Patent ID: 9585038
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method of operating a current base station of a plurality of base stations along a pre-determined route, the method comprising: receiving, by the current base station of the plurality of base stations, a plurality of traffic loads from a mobile data transmitter traveling along the pre-determined route, wherein the mobile data transmitter comprises a mobile relay node provided on a mass transit vehicle, the mass transit vehicle being operable to transport a plurality of passengers, wherein the plurality of traffic loads comprise data packets transmitted from a plurality of mobile computing devices operated by the plurality of passengers being transported by the mass transit vehicle; measuring the plurality of traffic loads to derive traffic load data corresponding to the plurality of traffic loads; estimating a time of hand-in of the mobile data transmitter to a future serving base station of the plurality of base stations along the pre-determined route based on an estimated location of the mobile data transmitter; before the mobile data transmitter enters a coverage area of the future serving base station, predicting an incoming traffic load corresponding to the hand-in of the mobile data transmitter to the future serving base station from the traffic load data; and before the mobile data transmitter enters the coverage area of the future serving base station, forwarding predicted traffic load data and the estimated time of hand-in to the future serving base station along the pre-determined route.