Patent ID: 11889412
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A method of data exchange, by radio data communication equipment operating as a User Equipment, UE, applied on a nautical beacon, for accessing Wide Area Network, WAN, radio access resources provided by WAN radio data communication equipment operating as a radio base station, RBS, applied on a nautical vessel, the method comprising:
receiving, by the radio data communication equipment applied on the nautical beacon, from WAN radio data communication equipment applied on a nautical vessel, an indication of availability of WAN radio access resources;
receiving, by the radio data communication equipment applied on the nautical beacon, from an operating position detection device of the nautical beacon, an indication that the nautical beacon is in an operating position for establishing a radio communication link, and;
establishing, by the radio data communication equipment applied on the nautical beacon, a radio data communication link with the WAN radio data communication equipment of the nautical vessel based on the WAN radio access resources;
keeping, for a predetermined first period of time, by the radio data communication equipment applied on the nautical beacon, a list of identifications of WAN radio data communication equipment applied on nautical vessels available for radio data communication;
disconnecting, by the radio data communication equipment applied on the nautical beacon, a radio data communication link with the WAN radio data communication equipment applied on the nautical vessel, after a predetermined second period of time; and
establishing, by the radio data communication equipment applied on the nautical beacon, on a Round Robin basis according to the list of identifications, a respective radio data communication link with the WAN radio data communication equipment applied on at least one further nautical vessel.