Method and apparatus for a cellular assisted intelligent transportation system

摘要

A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore provided according to an example embodiment to provide a cellular based ITS environment. The cellular based ITS environment may be configured based on LTE based interfaces. In this regard, a method includes receiving configuration information from a first access point, wherein the configuration information defines an ITS target area comprising at least the first access point and a first RSU. A method also includes receiving an ITS paging message from the first access point. A method also includes causing a reselection of the first RSU while in the communications range of the first access point in the ITS target area and in response to the received ITS paging message.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
determining a location and at least a movement direction of a mobile terminal; determining at least one next road side unit “RSU” in an intelligent transportation system “ITS” target area based on the determined location and at least the movement direction of the mobile terminal; causing configuration information to be transmitted to the mobile terminal, wherein the configuration information defines the ITS target area; causing a first ITS paging message to be transmitted to the at least one next RSU; and causing a second ITS paging message to be transmitted to the mobile terminal from the determined next RSU based on the first ITS paging message.