Patent ID: 11943664
Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A method for managing a communication between a base station of a cellular mobile communication system and a first moving communication partner, the method comprising: collecting service quality reporting messages from a plurality of moving communication partners registered in a communication cell managed by the base station, the service quality reporting messages including service quality reporting messages for direct communications between two of the plurality of moving communication partners; generating quality of service maps for the communications between the base station and the first moving communication partner, as well as for the direct communications between two of the plurality of moving communication partners; receiving planned trajectories from the plurality of moving communication partners; calculating predicted quality of service profiles for the communications between the base station and a moving communication partner as well as predicted quality of service profiles for the direct communications between the plurality of moving communication partners based on the generated quality of service maps and the planned trajectories, the predicted quality of service profiles representing a temporal evolution of at least one quality of service parameter; receiving a request from the first moving communication partner for a communication between the base station and the first moving communication partner, the request demanding a specified quality of service; determining, based on the predicted quality of service profiles, whether the specified quality of service demanded by the request is satisfied along the planned trajectory of the first moving communication partner by a direct communication between the base station and the first moving communication partner or by relaying the communication via one of the other moving communication partners, wherein the determination of whether the specified quality of service is satisfied is based on comparison of the at least one quality of service parameter represented by the predicted quality of service profile for the communication between the base station and the transportation vehicle with a threshold representing a minimum requirement which the quality of service parameter satisfies; and establishing the communication between the base station and the first moving communication partner accordingly along the planned trajectory.