EP3198746A2

EP3198746A2 - Device, vehicle, mobile communication system, method and computer program for a mobile base station transceiver

Info

Publication number: EP3198746A2
Application number: EP15762550.0A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Andreas Kwoczek; Moritz Schack; Björn Mennenga
Original assignee: Volkswagen AG
Current assignee: Volkswagen AG
Priority date: 2014-09-25
Filing date: 2015-09-07
Publication date: 2017-08-02
Also published as: US20180205451A1; US10432300B2; EP4054089B1; US10181897B2; US20170302369A1; EP4054089A1; CN106688263B; WO2016045949A3; CN106688263A; DE102014219400A1; WO2016045949A2

Abstract

Examples of embodiments relate to a device (10) for a mobile base station transceiver (100), a vehicle (500), a mobile communication system (300), a method and a computer program for a device. The device (10) for a mobile base station transceiver in a mobile communication system (300) comprises a transceiver module (12) which is designed to communicate with at least one fixed base station transceiver (200) in the covering area (202) thereof for providing a mobile coverage area (102), and to communicate with at least one further mobile base station transceiver (110) in the mobile coverage area (110), wherein the mobile coverage area (102) at least partially projects beyond the coverage area (202) of the fixed base station transceiver (200) by an extended coverage area (104).

Description

description

Apparatus, vehicle, mobile communication system, method and computer program for a mobile base station transceiver

Embodiments relate to a device for a mobile base station transceiver according to claim 1, a vehicle according to claim 1 1, a

Mobile communication system according to claim 13, a method for a mobile

A base station transceiver according to claim 14 and a program having a

Program code for performing a method for a mobile base station transceiver according to claim 15.

Mobile communication systems are always faced with new challenges: they are used for a variety of services, such as Navigation with dynamically reloadable maps, music or video streaming, communication via social networks and mobile internet used. At the same time, the demands on the operators of the

Mobile communication systems that need to build an ever denser network of base stations to meet users' bandwidth demands. In addition, however, the demands of users on the local availability of a mobile connection increase: In the past even paper maps, offline navigation devices and voice telephony the needs of users in remote areas, so today is expected by the operators, even in remote places an adequate Provision of mobile Internet access.

This poses challenges to mobile communication system operators since the construction and operation of additional base stations is costly and in some cases, such as e.g. in mountainous landscapes and sparsely populated areas, it is difficult to achieve full coverage.

For more information about mobile base station transceivers, see "Mobile and wireless Communications enablers for the Twenty-twenty Information Society: Deliverable D6.2 report on horizontal topics, first and 5G System concept" and the EURECOM presentation on "Open Air Interface Wireless Radio Platforms ". There is therefore a need to offer the services of mobile communication systems or to improve the connection even in places that are not in the coverage area of base stations.

This need is met by a mobile base station transceiver according to claim 1, a vehicle according to claim 11, a mobile communication system according to claim 13, a method for a mobile base station transceiver according to claim 14 and a program with a program code for carrying out a method for a mobile Base station transceiver according to claim 15 taken into account.

Some embodiments may facilitate this by using one or more mobile base station transceivers that are integrated into vehicles, for example. Falls e.g. the mobile base station transceiver of a first vehicle still in the coverage area of a fixed base station transceiver (or another mobile base station transceiver), another mobile base station transceiver of a second vehicle in the coverage area of the mobile

Base station transceiver of the first vehicle, but not in the

Cover area of the fixed base station transceiver, so the mobile

Base station transceiver of the second vehicle, the mobile communication system, which is passed from the mobile base station transceiver of the first vehicle, use in some embodiments, and in turn provide the mobile base station transceivers and mobile transceivers located in its coverage area. Under certain circumstances, this can be the

Significantly expand coverage of the mobile communication system without the need for additional fixed base station transceivers. For example, as mobile base station transceivers may be integrated into vehicles having sufficient energy reserves for the operation of mobile base station transceivers, a steady supply within the coverage areas of the mobile base station transceivers may be achieved, for example, along a street in one insufficiently served by fixed base station transceivers.

