Patent ID: 9629040
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for configuring a Donor base station or a base station within a Donor cell for a mobile relay node (RN), the method comprising: acquiring, by a processor of an Operation and Maintenance (OAM) system, position information about the mobile RN; determining, by the processor of the OAM system, a standby Donor base station or a standby Donor cell that is accessible by the mobile RN according to the acquired position information; indicating, by the processor of the OAM system via a network, the determined standby Donor base station or the determined standby Donor cell to a serving Donor base station of the mobile RN or causing, by the processor of the OAM system, the mobile RN to indicate, via the network, the determined standby Donor base station or the standby Donor cell to the serving Donor base station; and selecting, by a processor of the serving Donor base station, a handover target Donor base station for the mobile RN from among the standby Donor base station or base stations of the standby Donor cell.