculating a speed of the moving UE/vehicle based on the provided speed determination record;

associating the calculated speed with the moving UE/vehicle;

determining a corresponding location road/highway and its speed limit;

monitoring the corresponding UE/vehicle moving speed to specify whether the UE/vehicle moving speed exceeds the speed limit of the corresponding road/highway;

creating for each UE/vehicle, a speed information record indicating the UE/vehicle moving information; and

transmitting the speed information record to other messaging nodes.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the received speed determination record comprises:

UE reference, time stamp, UE latitude &

longitude coordinates, angle/direction of arrival and timing advanced.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein, for each moving UE/vehicle, the speed information record created for the given UE/vehicle comprises of data entries that include;

IMSI/MSISDN, IMEI, geographical road, road speed limit, moving speed and time stamp.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein creating the speed information record further comprises:

identifying the corresponding geographical road/highway, associated with the Vehicle/UE, and its speed limit based on the area map and the provided UE latitude &

longitude coordinates.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the speed information record to other messaging nodes further comprising:

sending a warning message to the moving UE/vehicle when the speed is about to exceed or has exceeded the speed limit; and

delivering the speed information record to a responsible/ticketing authorities/entities when the moving UE/vehicle has violated the speed limitation in a certain area.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein monitoring the corresponding UE/vehicle moving Speed requires receiving several instances of the speed determination record at different time stamps.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein an UE/vehicle radio connection is corresponding with a vehicle IMSI/MSISDN registered with a SIM card for that vehicle or associated with the IMSI/MSISDN of the UE for that driver/passenger(s).

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile network is radio access network &

core network for LTE/LTE-A network and the RBSs are EnodeBs in the LTE network.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the mobile network is radio access network for LTE/LTE-A network and the RBSs are EnodeBs in the LTE network.

10. A method performed by Radio Base Station (RBS) in a mobile network the method comprising:

collecting UE information from a signaling exchange between a registered user equipment (UE) and a corresponding RBS node;

determining, a subset of a speed determination record, a timing advance, an angle/direction of arrival, a time stamp, and an UE latitude and longitude coordinates;

transmitting, the subset of the speed determination record, the timing advance, the angle/direction of arrival, the time stamp, and the UE latitude and longitude coordinates to a network node;

operating a radio network interface adapted to collect UE information from the signaling exchange between the registered UE and the corresponding RBS node;

controlling an UE information determination module adapted to determine the subset of the speed determination record, the timing advance, the angle/direction of arrival, the time stamp, and the UE latitude and longitude coordinates; and

operating a network interface adapted to transmit the subset of the speed determination record, the timing advance, the angle/direction of arrival, the time stamp, and the UE latitude and longitude coordinates to the network node.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein determining the UE/vehicle latitude &

longitude further comprises;

Specifying the UE/vehicle location through cell vertices, which form a polygon, where each vertex is defined by latitude &

longitude coordinates.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the speed determination record includes one or more data entries that comprises:

UE reference, time stamp, UE latitude &

longitude coordinates, angle/direction of arrival and timing advanced.

13. A network node in a mobile network for monitoring vehicle speed based on registered user equipments (UEs) in the mobile network the network node comprising:

a circuitry adapted to cause the network node to;

receive a speed determination record of a moving UE from other network nodes in the mobile network;

determine a corresponding UE/vehicle moving speed information;

calculate a speed of the moving UE/vehicle based on the provided speed determination record;

associate the calculated speed with the moving UE/vehicle;

determine a corresponding location road/highway and its speed limit;

monitor the corresponding UE/vehicle moving speed to specify whether the UE/vehicle moving speed exceeds the speed limit of the corresponding road/highway;

create, for each UE/vehicle, a speed information record indicating the UE/vehicle moving speed information; and

transmit the speed information record to other messaging nodes.

14. The network node of claim 13, wherein the circuitry comprises a processor, a memory and an interface both coupled with the processor, the memory containing instructions that when executed cause the processor to:

Receive speed determination record of the moving UE from other network nodes in the mobile network;

Determine the corresponding UE/vehicle moving Speed information;

Create for each UE/vehicle, a speed information record indicating the UE/Vehicle moving speed information; and

;

Transmit the speed information record to other messaging nodes.