For example, chaining multiple mobile base station transceivers would also increase available bandwidth, latency, and availability, as different links in the chain may be within the coverage of different fixed base station transceivers that can be used simultaneously. Some embodiments may thus be an extension of a cellular

Enable mobile radio systems via mobile base station transceivers, for example by a multi-routing network component enabled by means of a plurality of mobile base station transceivers.

Embodiments therefore provide a (first) mobile base station transceiver of a mobile communication system. The mobile communication system further comprises at least one fixed base station transceiver and at least one further (second) mobile base station transceiver. The mobile base station transceiver here has a transceiver module for communicating with at least one fixed base station transceiver in whose coverage area it is located. In addition, the transceiver module is configured to provide a mobile coverage area for the at least one further (second) mobile

Base station transceiver, wherein the mobile coverage area projects beyond the coverage area of the at least one fixed base station transceiver at least partially by an extended coverage area. Some embodiments thereby achieve an enlargement of the coverage area of the

Mobile communication system.

In some embodiments, the mobile communication system may further include at least one mobile transceiver, wherein the transceiver module is configured to communicate with the at least one mobile transceiver, such that, for example, mobile transceivers may utilize the coverage area of the mobile communication system enlarged by the mobile base station transceiver.

In some embodiments, the further mobile base station transceiver may be configured to provide a further mobile coverage area that extends the mobile coverage area of the first base station mobile transceiver and the coverage area of the fixed base station transceiver. This can be combined in application examples, for example, with a number of mobile base station transceivers, so that under certain circumstances, a multi-hop (also English multi-hop) network to extend the coverage of the fixed base station transceiver can be formed, whereby the coverage of the

Mobile communication system is increased.

In embodiments, the transceiver module of the first mobile

Base station transceiver, for example, for communication with at least one second mobile base station transceiver in its coverage area be formed, and may be simultaneously designed to provide a mobile coverage area for at least one other mobile base station transceiver. In this case, the mobile coverage area of the first mobile

Cover region of the at least one second further mobile base station transceiver at least partially extend beyond an extended coverage area. This allows the extension of the coverage area, even if the mobile

Base station transceiver is not in the coverage area of a fixed base station transceiver.

In some embodiments, the transceiver module may be configured to use a different frequency in the extended coverage area than the fixed base station transceiver in its coverage area to provide, for example, higher bandwidth and diversity of utilized radio resources.

Embodiments may further include information about the position and the

Using the motion vector of a mobile base station transceiver, using a control module, the use of the radio resources of the mobile communication system and another mobile communication system depending on position and

To determine motion vector. In some embodiments, the device may also include a positioning module configured to determine the position and motion vector information of the mobile base station transceiver. By using the position and motion information, this may result in better use of existing radio resources or a radio resource utilization plan (such as frequency planning or distribution).

In some embodiments, the control module may be configured to determine information about a trajectory of the mobile base station transceiver based on the position information and the motion vector information. Based on information about this trajectory and better information about the frequency usage, then, for example, the allocation of the radio resources along the trajectory can be performed. This can allow better coordination of the radio resources used.

In embodiments, the transceiver module may be configured to communicate with one or more others via one or more other mobile base station transceivers fixed base station transceivers. This may be the bandwidth and resiliency for communicating data with the fixed ones

Increase base station transceivers.

Vehicles with such a device may also be an embodiment, wherein the mobile base station transceiver is powered by the vehicle with the energy required for operation. In embodiments, the antennas of the vehicle may also be used for communication with fixed base station transceivers, mobile

Base station transceivers and / or mobile transceivers are used. The use of the device with a vehicle can, in embodiments, the use of existing energy reserves and the use of existing land for large

Enable antennas.

In embodiments, the vehicle may communicate with a fixed one

Base station transceiver and for direct communication with another

Vehicle be formed. This can enable machine-to-machine communication between multiple vehicles.

In some embodiments, in the mobile communication system, at least two overlapping coverage areas of two mobile base station transceivers may use different frequency ranges. This may increase the available bandwidth. Embodiments thus also create a mobile

A base station transceiver comprising the apparatus described above and a mobile communication system having a mobile base station transceiver comprising a device as described above.

