Embodiment
For above-mentioned purpose of the present invention, feature and advantage can be become apparent, a preferred embodiment cited below particularly, and cooperate appended graphicly, be described in detail below:
Disclosed embodiments of the invention are the present existing mobile radio systems of utilization in this specification, for example: the service of the intelligent network (intelligent network) that is provided in the employed GSM of mobile phone, GPRS or the system of 3G, set up a kind of automation charging system of highway.Please refer to " Network Node for IMT-2000 ", FUJITSSU Sci.Tech., p.160-166, Dec.2002 is with the details of further understanding about IMT-2000 3G mobile radio system.In addition, please refer to " Overview of the Global System for MobileCommunication " (upgraded edition of http://ccnga.uwaterloo.ca/~jscouria/GSM/index.html) deliver on network on March 29th, 1999, detailed gsm wireless mobile communication system that explained orally by John Scourias.
Now please refer to Fig. 1, be the sketch of existing mobile radio system.Whole mobile radio system is divided into a plurality of cells (cell), and each cell (cell) all has one or more base stations (basestation) to be responsible for.Be positioned at intracellular mobile radio system user and enter wireless communication system, communicate with other mobile radio system user by base station.The range size that each cell is contained, shape are relevant with the power of base station, the position on this ground (for example: city center hive, city, rural area or the like), features of terrain (for example: massif, river or the like) and culture's factors such as (for example: high building, highway, railway or the like).The then synthetic band of position (location area) of one or more cells, this term " band of position " generally uses in the gsm wireless mobile communication system.Yet, be also referred to as calling area (paging area), Routing Area (routing area) in different systems, or registration area (registration area).For example, " Routing Area " generally uses at the GPRS mobile radio system, and " calling area " and " registration area " comes across many mobile radio systems, though some is come in and gone out nominally, is familiar with this operator and understands that all in fact the meaning of indication is the same, promptly ought stride across the band of position (or Routing Area, during or registration area) border, need lastest imformation, and, in their present bands of position (or Routing Area, or registration area) the calling base station.In this manual, be example with the gsm wireless mobile communication system, thus it is commonly referred to as the band of position, but application of the present invention is not limited to the gsm wireless mobile communication system.Because mobile radio system need be known each user's approximate location, the wireless mobile communications service that just can provide each user to need.Therefore, when each user's position moves to another band of position by a band of position, mobile radio system can automatically perform more new element of a position, and user's latest position information is stored in the mobile radio system, database in order to the storage customer location, for example: the master site buffer (Home LocationRegister, HLR) or visitor's location cache (Visitor Location Register, VLR) in.Wherein, each user position information is that form with travelling carriage roaming digital (Mobile StationRoaming Number MSRN) is stored among the HLR/VLR.System can directly utilize MSRN to be used as this user of latest position information calls of each user.When the wireless mobile communications user moved to another band of position by a band of position, the action of its positional information of system update was called as the position and upgrades (location update).Please refer to " Reducing Location Update andPaging Costs in a PCS Network ", IEEE Transactions On WirelessCommunications, VOL.1, No.1, Jan.2002, the information of the explanation location updating method that provides.
In addition, present wireless communication system has intelligent network (intelligent network), so that other service function except conversation to be provided.The user only need utilize mobile phone to key in special function button, can enjoy, as: get online without being tethered to a cable the service of order goods, paying or the like.Because existing mobile radio system has intelligent network powerful service can be provided, and almost most at present driver has mobile phone.Therefore, the present invention is the intelligent network that utilizes mobile radio system to provide, and reaches the function of highway automation receipt and payment expense.
Please refer to Fig. 2, be the flow chart of an embodiment of the highroad toll collection system that utilizes mobile radio system that proposes according to the present invention.At first, execution in step 202 when vehicle is prepared to enter highway, starts the automatic paying system.When vehicle ' to overpass, when preparing to go on highway, the user can utilize mobile phone to key in special function button, with the circular mobile radio system, starts the function of electronics automatic paying.At this moment, system can store this user's original position automatically.Or video identification device is set at each overpass, identification is entered the car plate of every vehicle of highway by overpass, system can compare the car plate data of traffic administration portion and the user data of mobile radio system, and connect automatically according to the information of car plate and vehicle original position.
Then, execution in step 204, mobile radio system moves according to vehicle location, carries out the position and upgrades.Because vehicle is when road running, with the viewpoint of mobile radio system, is moving the position that equals system user, and when the user moves to another band of position by a band of position, system can carry out more new element of position, upgrades this user position information.And the customer position information of latest update is stored among the HLR/VLR.Therefore, utilize the information of the user position update that is stored in HLR/VLR, promptly know the path and the mileage of vehicle at road running.Generally speaking, the distance between each overpass of highway all is far longer than the scope that a band of position is contained.And highway does not have the cross road of too many complexity or the road network that distributor road forms.Therefore, though the location updating message of mobile radio system only can provide general position of user and mobile route, the path that its accuracy has enough moved on highway as vehicle and the information of mileage.
