Base Station Access Control for High-Speed Railway Dedicated Networks

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Solution Overview

Problem

High-speed-railway dedicated networks experience congestion and communication quality degradation due to general mobile terminals accessing the network, especially in urban areas, leading to interference with high-speed-railway users.

Innovation Solution

A method and device that allow or refuse mobile terminal access to a high-speed-railway dedicated network based on reported moving speed, using speed thresholds to differentiate between high-speed-railway and general mobile terminals, with access permitted or denied through specific messages in the random access procedure.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If general mobile terminals are allowed to access the high-speed-railway dedicated network, then network coverage and availability are improved, but communication quality deteriorates due to congestion

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenetwork accessibilityVSAvoidcommunication quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the parameter of moving speed threshold to differentiate between high-speed-railway terminals and general mobile terminals. By setting a speed threshold (e.g., 120 km/h), the system allows terminals moving at high speeds to access the dedicated network while blocking terminals with lower speeds, thus resolving the contradiction between network accessibility and communication quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The base station acts as an intermediary between the mobile terminal and the dedicated network. It receives the moving speed reported by the terminal, makes a determination based on the speed threshold, and then decides whether to allow or refuse access. This intermediary mechanism enables the system to control network access selectively, preventing general mobile terminals from congesting the dedicated network while allowing high-speed-railway terminals to access it.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If speed threshold verification is implemented in the random access procedure, then access control accuracy is improved, but procedure complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccess control accuracyVSAvoidprocedure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs the speed threshold verification in advance during the random access procedure before the terminal is allowed to access the dedicated network. By checking the moving speed at this preliminary stage (in the third or fifth message), the system ensures that only qualified terminals can proceed to network access, improving accuracy while integrating the check into an existing procedure rather than adding a separate complex verification system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The existing random access procedure messages (third and fifth messages) are made multi-functional by having them carry both the speed information and serve as the basis for access control decisions. This approach reuses existing procedure components for dual purposes (speed reporting and access control), thereby improving measurement precision without proportionally increasing procedure complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS11470539B2Method and device for controlling mobile terminal to use network, base station, and user equipment
Publication Date: 2022.10.11 BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO LTD
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AI summary

A method for controlling a mobile terminal to use a network includes: receiving moving speed reported by the mobile terminal; if the moving speed is higher than or equal to a speed threshold, allowing the mobile terminal to use a current dedicated network; and if the moving speed is lower than the speed threshold, refusing the mobile terminal to use the current dedicated network.