Embodiments further provide a method for a mobile base station transceiver of a mobile communication system as described above. The mobile communication system further comprises at least one fixed base station transceiver and at least one further mobile base station transceiver. The method includes communicating with at least one fixed base station transceiver in its coverage area and providing a mobile one

Coverage area for the at least one other mobile base station transceiver. In this case, the mobile coverage area at least partially projects beyond the coverage area of the at least one fixed base station transceiver by an extended coverage area. Embodiments further provide a program having a program code for

Performing the procedure when the program code on a computer, a

Processor, a controller or a programmable hardware component is executed. Embodiments also provide a digital storage medium that is machine or computer readable and that has electronically readable control signals that can cooperate with a programmable hardware component to perform one of the methods described above.

Brief Description

Further advantageous embodiments will be described in more detail below with reference to the exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings, to which, however, soft embodiments are not generally limited. Show it:

1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a mobile base station transceiver in a mobile radio system having a fixed base station transceiver, another mobile base station transceiver, and a mobile transceiver;

FIG. 2 shows an exemplary embodiment in the interaction of two mobile base station transceivers and one fixed base station transceiver with the respective coverage areas; FIG.

FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment of a vehicle having a mobile base station transceiver with the mobile base station transceiver device; FIG.

Fig. 4 shows an embodiment in conjunction with a plurality of fixed base station transceivers, with which the embodiment in a mobile base station transceiver via a plurality of other mobile base station transceiver

communicating;

5 shows an exemplary embodiment in interaction with a fixed base station transceiver and a mobile transceiver;

6 is a block diagram of a flowchart of an embodiment of a

process; and Fig. 7 shows an embodiment in a direct communication between vehicles. description

Various embodiments will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which some embodiments are illustrated. In the figures, the thickness dimensions of lines, layers and / or regions may be exaggerated for the sake of clarity.

In the following description of the attached figures, which show only some exemplary embodiments, like reference characters may designate the same or similar components. Furthermore, summary

Reference numerals are used for components and objects that occur multiple times in an embodiment or in a drawing, but are described together in terms of one or more features. Components or objects which are described by the same or in a combination of reference numerals can be identical in terms of individual, several or all features, for example their dimensions, but may also be different, provided that

Description does not give anything else explicitly or implicitly.

Although embodiments may be modified and changed in various ways, exemplary embodiments are illustrated in the figures as examples and will be described in detail herein. It should be understood, however, that it is not intended that

Rather, embodiments should be limited to the particular forms disclosed, but embodiments should cover all functional and / or structural modifications, equivalents, and alternatives that are within the scope of the invention. Like reference numerals designate like or similar elements throughout the description of the figures.

Note that an element referred to as being "connected" or "coupled" to another element may be directly connected or coupled to the other element, or intervening elements may be present. Conversely, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly coupled" to another element, there are no intervening elements. Other terms that should be used to describe the relationship between elements should be on interpreted in a similar manner (eg, "between" versus "directly in between", "adjacent" versus "directly adjacent", etc.).

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing certain

Embodiments and is not intended to limit the embodiments. As used herein, the singular forms "one," "one," "one," and "the one," are also intended to include the plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Further, it should be understood that the terms such as "including," "including," "having," "comprising," "comprising," and "having," as used herein, includes the presence of said features, integers, steps, Specify operations, elements, and / or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and / or groups thereof.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein have

(including technical and scientific terms) the same meaning as would be appreciated by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the embodiments belong. Further, it should be understood that terms, e.g. those that are defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having the meaning consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art, and not to be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense, unless this is so is explicitly defined.

1 illustrates an embodiment of a device 10 for a mobile base station transceiver 100 of a mobile communication system 300.