At last, execution in step 206, when vehicle leaves highway, circular automatic paying system, according to the position data updated, the expense that decision is collected.When vehicle left highway, the user can utilize mobile phone to key in special function button, with the circular mobile radio system, started the function of electronics automatic paying in the intelligent network.At this moment, all previous this mobile subscriber's that system can be automatically stored in the process of highway according to vehicle ' position updated information, comprise the number of times of position renewal and the position that each position is upgraded, according to default highway paying method, be that vehicle is in highway process which highway section along the line of travelling, chargeable default scheme during which position, the expense that decides this vehicle to collect.In addition, also can utilize video identification device is set at each overpass, the car plate of every vehicle of highway is left in identification by overpass, the automatic information of system's meeting according to car plate and vehicle original position, the car plate data of traffic administration portion and the user data of mobile radio system are compared, and connect.Utilize said method, determine the expense that this vehicle should be collected.
Because the intelligent network of a mobile radio system has had quite high fail safe, and mobile subscriber's privacy can both be subjected to good protection.Therefore, above-mentioned expense can with the associating of the mode of payment of existing mobile radio system, for example: the bill that can use with cell-phone fee, or the method for online credit card funded payment combines.Cooperate existing substriber validation method again, just can utilize existing mode of payment easily, the charging method that one cover has fail safe, confidentiality and reliability concurrently is set in addition and needn't pay high equipment cost as the platform of collecting the charges.
For reaching better effect, another preferred implementation of the present invention is: set up the best solution of highroad toll collection system earlier, to learn according to demand, vehicle ' is when highway is along the line, and which highway section of passing through, which position need charge.Then, be used as parameter in mobile management (mobility management) method of mobile radio system according to this charge solution.Management method of mobile is in order in the decision mobile radio system, the set-up mode of whole system, for example: which registration area the size and location of the scope that the needed cell number of whole system, each cell are contained, cell number, each cell that each registration area comprised are divided into ... or the like.The factor that management method of mobile need be considered, except the function of system itself, also need to consider the various factors of real world, for example: geographical and the humane feature and the culture in the zone that whole system contained, and mobile subscriber's that should the zone mobile behavior or the like various factors.In addition, above-mentioned factor is not independently of one another, many all can interacting and have height particularity.For example: in the city center and the mobile subscriber's in suburb mobile behavior promptly different, and the mobile subscriber's of same regional different time mobile behavior is also inequality.Therefore, management method of mobile need be considered many complicated factors, with the cost of the setting, renewal and the maintenance that reduce mobile radio system, reaches the effect of mobile management optimization (mobility management optimization).Please refer to Fig. 3, another embodiment of the highway charging system that utilizes mobile radio system that proposes for foundation the present invention illustrates sketch.When the foundation demand, determined highway which highway section along the line, when which position need be provided with virtual charge station, then with the parameter of this information as the management method of mobile of mobile radio system.Promptly when position that determines registration area and scope, set the border of the corresponding band of position according to the position of each virtual charge station, even the border of the corresponding band of position is set according to the position of each overpass, as long as the density of the band of position is more than or equal to charge station's density.Therefore, go up highway when vehicle travels by overpass, travel along the line through each virtual charge station, when leaving highway by overpass at highway, for mobile radio system, then represent a mobile subscriber to move to the zone, another location by a band of position constantly.At this moment, this system can carry out the position to this user automatically and upgrade, and writes down and store this user position information in the HLR/VLR of system.Even, in another embodiment of the present invention, when on the vehicle ' during highway, do not need registration yet, because according to the suitable band of position that is provided with, can be so that when vehicle reaches highway, the scope that promptly striden across contains the border in the zone of highway, and enters in the next position zone.Therefore, according to this system the user is carried out the position and upgrade, can learn that the vehicle that this user drives has reached highway.In like manner,, can carry out the position to the user according to this system and upgrade, learn that the user sailed out of highway according to the suitable registration area that is provided with.Method according to the electronics automatic paying of preamble explanation, HLR/VLR write down number of times and position that this location of mobile users upgrades according to system, just can extrapolate path and the mileage that this vehicle travels easily on highway, and learn the expense that vehicle need be paid in current route.So, can also save the complexity of system.
Be noted that the highway electronics automatic paying system that utilizes existing mobile radio system proposed by the invention also can combine with existing artificial or other electronics automatic paying system, to reach better effect.
In sum; though the present invention with a preferred embodiment openly as above; right its is not in order to limit the present invention; anyly know this operator; in not breaking away from creation thought of the present invention and protection range; when can doing various changes and modification, so protection scope of the present invention should be looked being as the criterion that claims define.