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; and
memory 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.
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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; and memory 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. - 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 and wherein the first area identification data is associated with in-vehicle wireless CDMA pico cell system identification data and network identification data pair associated with the in-vehicle wireless CDMA pico cell; 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; receive 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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