Patent ID: 9369931
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of incorporating a moving cell in a hierarchy of cells in a wireless cellular communication network, wherein each cell is served by a radio access node and is associated with a neighbor cell list comprising identification of one or more neighboring cells, the method comprising: determining a need for an update of one or more neighbor cell lists based on a relocation of the moving cell from a first location having a first set of neighboring cells to a second location having a second set of neighboring cells, wherein determining the need for the update includes retrieving from a global positioning system, a position for the moving cell and comparing the moving cell position with known positions of neighboring cells; generating a neighbor cell list for the moving cell including identification of each cell in the second set of neighboring cells; updating a neighbor cell list for each cell in the second set of neighboring cells to include the moving cell; and informing each radio access node serving one or more cells in the second set of neighboring cells on the updated neighbor cell list.