Method and apparatus for dynamic vehicular communications

摘要

A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore provided according to an example embodiment to provide a cellular based ITS environment. In this regard, a method includes causing a secondary cell carrier (SCC) to be configured for a mobile terminal located in a vehicular target area. The method of this embodiment may also include causing the SCC to be activated by signaling a vehicular fast activation block (VFAB). The method of this embodiment may also include causing the SCC to deactivate based on a signal strength measurement, received from a road side unit (RSU), in an instance in which the signal strength measurement does not satisfy a predetermined threshold over a measurement period based on a timer.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
for a mobile terminal having a primary cell carrier (PCC) activated to communicate directly with a network access point, causing a secondary cell carrier (SCC) to be configured for the mobile terminal located in a vehicular target area to communicate with the access point via one or more road side units (RSUs) which share a security context within the vehicular target area; while the PCC remains activated, causing the SCC to be activated by signaling a vehicular fast activation block (VFAB); and de-activating the SCC by sending a signal strength measurement for the SCC from a given one or more RSUs that does not satisfy a predetermined threshold over a measurement period, wherein the SCC becomes de-activated upon expiry of a timer.