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26-01-2012 дата публикации

Object position estimation apparatus, object position estimation method, and object position estimation program

Номер: US20120020521A1
Автор: Katsuyoshi Yamagami, Kenji Kondo, Toru Tanigawa
Принадлежит: Panasonic Corp

An object-state change determination unit calculates a correspondence relationship between each of a plurality of observed values obtained from a plurality of objects and each of a plurality of the latest object states to be recorded in an object state information storage unit, and determines presence or absence of a change in the object state so that only in a case where there is a change in the object state, an object position is estimated with high precision by using a batch estimation unit, while in the case of no change in the object state, the result of a position estimation of the object with high precision, recorded in the object state information storage unit, is outputted as a result of an object position estimation.

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Номер записи: 1
26-01-2012 дата публикации

Sensing relative position from a wireless transceiver

Номер: US20120021758A1
Автор: Arnold Jason Gum, Leonid Sheynblat, Lionel J. Garin
Принадлежит: Qualcomm Inc

Disclosed is an apparatus, system and method for determining a location of a mobile device based on a location of a wireless network node, a distance between the wireless network node and the mobile device, and a bearing from the wireless network node to the mobile device, wherein the bearing is determined based on a directional signal and magnetometer measurements.

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Номер записи: 2
09-02-2012 дата публикации

Optical position detection apparatus and appliance having position detection function

Номер: US20120033231A1
Автор: Kanechika Kiyose
Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

An optical position detection apparatus detects the position of a target object based on the result of the light reception through a light receiving unit when a light source is turned on. In a front-side housing portion of a housing of an optical unit, a reflection unit for generating a default light that makes the default light be incident to the light receiving unit is configured even in a state where a target object is not present. Accordingly, the initial setting of the relationship between a drive current in the light source unit and a light intensity in the light receiving unit can be appropriately performed based on the result of receiving the default light.

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Номер записи: 3
23-02-2012 дата публикации

Portable electronic device and position tracking method of the device

Номер: US20120046041A1
Автор: Cheng-Wen Tang
Принадлежит: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd

A location tracking method using a portable electronic device utilizes communication with a server through access points. The portable electronic device creates a database to restore information of the access points and scans the access points which can communicates and searches the information of the access points scanned from the database. The portable electronic device logs onto the access points and transmits transmitter packages including the access points scanned and scanning time of the access points to the server for tracking locations of the portable electronic device.

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Номер записи: 4
01-03-2012 дата публикации

Location Accuracy Improvement Using a priori Probabilities

Номер: US20120052835A1
Автор: Jeffrey F. Bull, Rashidus S. Mia, Robert J. Anderson
Принадлежит: Trueposition Inc

A large volume of high accuracy location data is determined in many commercial wireless networks from location based services (LBS) and, in the United States, for E911. Uplink-Time-Difference-of-Arrival (UTDOA) and Assisted GPS (AGPS) are the predominant geolocation technologies providing these high accuracy locations. In the US alone over 10 million wireless subscribers are located every month because they dial the national emergency number “911” on their mobile phones. This rich set of location data provides an a priori distribution of the location of subscribers in the wireless network. All digital wireless communications networks have a mechanism for the subscribers to time synchronize their handsets to the network. This mechanism provides a band of ranges from the serving cell site to the handset. An a posteriori location estimate can be determined very quickly by considering the a priori distribution of callers in the range band that the current subscriber is in.

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Номер записи: 5
05-04-2012 дата публикации

Inter-frequency measurements for observed time difference of arrival

Номер: US20120083221A1
Автор: Karri M. Ranta-Aho, Manivannan Thyagarajan
Принадлежит: NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS OY

Aspects of this invention include a method, system and computer program to perform mobile node measurements. In a method there are steps of receiving from a location server at a mobile user node a request to perform inter-frequency reference signal time difference measurements; receiving from a serving access node a measurement gap configuration; performing the requested inter-frequency reference signal time difference measurements during the assigned measurement gaps; and reporting the results of the inter-frequency reference signal time difference measurements to the location server.

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Номер записи: 6
26-04-2012 дата публикации

Laser-based coordinate measuring device and laser-based method for measuring coordinates

Номер: US20120099096A1
Автор: D. Scott Ackerson, James K. West, Lawrence B. Brown, Robert E. Bridges
Принадлежит: Faro Technologies Inc

A laser based coordinate measuring device measures a position of a remote target. The laser based coordinate measuring device includes a stationary portion, a rotatable portion, and at least a first optical fiber. The stationary portion has at least a first laser radiation source and at least a first optical detector, and the rotatable portion is rotatable with respect to the stationary portion. The first optical fiber system, which optically interconnects the first laser radiation source and the first optical detector with an emission end of the first optical fiber system, has the emission end disposed on the rotatable portion. The emission end emits laser radiation to the remote target and receives laser radiation reflected from the remote target with the emission direction of the laser radiation being controlled according to the rotation of the rotatable portion.