15. The network node of claim 13, wherein the received speed determination record comprises:

time stamp, UE latitude &

longitude coordinates, angle/direction of arrival, timing advanced, IMSI and IMEI.

16. The network node of claim 13, wherein, for each moving UE/vehicle, the speed information record created for the given UE/vehicle comprises of data entries that include;

IMSI/MSISDN, IMEI, geographical road, road speed limit, moving speed and time stamp.

17. The network node of claim 13, wherein the memory contains instructions that when executed further cause the processor to:

identify the corresponding geographical road/highway, associated with the Vehicle/UE, and its speed limit based on the area map and the provided UE latitude &

longitude coordinates.

18. The network node of claim 13, wherein transmitting the speed information record to other messaging nodes, wherein a memory and an interface both coupled with a processor the memory containing instructions that when executed further cause the processor and interface to:

send a warning message to the moving UE/vehicle when the speed is about to exceed or has exceeded the speed limit; and

deliver the speed information record to a responsible/ticketing authorities/entities when the moving UE/vehicle has violated the speed limitation in a certain area.

19. The network node of claim 13, wherein monitoring the corresponding UE/vehicle moving speed, wherein the memory and an interface both coupled with the processor, the memory containing instructions that when executed further cause the processor and the interface to receive several instances of the speed determination record at different time stamps.

20. The network node of claim 13, wherein an UE/vehicle radio connection is corresponding with a vehicle IMSI/MSISDN registered with a SIM card for that vehicle or associated with the IMSI/MSISDN of the UE for that driver/passenger(s).

21. The network node of claim 13, wherein the mobile network is radio access network &

core network for LTE/LTE-A network and the RBSs are EnodeBs in the LTE network.

22. The network node of claim 13, wherein the network node further comprising:

a receiver module adapted to receive speed determination record of the moving UE from other network nodes in the mobile network;

a speed information determination module adapted to determine the corresponding UE/Vehicle moving Speed information;

a speed information record creation module adapted to create for each UE/Vehicle, a speed information record indicating the UE/Vehicle moving speed information; and

;

a transmitter module adapted to transmit the speed information record to other messaging nodes.

23. A Radio Base Station (RBS) in a mobile network, the RBS comprising:

a circuitry adapted to cause the RBS to;

collect UE information from a signaling exchange between a registered user equipment (UE) and a corresponding RBS node;

determine, a subset of a speed determination record, a timing advance, and an angle/direction of arrival, a time stamp, and an UE latitude and longitude coordinates;

transmit the subset of the speed determination record, the timing advance, the angle/direction of arrival, the time stamp, and the UE latitude and longitude coordinates to a network node;

a radio network interface adapted to collect UE information from the signaling exchange between the registered (UE) and the corresponding RBS node;

an UE information determination module adapted to determine;

subset of the speed determination record, the timing advance, the angle/direction of arrival, the time stamp, and the UE latitude and longitude coordinates; and

a network interface adapted to transmit subset of the speed determination record, the timing advance, the angle/direction of arrival, the time stamp, and the UE latitude and longitude coordinates to the network node.

24. The RBS of claim 23, wherein the circuitry comprises a processor, a memory and an interface both coupled with the processor, the memory containing instructions that when executed cause the processor to:

Collect UE information from the signaling exchange between the registered user equipment, UE, and the corresponding RBS node;

Determine, subset of the speed determination record, the timing advance and the angle/direction of arrival, time stamp, and UE latitude &

longitude coordinates; and

;

Transmit subset of the speed determination record, the timing advance and the angle/direction of arrival, time stamp, and UE latitude &

longitude coordinates to the network node.

25. The RBS of claim 23, wherein determining the UE/vehicle latitude &

longitude, wherein the memory contains instructions that when executed further cause the processor to specify the UE/vehicle location through cell vertices, which form a polygon, where each vertex is defined by latitude &

longitude coordinates.

26. The RBS of claim 23, wherein the speed determination record includes one or more data entries that comprises:

time stamp, UE latitude &

longitude coordinates, angle/direction of arrival, timing advanced, IMSI and IMEI.

27. The RBS of claim 23, wherein the mobile network is radio access network for LTE/LTE-A network and the RBSs are EnodeBs in the LTE network.