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Method of providing communication over a mobile communication network

US9326225B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Hajo Bakker · Eberdingen, DE
Uwe Doetsch · Stuttgart, DE
Siegfried Klein · Paris, FR
Andreas Weber · Salzburg, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 26, 2012
Grant date	Apr 26, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 17, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W88/08
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention concerns a method of providing communication over a mobile communication network (1) and components for providing communication over the communication network (1). The network (1) includes two or more fixed nodes (2a, 2b) each operating a fixed radio cell (3a, 3b) for serving one or more user equipments (4) via a first radio interface (5a, 5b). Each of these fixed radio cells (3a, 3b) is identified by a physical cell ID (6a, 6b) selected out of a set of N physical cell IDs. In addition, the network (1) includes one or more mobile relay nodes (7) served by the one or more fixed nodes (2a, 2b) via a second radio interface (8a, 8b). The mobile relay nodes (7) each operate a mobile radio cell (9) for serving one or more user equipments (4) via a third radio interface (10). Each of these mobile radio cells (9) is identified by a physical cell ID (6c) selected out of the set of N physical cell IDs. The method includes the step of dynamically assigning a physical cell ID (6c) of the set of N physical cell IDs to the one or more mobile radio cells (9).

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