US 12,388,522 B2
Telecommunications network
Salva Diaz Sendra, London (GB); Keith Briggs, London (GB); and Richard Mackenzie, London (GB)
Assigned to British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London (GB)
Appl. No. 17/757,279
Filed by British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London (GB)
PCT Filed Nov. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/082676
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/115755, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1918365 (GB), filed on Dec. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0006731 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 7/18513 (2013.01) [H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 84/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a wireless telecommunications network, the method comprising:
identifying a signal coverage area of a moving base station to which to allocate a first physical network identifier, the moving base station forming part of a first telecommunications network;
determining a second physical network identifier for enabling access, by user equipment, to an access point that serves the identified signal coverage area, wherein the access point is stationary relative to the moving base station and forms part of a second telecommunications network that is separate from the first telecommunications network;
associating the first physical network identifier with the second physical network identifier; and
allocating the first physical network identifier to the moving base station when the moving base station is providing a telecommunications signal in the identified signal coverage area, in order to allow access, by user equipment within the signal coverage area, to the moving base station via the first physical network identifier.