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Номер записи: 7
17-05-2012 дата публикации

Method for locating multiple rays of a source with or without aoa by multi-channel estimation of the tdoa and fdoa

Номер: US20120122470A1
Автор: Anne Ferreol, Cecile Germond
Принадлежит: Thales SA

A method and system for locating an emitter E transmitting a signal toward a receiver A comprising N radio frequency channels (N≧1), the characteristics of said signal being unknown to the receiver and said signal being reflected off P reflectors B i (P≧1) of known positions, includes a step of multi-channel joint estimation/detection of the time differences of arrival or TDOA τ i and of the frequency differences of arrival or FDOA f i for each reflected path, a step of angular estimation of the direction θ 1 of the direct path of the signal emitted by a goniometry procedure, and a step of location in the plane of the position (x,y) of the emitter E on the basis, at least, of the pairs (τ i , f i ).

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Номер записи: 8
17-05-2012 дата публикации

Method for calibrating a propagation-time-based localization system

Номер: US20120122484A1
Автор: Alejandro Ramirez, Christian SCHWINGENSCHLÖGL, Maksym Marchenko
Принадлежит: SIEMENS AG

In a method for calibrating a propagation-time-based localization system in a computer-assisted manner, the position of a mobile object in a predetermined environment can be determined by detecting propagation-time-based variables of multiple base stations, wherein the propagation-time-based variable of a base station represents the propagation time of a signal between an object radio unit and the base station. The object is moved and the variables of the base stations are detected in the process at multiple measuring times. The minimum value of the variables of a base station is associated with a predefined minimum distance between the object and base station and the maximum value with a predefined maximum distance. A predefined dependence of the distances between the object and base station is scaled to the association of the minimum and maximum value. The scaled dependence is then used when determining the position of the mobile object.

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Номер записи: 9
21-06-2012 дата публикации

Method and system for 60 ghz location determination and coordination of wlan/wpan/gps multimode devices

Номер: US20120157120A1
Автор: Christopher J. Hansen, Jeyhan Karaoguz
Принадлежит: Broadcom Corp

Within a local region, information may be communicated between two or more wireless multimode communication devices (WMCD) comprising 60 GHz band and lower frequency band wireless interfaces. Spatial relationships between devices may vary. The 60 GHz interface may handle location determination operations and data transfers. The lower frequency band may support WPAN, WLAN and may handle coordination of communications and data transfers. The WMCDs may be coupled with a network. Antennas may be directional. Moreover, the spatial orientation of the antennas may be dynamically modified or swept across a specified angle. Furthermore, intelligent and/or adaptive antenna systems may be utilized. The WMCDs may utilize a position and/or time reference system to aid in location determination operations.

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Номер записи: 10
21-06-2012 дата публикации

Context aware advertisement delivery

Номер: US20120158520A1
Автор: Babak Forutanpour, Brian Momeyer, Roman Tivyan
Принадлежит: Qualcomm Inc

Sensor data indicating the motion level of a mobile platform is used to determine a rate, or cost-per-impression (CPM), to be charged for an advertisement displayed on the mobile platform. Additional data may be used to determine an attention level of a user of the mobile platform, which is used to determine the rate of the advertisement. The determination of the rate for the advertisement maybe determined by the mobile platform and transmitted to a server. Alternatively, a server may determine the rate for the advertisement based on sensor data received from the mobile platform. Additionally, the amount of information or text in an advertisement may be adjusted based on the motion level or attention level of the mobile platform.

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Номер записи: 11
28-06-2012 дата публикации

Method for locating wireless nodes using difference triangulation

Номер: US20120165040A1
Автор: Byung Tak Lee, Jai Sang Koh, Seok Kap Ko, Seung Hun Oh
Принадлежит: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute ETRI

Disclosed is a method for locating wireless nodes using difference triangulation, including: storing information transmitted from three or more fixed wireless nodes while moving on a movement path; calculating displacement vectors among three or more measurement points sharing the information of three or more fixed wireless nodes on the movement path; calculating positional information of the mobile wireless node at another measurement point by reflecting the calculated displacement vectors to the positional information of the mobile wireless node calculated at a measurement point of a region where a location of at least one fixed wireless node is known; and calculating positional information of a location-unknown fixed wireless node by the positional information of the mobile wireless node calculated at the three or more measurement points and information received from the location-unknown fixed wireless node.

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Номер записи: 12
05-07-2012 дата публикации

Location measuring method and apparatus using access point and lamp

Номер: US20120172051A1
Автор: Seung-Hyuk JEONG
Принадлежит: KT Corp

Measuring a location of a communication terminal using a wireless local area access point based on location coordinates of the access points and location information of a nearby lamp.

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Номер записи: 13
12-07-2012 дата публикации

Position determination using horizontal angles

Номер: US20120178469A1
Автор: Slawomir K. Grzechnik
Принадлежит: Qualcomm Inc

An access terminal of a wireless communication system includes a transceiver configured to receive wirelessly multiple reference keypoints and a geographical location of each respective reference keypoint, each geographical location being a location near an estimated position of the access terminal; at least one camera communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to capture an image; and a processor communicatively coupled to the at least one camera and configured to calculate a refined position of the access terminal, that is more accurate than the estimated position, using first and second horizontal angles between the geographical locations of respective first and second pairs of reference keypoints determined as each corresponding to a respective image keypoint identified within the image captured by the at least one camera.

