Infrastructure equipment providing terrestrial coverage to terrestrial electronic devices and aerial coverage to aerial electronic devices
Infrastructure equipment comprising circuitry configured to provide a terrestrial cell coverage to a terrestrial UE and an aerial cell coverage to an aerial UE, the aerial cell coverage being provided in a tracking manner in relation to a mobility of the aerial UE.
1. An infrastructure equipment, comprising:
circuitry configured to
provide a terrestrial cell coverage to a terrestrial UE and an aerial cell coverage to an aerial UE, the aerial cell coverage being provided in a tracking manner in relation to a mobility of the aerial UE,
define a beam-forming directivity based on weights being set for multiple antenna, wherein the aerial cell coverage is configured spatially based on the directivity of the multiple antenna,
receive a connection request from the aerial UE, and
in response to the request from the aerial UE, transmit reference signals by beam-forming technology to the aerial UE in a UE specific and an on-demand manner.
2. The infrastructure equipment of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to receive a connection request, the connection request comprising information identifying the sender of the connection request as an aerial UE.
3. The infrastructure equipment according to claim 1 , wherein a connection request received from the aerial UE triggers the circuitry to transmit reference signals by beam-forming technology to the aerial UE.
4. The infrastructure equipment of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to define a directivity of multiple antenna based on a location of the aerial UE.
5. The infrastructure equipment of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to define the aerial cell coverage depending on an area of the terrestrial cell coverage.
6. The infrastructure equipment according to claim 1 , wherein a connection request received from the aerial UE includes mobility information related to the aerial UE.
7. The infrastructure equipment of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to establish neighboring aerial cell coverage depending on mobility information related to the aerial UE.
8. The infrastructure equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to determine a speed of the aerial UE, and to switch to a neighboring aerial cell coverage depending on the speed of the aerial UE.
9. The infrastructure equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to receive a measurement report from the aerial UE.
10. The infrastructure equipment of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to start transmitting reference signals with beam-forming depending on a link quality/channel condition between the aerial UE and a serving eNB.
11. The infrastructure equipment according to claim 9 , wherein the measurement report includes measurement results of neighboring eNBs reported from the aerial UE.
12. The infrastructure equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to judge whether handover to a neighboring eNB is necessary or not, based on a measurement report received from the aerial UE.
13. An electronic device, comprising:
circuitry, wherein the circuitry is configured to be provided with an aerial cell coverage by an eNB in a tracking manner in relation to a mobility of the electronic device,
wherein the circuitry is further configured to
receive reference signals transmitted by beam-forming, wherein the beam-forming directivity is based on weights being set for multiple antenna, wherein the aerial cell coverage is configured spatially based on the directivity of the multiple antenna,
transmit a connection request, the connection request being configured to trigger an eNB to transmit reference signals by beam-forming technology in a user equipment (UE) specific and an on-demand manner.
14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the circuitry is configured to determine if the electronic device operates as a terrestrial UE or as an aerial UE.
15. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the circuitry is configured to transmit a connection request, the connection request identifying the sender of the connection request as an aerial UE.
16. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the circuitry is configured to transmit mobility information related to an aerial UE to an eNB.
17. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the circuitry is configured to report measurements to a serving eNB.
18. A method, comprising:
providing a terrestrial cell coverage to a terrestrial UE and an aerial cell coverage to an aerial UE, the aerial cell coverage being provided in a tracking manner in relation to a mobility of the aerial UE;
defining a beam-forming directivity based on weights being set for multiple antenna, wherein the aerial cell coverage is configured spatially based on the directivity of the multiple antenna;
receiving a connection request from the aerial UE; and
in response to the request from the aerial UE, transmitting reference signals by beam-forming technology to the aerial UE in a UE specific and an on-demand manner.