Embodiments may therefore make use of a transceiver / mobile device which is designed to communicate data via a mobile radio system with a server or computer or other communication partner which can be reached, for example, via the Internet or the World Wide Web (WWW) or another network , The mobile radio system may, for example, correspond to one of the mobile radio systems which are provided by corresponding standardization bodies, e.g. 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) group. These include, for example, the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), the Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE), the GSM EDGE Radio Access Network (GERAN), the Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) or the Evolved UTRAN (E-UTRAN). , such as B. the Universal Mobile

Telecommunication System (UMTS), Long Term Evolution (LTE) or LTE-Advanced (LTE- A), or other mobile systems other standards, such. For example, the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WIMAX), IEEE802.16 or Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), IEEE802.1 1, and generally a system based on Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), frequency division multiple access methods

(Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA)) or other technology or multiple access methods based. In the following, the terms mobile radio system, mobile radio network, mobile communication system and mobile radio network are used synonymously.

The mobile communication system 300 further comprises at least one fixed base station transceiver 200 and at least one further mobile base station transceiver 110. In the following it is assumed that such a mobile radio system 300 comprises at least one stationary transceiver in the sense of a fixed base station which has access to the wired part of the mobile radio network. On the other hand, it is assumed that the mobile network at least one mobile

Transmitter (mobile terminal) includes, wherein the term mobile is here to refer to that with this transceiver over the air interface, d. H.

wireless / cordless, communicates. Such a mobile transceiver may, for example, correspond to a portable telephone, a smartphone, a tablet computer, a portable computer or a radio module that is not necessarily mobile in the sense that it is actually moving in relation to its surroundings. Of the

Transceiver may also be stationary (e.g., relative to a motor vehicle (vehicle)) but communicate wirelessly with the mobile network. In this respect, the already mentioned base station of a base station can comply with one of the above-mentioned standards, for example a NodeB, an eNodeB, etc.

A base station transceiver or base station (these terms may be equivalently used) may be configured to communicate with one or more active ones

Mobile devices and to communicate in or adjacent to a supply or coverage area of another base station transceiver or base station, e.g. as a macrocell base station or as a Kleinzell base station. Thus, embodiments may include a mobile communication system having one or more mobile stations and one or more base stations, wherein the

Base station transceivers can provide macrocells or small cells, e.g. B. pico, metro or femto cells. A mobile transceiver or mobile terminal may be a smartphone (smart phone), a cell phone, a user device, a Radio, a mobile, a mobile station, a laptop, a notebook, a

Personal Computer (PC), a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a Universal Serial Bus (USB) stick or adapter, a car, etc. A mobile transceiver may also be referred to as "User Equipment (UE)" or Mobile in accordance with 3GPP terminology.

A base station transceiver or base station may be located at least from the perspective of a mobile station in a fixed or at least fixed part of the network or system. A base station transceiver or base station may also be a remote radio head, a relay station, a transmission point, an access point, a radio, a macrocell, a small cell, a microcell, a femtocell, a metro cell, etc. A base station or a base station transceiver is thus understood as a logical concept of a node / unit for providing a radio bearer or radio links over the air interface through which access to a mobile network is provided to a terminal / mobile transceiver ,

A base station or base station transceiver may be a wireless interface for mobile terminals to a wired network. The radio signals used may be 3GPP standardized radio signals or generally

Radio signals in accordance with one or more of the above systems. Thus, a base station or a base station transceiver may correspond to a NodeB, an eNodeB, a base transceiver station (BTS), an access point, a remote radio head, a transmission point, a relay station, etc. which may be further in

Function units can be divided.

A mobile station or mobile transceiver may be associated with or registered with a base station or cell. The term cell refers to a coverage area of the radio services provided by a base station, e.g. from a NodeB (NB), an eNodeB (eNB), a Remote Radio Head, a

Transmission point, a relay station, etc. A base station may provide one or more cells on one or more carrier frequencies. In some

Embodiments, a cell may also correspond to a sector. For example, For example, sectors with sector antennas formed to cover an angular portion around an antenna site may be formed. In some embodiments, a

Base station, for example, designed to operate three or six cells or sectors (eg 120 ° in the case of three cells and 60 ° in the case of six cells). A base station may include multiple sector antennas. In the following, the terms cell and base station can also be used interchangeably. In addition, fixed and mobile base stations will differ, and mobile base stations may also function as mobile relay stations.

