System architecture for providing communications in a wireless communication network
First Claim
1. A method for performing communications in a wireless communication network including a base station and at least one associated respective mobile station, the method comprising:
- receiving mobility information about the at least one associated respective moving mobile station, from a mobility client located at the at least one associated respective moving mobile station, in a mobility server of the wireless communications network, wherein the mobility information includes location information, speed information and direction information of the movement of the moving mobile station; and
using the mobility information from the mobility server for calculating antenna weights to be applied to antenna elements of an antenna array associated with the base station, for steering a beam generated by the antenna array to the moving mobile station using space-division multiple access (SDMA) and wherein the mobility server predicts a handover event of a moving mobile station to a new target cell of a base station and triggers the steering of a beam of an antenna array of the new target cell to the moving mobile station to be handed over to the new target cell.
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Abstract
A method for performing communications in a wireless communication network includes receiving mobility information about at least one moving mobile station in a mobility server of the wireless communications network, using the mobility information from the mobility server for calculating antenna weights to be applied to antenna elements of an antenna array for steering a beam generated by the antenna array to the moving mobile station preferably using space-division multiple access, SDMA. Embodiments also relate to a base station, to a mobile station, and to a wireless communication network.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for performing communications in a wireless communication network including a base station and at least one associated respective mobile station, the method comprising:
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receiving mobility information about the at least one associated respective moving mobile station, from a mobility client located at the at least one associated respective moving mobile station, in a mobility server of the wireless communications network, wherein the mobility information includes location information, speed information and direction information of the movement of the moving mobile station; and using the mobility information from the mobility server for calculating antenna weights to be applied to antenna elements of an antenna array associated with the base station, for steering a beam generated by the antenna array to the moving mobile station using space-division multiple access (SDMA) and wherein the mobility server predicts a handover event of a moving mobile station to a new target cell of a base station and triggers the steering of a beam of an antenna array of the new target cell to the moving mobile station to be handed over to the new target cell. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A base station for a wireless telecommunication network, comprising:
a beamforming unit configured to receive mobility information, that originates in at least one associated moving mobile station, about the at least one associated moving mobile station, from an associated mobility server, wherein the mobility information includes location information, speed information and direction information of the movement of the moving mobile station, the beamforming unit being further configured to calculate antenna weights to be applied to antenna elements of an associated antenna array for steering a beam generated by the antenna array to the moving mobile station using the mobility information using space-division multiple access (SDMA) and wherein the associated mobility server predicts a handover event of the moving mobile station to a new target cell of a base station and triggers the steering of a beam of an antenna array of the new target cell to the moving mobile station to be handed over to the new target cell. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A mobile station for a wireless communication network, comprising:
- a mobility client configured to determine mobility information about the moving mobile station, wherein the mobility information includes location information, speed information and direction information of the movement of the moving mobile station, the mobile station being configured to transfer the mobility information to an associated base station of the wireless communication network for storing the mobility information in an associated mobility server, wherein the associated mobility server predicts a handover event of the moving mobile station to a new target cell of a base station and triggers the steering of a beam of an antenna array of the new target cell to the moving mobile station to be handed over to the new target cell.
- View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for performing communications in a wireless communication network, comprising:
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transferring mobility information from a plurality of mobility clients located at respective mobile stations of the network to a mobility server arranged at a fixed location in the network, wherein the mobility information of a respective mobile station includes location information, speed information and direction information of the movement of the respective moving mobile station; storing the mobility information of the plurality of mobile stations in the mobility server; and
using the mobility information of the mobility server for predicting a handover event of at least one moving mobile station to a new target cell wherein the mobility server predicts the handover event and triggers the steering of a beam of an antenna array of the new target cell to the moving mobile station to be handed over to the new target cell.
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