Patent ID: 9596629
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for a transparent handover of a mobile relay on a high-speed vehicle, the method comprising: by a base station of a wireless communications network, transmitting to a mobile relay on a high-speed vehicle identification data for identifying one or more base stations which are configured for transparent handover; by the wireless communications network, receiving data indicative of a scheduled path of the high-speed vehicle; and by the wireless communications network, performing a transparent handover of the mobile relay from a first base station to a second base station, wherein the second base station is identified by the identification data and selection of the second base station is performed without any measurement report or other handover-relevant information received from the mobile relay, the transparent handover comprising by the mobile relay, determining whether a third base station is configured for transparent handover; wherein if it is determined that the third base station is configured for transparent handover, not triggering a conventional handover to the third base station; and if it is determined that the third base station is not configured for transparent handover, triggering a conventional handover to the third base station.