In other words, in the embodiments, the mobile communication system may also include a heterogeneous cell network (HetNet) having different cell types, e.g. Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cells and open cells, as well as cells of different sizes, such as macro cells and small cells, where the coverage area of a small cell is smaller than that

Cover area of a macro cell. A small cell can be a metro cell, a

Micro cell, a pico cell, a femtocell, etc. correspond. The coverage areas of the individual cells are provided by the base stations for their coverage areas and depend on the transmission powers of the base stations and the base stations

Interference conditions in the respective area. In some embodiments, coverage area of a small cell may be at least partially surrounded by a coverage area of another cell or may be partially connected to the coverage area of e.g. Macro cell match or overlap. Small cells can be used to extend the capacity of the network. A metro cell can therefore be used to cover a smaller area than a macrocell, e.g. Metrocells are used to cover a road or a section in a metropolitan area. For a macrocell, the coverage area may be on the order of one kilometer or more in diameter, for a microcell the coverage area may be less than one kilometer in diameter, and a picocell may have a coverage area less than 100 meters in diameter. A femto cell may have the smallest coverage area and may be used to cover, for example, a home, a car or a gate area at the airport, i. Their transmission area can have a diameter of less than 50m.

The apparatus further comprises a transceiver module 12 for communicating with at least one fixed base station transceiver 200 in the coverage area 202 of the at least one fixed base station transceiver 200. In embodiments, the transceiver module 12 may include typical transmitter and receiver components, respectively. These may include, for example, one or more antennas, one or more filters, one or more mixers, one or more amplifiers, one or more diplexers, one or more duplexers, and so on. The transceiver module 12 is designed to provide a mobile coverage area 102 for the at least one further mobile base station module. Transmitter 1 10 provide, wherein the mobile coverage area 102, the coverage area 202 of the at least one fixed base station transceiver 200 at least partially surmounted by an extended coverage area 104.

Furthermore, FIG. 1 illustrates an embodiment in which the communication system 300 comprises at least one mobile transceiver 250, and wherein the

Transceiver module 12 is further configured to communicate with at least one mobile transceiver 250. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 5, this may also occur if no other mobile base station transceiver communicates with the mobile base station transceiver 100.

In further embodiments, FIGS. 1 and 2 also illustrate how the further mobile base station transceiver 110 is configured to provide another mobile coverage area 12 that extends the mobile coverage area 102 and the coverage area 202 of the fixed base station transceiver 200. In application examples, for example, the device 10 may thus be configured to form, with the further mobile base station transceiver 110, a multi-hop network for expanding the coverage area 202 of the fixed base station transceiver 200. In exemplary embodiments, such a multi-hop network can also be used, for example, to set up a separate network independently of operators of mobile communication systems, wherein, for example, unused frequency ranges or frequency ranges are used by cooperating operators. The network can then be used under circumstances

cooperating operators to provide network capacity.

In some embodiments, the apparatus 10 further includes a control module 16 for controlling the transceiver module 12. In embodiments, the

Control device or the control module 16 correspond to any controller or processor or a programmable hardware component. For example, the control module 16 may also be implemented as software suitable for a corresponding

Hardware component is programmed. In this respect, the control module 16 can be implemented as programmable hardware with correspondingly adapted software. Any number of processors, such as Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), can be used. Embodiments are not limited to a particular type of processor. There are any processors or multiple processors for implementing the control module 16 conceivable. The control module 16 may be configured to allocate radio resources of the mobile communication system 300 or other mobile

Communication system 400 to transceiver module 12. In embodiments, the assignment is based on information about a position and a motion vector of mobile base station transceiver 100. In some embodiments, the device may further include a positioning module 14 for determining position information and motion vector information of the mobile base station transceiver 100 is formed. In embodiments, the

Positioning module 14 may be implemented as any component, the determination or determination of information regarding a position of the device or the

Positioning module 14 allowed. Conceivable, for example, are recipients for

satellite-based navigation systems, e.g. a GPS receiver (from Global

Positioning system, global positioning system), or other components that allow, for example, via triangulation of received radio signals position determination.

