ARCHITECTURE AND METHODS FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT BY TUNNELING IN MOVING HIERARCHICAL CELLULAR NETWORKS

The present invention pertains to a Virtual Radio Access Network Manager for use with a hierarchical cellular network system having a core and comprising a plurality of nodes, wherein at least one node comprises a mobile relay having both base station and mobile communicator functionalities and oper...

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Main Authors SHOSHAN, YAAKOV, SCHWARTZ, ADI, GILOH, BENJAMIN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 02.10.2013
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Summary:The present invention pertains to a Virtual Radio Access Network Manager for use with a hierarchical cellular network system having a core and comprising a plurality of nodes, wherein at least one node comprises a mobile relay having both base station and mobile communicator functionalities and operative to serve mobile communicators, including other relays, and to be served inter alia by other relays, wherein the Virtual Radio Access Network Manager resides in a tunneling application server residing in the core, and is operative to reflect each mobile base station back to a Core Segment defined by the core as a "real" base station using a standard RAN-to-Core interface.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20110802801