MOVING CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM OPERATIVE IN AN EMERGENCY MODE

摘要

A communication system comprising moving relay/s including base- and mobile-station functionality and a radio manager, all co-located, emergency moving relay/s further including a simulated stationary network that includes a simulated IP connectivity gateway communicating with a simulated mobility management entity and simulating the operation of a stationary network; the emergency moving relay being a root of a subtree including moving relay/s and mobile station/s, and utilizing its mobile-station functionality, base station functionality and radio manager for normal and emergency operation including communicating to a designated mobile station in the subtree each message received from a moving relay mobile in the subtree, the message having an IP address of the designated mobile station; or communicating to the simulated stationary network each message received from a moving relay/mobile station in the subtree and having an IP address not matching any mobile station in the subtree.

主权项

1. A moving cellular communication system forming part of a cellular communication network having a core element, the system comprising:
at least one emergency moving relay including: at least one base station functionality serving at least one mobile station; at least one mobile station functionality providing at least one backhauling link toward the core element; and a relay resource manager operative to manage at least one resource pertaining to at least one of the base station functionality and mobile station functionality, all co-located, wherein the relay resource manager includes a core functionality operative, selectably, to take over at least one core function performed by said core element, for said at least one mobile station served by said base station functionality.