In some embodiments, the control module 16 may further be configured to determine information about a trajectory of the mobile base station transceiver 100 based on the position and motion vector information, and the allocation of the radio resources based on the trajectory information and frequency usage information along the trajectory to increase the available bandwidth through interference management or targeted radio resource management. The information about position, motion vector and trajectory can also be used in embodiments for other services, such as emergency services and driver assistance.

As shown in FIG. 3, in some embodiments, a vehicle may include the device 10 for a mobile base station transceiver 100, in which case the mobile base station transceiver 100 is powered by the vehicle 500 with the power needed to operate. As vehicles come all conceivable vehicles, such as

Motor vehicles or trucks, but also two-wheelers, such as motorcycles or

Bicycles, as well as ships and airplanes. Embodiments may have a positive effect, in particular for ships, if the range of commercial mobile networks, which are normally only available on land or near the coast, can also be offered at sea, where conventional coverage is associated with great problems. Similarly, it can be extended to airspaces, for example in Interaction with direct airborne communication (also direct air-to-ground communication).

The mobile base station transceiver may, for example, the antennas 510 of the vehicle 500 for communication with the at least one fixed base station transceiver 200 and / or for communication with the at least one other mobile base station transceiver 1 10 and / or for communication with the at least one use mobile transceiver 250. Due to the possible use of the base station transceiver 100 or the device 10m in a vehicle, the base station transceiver 100 or the device 10 is often shown as a transmitting vehicle 500 in the further figures.

The integration of the mobile base station transceiver 100 into a vehicle 500 may result in an increased coverage area, as the antenna 510 may, for example, have advantages in height and size and spacing of multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antennas. In particular, on the

Vehicle surface may be attached more antenna elements than would make sense on a conventional mobile station would make sense and correspondingly more complex reception and transmission concepts are used, as more space and energy is available.

As illustrated in FIG. 7, except for communication with a fixed base station transceiver 200, the transceiver module may be configured to communicate directly with another vehicle 550, for example. In this case, in direct communication with other vehicles 550a-d, the vehicle can, for example, coordinate overtaking and lane merging between several vehicles and / or avoid wildlife accidents and other dangerous situations. In particular, such communication can be used to shear a vehicle between others

Vehicles necessary gap to be coordinated.

Fig. 4 shows an embodiment, wherein the transceiver module 12 for

Communication with at least one further mobile base station transceiver 120 is formed in a coverage area 122 of the at least one further mobile base station transceiver 120, wherein the transceiver module 12 is further configured to include a mobile coverage area 102 for the at least one mobile base station transceiver 1 10, wherein the mobile coverage area 102 covers the mobile coverage area 122 of the at least one other mobile area Base station transceiver 120 at least partially surmounted by an extended coverage area 106. In some application examples, the

Transceiver module 12 may be further configured to be in the extended

Coverage area 102 or 106 to use a different frequency than the fixed one

Base station transceiver 200 in coverage area 202. In embodiments, for example, at least two overlapping coverage areas of two mobile base station transceivers may use different frequency ranges.

As further shown in FIG. 4, in embodiments, the transceiver module 12 may be further configured to communicate with one or more other fixed base station transceivers 210 via one or more other mobile base station transceivers 120 and 110. This reduces the capacity of the

Increase backhaul link of the mobile communication system at the participating mobile base station transceivers 100, 1 10 and 120 and / or reduce their latency, or generally increase a connection reliability.

6 shows a flow chart of an embodiment of a method for a mobile base station transceiver 100 of a mobile communication system 300. In this case, the mobile communication system 300 further has at least one fixed one

Base station transceiver 200 and at least one other mobile base station transceiver 1 10 on. The method comprises communicating 22 with at least one fixed base station transceiver 200 in the coverage area 202 of the at least one fixed base station transceiver 200 and providing 24 a mobile coverage area 102 for the at least one further mobile base station transceiver 110, the mobile coverage area 102 the coverage area 202 of the at least one fixed base station transceiver 200 at least partially surmounted by an extended coverage area 104.

