US 11,984,950 B2
Vehicle, apparatus, method, and computer program for a vehicle in a mobile communication system
Andreas Pfadler, Berlin (DE); Steffen Schmitz, Wesel (DE); and Andreas Kwoczek, Lehre (DE)
Assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, (DE)
Appl. No. 17/434,778
Filed by VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/055112
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/178124, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19161441 (EP), filed on Mar. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0140873 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04B 17/391 (2015.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 7/0608 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04B 17/3913 (2015.01); H04W 4/027 (2013.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.02); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for a first transportation vehicle in a mobile communication system for controlling operation of a radio link to a second transportation vehicle, the method comprising:
setting up a radio link to the second transportation vehicle;
determining information related to relative movement between an antenna of the first transportation vehicle and an antenna of the second transportation vehicle based on sensor data of the first transportation vehicle; and
adjusting a beam pattern of the antenna of the first transportation vehicle based on the determined information related to the relative movement between the antenna of the first transportation vehicle and the antenna of the second transportation vehicle to control operation of the radio link to the second transportation vehicle.