Another embodiment is a computer program for performing at least one of the methods described above when the computer program is run on a computer

Computer, a processor or a programmable hardware component runs. Another embodiment is also a digital storage medium that is machine or computer readable and that has electronically readable control signals that can cooperate with a programmable hardware component to perform one of the methods described above. The features disclosed in the foregoing description, the appended claims and the appended figures may be taken to be and effect both individually and in any combination for the realization of an embodiment in its various forms.

Although some aspects have been described in the context of a device, it should be understood that these aspects are also a description of the corresponding device

Represent method, so that a block or a component of a device is to be understood as a corresponding method step or as a feature of a method step. Similarly, aspects described in connection with or as a method step also represent a description of a corresponding block or detail or feature of a corresponding device.

Depending on particular implementation requirements, embodiments of the invention may be implemented in hardware or in software. The implementation may be performed using a digital storage medium, such as a floppy disk, a DVD, a Blu-Ray Disc, a CD, a ROM, a PROM, an EPROM, an EEPROM or FLASH memory, a hard disk, or other magnetic disk or optical memory are stored on the electronically readable control signals with a programmable hardware component such

cooperate or work together to carry out the respective procedure.

A programmable hardware component may be implemented by a processor, a

Computer processor (CPU = Central Processing Unit), a graphics processor (GPU = Graphics Processing Unit), a computer, a computer system, a

application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), an integrated circuit (IC), a system on chip (SOC) system, a programmable logic element or a field programmable gate array with a microprocessor (FPGA = Field Programmable Gate Array).

The digital storage medium may therefore be machine or computer readable. Some embodiments thus comprise a data carrier which is electronically readable

Having control signals capable of interacting with a programmable computer system or a programmable hardware component such that one of the methods described herein is performed. An embodiment is thus a A data carrier (or a digital storage medium or a computer readable medium) carrying the program for carrying out any of the methods described herein

is recorded.

In general, embodiments of the present invention may be described as a program,

Firmware, computer program or computer program product with a program code or be implemented as data, wherein the program code or the data is effective to perform one of the methods when the program runs on a processor or a programmable hardware component. The program code or the data can also be stored, for example, on a machine-readable carrier or data carrier. The program code or the data may be present, inter alia, as source code, machine code or bytecode as well as other intermediate code.

Another embodiment is further a data stream, a signal sequence, or a sequence of signals that represents the program for performing any of the methods described herein. The data stream, the signal sequence or the sequence of signals can be configured, for example, to be transferred via a data communication connection, for example via the Internet or another network. Embodiments are also data representing signal sequences that are suitable for transmission over a network or a data communication connection, the data representing the program.

A program according to an embodiment may implement one of the methods during its execution, for example, by reading out of these memory locations or writing therein one or more data, thereby optionally

Switching operations or other processes in transistor structures, in amplifier structures or in other electrical, optical, magnetic or operating according to another functional principle components are caused. Accordingly, by reading a memory location, data, values, sensor values or other information can be detected, determined or measured by a program. A program can therefore by reading out one or more memory locations sizes, values, measurements and others

Collecting, determining or measuring information as well as initiating, initiating or carrying out an action by writing to one or more memory locations and controlling other devices, machines and components. The embodiments described above are merely illustrative of the principles of the present invention. It will be understood that modifications and variations of the arrangements and details described herein will be apparent to others of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, it is intended that the invention be limited only by the scope of the appended claims and not by the specific details presented in the description and explanation of the embodiments herein.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

contraption

Transceiver module

positioning module

control module

communication

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Mobile base station transceiver

Coverage area of the mobile base station transceiver

Extended coverage area of mobile base station transceiver

Another mobile base station transceiver

Coverage area of the other mobile base station transceiver

Another mobile base station transceiver

Coverage area of the other mobile base station transceiver

Fixed base station transceiver

Cover area of the fixed base station transceiver

Mobile transceiver

Mobile communication system

Another mobile communication system

vehicle

Antenna of the vehicle

(a-d) Another vehicle

Claims

claims

1 . An apparatus (10) for a mobile base station transceiver (100) of a mobile communication system (300), the mobile communication system (300) further comprising at least one fixed base station transceiver (200) and at least one further mobile base station transceiver (110) comprising a transceiver module (12) for communicating with at least one fixed base station transceiver (200) in the coverage area (202) of the at least one fixed base station transceiver (200), the transceiver module (12) being adapted to receive a mobile coverage area (102) for the at least one further mobile base station transceiver (1 10)

wherein the mobile coverage area (102) projects beyond the coverage area (202) of the at least one fixed base station transceiver (200) at least partially about an extended coverage area (104).

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communication system (300) comprises at least one mobile transceiver (250) and wherein the transceiver module (12) is further adapted to communicate with the at least one mobile transceiver (250).

3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the further mobile base station transceiver (1 10) is adapted to provide a further mobile coverage area (1 12), the mobile coverage area (102) and the

Coverage area (202) of the fixed base station transceiver (200).

4. Apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims arranged to communicate with the further mobile base station transceiver (110) a multi-hop network for extending the coverage area (202) of the fixed base station transceiver (200) ) to build.

5. Device according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the

Transceiver module (12) for communicating with at least one further mobile base station transceiver (120) in a coverage area (122) of the at least one further mobile base station transceiver (120) is formed, wherein the transceiver module (12) is further formed to provide a mobile coverage area (102) for the at least one mobile base station Transmit receiver (1 10) to provide, wherein the mobile coverage area (102) the mobile coverage area (122) of the at least one further mobile

Base station transceiver (120) at least partially surmounted by an extended coverage area (106).

6. Device according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the

Transceiver module (12) is adapted to use in the extended coverage area (102; 106) a different frequency than the fixed base station transceiver (200) in the coverage area (202).

Apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, further comprising a control module (16) for controlling the transceiver module (12), the control module (16) for allocating radio resources of the mobile communication system (300) or other mobile communication system (400 ) to the

Transceiver module (12) is formed based on information about a position and a motion vector of the mobile base station transceiver.

The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising a positioning module (14) configured to determine the position and motion vector information of the mobile base station transceiver (100).

The apparatus of claims 7 and 8, wherein the control module (16) is adapted to determine information about a trajectory of the mobile base station transceiver (100) based on the position and motion vector information and the allocation of the radio resources based on the information about the trajectory and frequency usage information along the trajectory.

10. Device according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the

A transceiver module (12) is configured to communicate with one or more other base station mobile transceivers (120; 110) with one or more other fixed base station transceivers (210).

1 1. Vehicle (500) with a device according to claim 1, wherein the mobile

Base station transceiver (100) is supplied with the power required for operation by the vehicle (500) and / or the antennas (510) of the vehicle (500) for communicating with the at least one fixed base station transceiver (200). and / or for communication with the at least one further mobile base station transceiver (1 10) and / or for communication with the at least one mobile transceiver (250).

12. The vehicle according to claim 1 1, which is adapted for communication with a fixed base station transceiver (200) and for direct communication with another vehicle.

13. The multi-claim mobile communications system of claim 1, wherein at least two overlapping coverage areas of two mobile base station transceivers use different frequency ranges.

14. A method for a mobile base station transceiver (100) of a mobile

Communication system (300), wherein the mobile communication system (300) further comprises at least one fixed base station transceiver (200) and at least one further mobile base station transceiver (1 10)

Communicating (22) with at least one fixed base station transceiver (200) in the coverage area (202) of the at least one fixed base station transceiver (200);

Providing (24) a mobile coverage area (102) for the at least one further mobile base station transceiver (1 10), wherein the mobile

Cover area (102) at least partially surmounted the coverage area (202) of the at least one fixed base station transceiver (200) by an extended coverage area (104).

A program program code program for carrying out the method of claim 14 when said program code is executed on a computer, a processor, a controller (16) or a programmable hardware component.