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Номер записи: 14
26-07-2012 дата публикации

Handheld global positioning system device

Номер: US20120188122A1
Автор: Alexander Gribkov, Javad Ashjaee, Lev B. Rapoport, Mikhail GRIBKOV
Принадлежит: Javad GNSS Inc

A handheld GNSS device includes a housing, handgrips integral to the housing for enabling a user to hold the device, and a display screen integral with the housing. The device has a GNSS antenna and a communication antenna, both integral with the housing. The GNSS antenna receives position data from GNSS satellites. The communication antenna receives positioning assistance data from a base station. The GNSS antenna has a first antenna pattern, and the communication antenna has a second antenna pattern. The first and second antenna patterns are substantially separated. Coupled to the GNSS antenna, within the housing, is at least one receiver. Further, the device includes, within the housing, orientation circuitry for generating orientation data, imaging circuitry for obtaining image data, and positioning circuitry for determining a position for the point of interest based on the position data, the positioning assistance data, the orientation data, and the image data.

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Номер записи: 15
02-08-2012 дата публикации

Radio navigation

Номер: US20120196622A1
Автор: Ramsey Michael Faragher
Принадлежит: BAE SYSTEMS plc

Methods and systems for estimating the position of a radio signal receiver are described. The position of a first stationary radio signal transmitter is estimated using a primary set of positioning resources available to the receiver. Once the position of the first transmitter has been determined, it is added to a secondary set of positioning resources available to the receiver. If the primary set of positioning resources is ineffectual, the secondary set of positioning resources may be used to estimate the position of the receiver.

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Номер записи: 16
23-08-2012 дата публикации

Positioning Devices and Methods in Cellular Communication Systems

Номер: US20120214512A1
Автор: Iana Siomina, Torbjörn WIGREN
Принадлежит: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB

A method, performed in a positioning node, for performing uplink positioning comprises receiving ( 210 ) of a request for uplink positioning of a user equipment. Information about carrier capabilities for uplink positioning measurements for carriers used in a serving cell of the user equipment is obtained ( 220 ). The method further comprises deciding ( 230 ) of which carrier to be used for uplink positioning measurements, based at least on the information about carrier capabilities. An uplink positioning measurement request for the user equipment using the carrier decided to be used for uplink positioning measurements is transmitted ( 250 ). Data representing said requested uplink positioning measurements is received ( 252 ). Complementing methods of cooperating network nodes are also disclosed as well as arrangements of the nodes.

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Номер записи: 17
30-08-2012 дата публикации

Devices and methods for position determination and surface measurement

Номер: US20120218563A1
Автор: Bernd Spruck, Christian Koos, Cristina Alvarez Diez, Enrico Geissler, Frank Hoeller, Lars-Christian Wittig, Oliver Schmidt, Simon Brattke, Stefan Richter
Принадлежит: CARL ZEISS AG

In an embodiment a method for position determination of an object ( 25 ) in a spatial area ( 28 ) is provided in which the object ( 25 ) is illuminated with at least one light beam ( 22, 27 ). The light beam ( 22, 27 ) does not cover the complete spatial area ( 28 ) and is guided into a part of the spatial area in which the object ( 25 ) is present depending on the position of the object ( 25 ). In another aspect a method for measuring a surface is provided.

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Номер записи: 18
04-10-2012 дата публикации

System and method for passively determining own position listening to wireless time synchronization communications

Номер: US20120252503A1
Автор: Ryan Haoyun Wu
Принадлежит: Saab Sensis Corp

The system and method of the present invention provides a mobile node (e.g., target), such as an aircraft, vehicle or mobile piece of equipment, the ability to determine its own position by passively listening to wireless time synchronization communications, such as IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) messages, exchanged between nodes over a wireless network.

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Номер записи: 19
18-10-2012 дата публикации

Network coverage and demand maps

Номер: US20120262335A1
Автор: Alejandro R. Holcman, Manish Tripathi, Mukesh K. Mittal
Принадлежит: Qualcomm Inc

Disclosed is an apparatus and method for pairing measurements and position estimate as an information pair from multiple mobile devices and reporting these information pairs to a server without over burdening the mobile device and without requiring the mobile devices to establish a new link. Also, disclosed is an apparatus and method for collecting these information pairs and compiling network maps based on the information pairs.

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Номер записи: 20
18-10-2012 дата публикации

Method for Enabling Landing on an Offset Runway

Номер: US20120265377A1
Автор: Thierry Boulay
Принадлежит: Thales SA

1—Method for determining the distance of an aircraft from an offset runway ( 15 ) during a landing by offset approach, the offset runway ( 15 ) being situated at a distance D from a main runway ( 11 ) equipped with at least one elevation beacon ( 12 ), characterized in that it comprises at least the following steps: determining the height h at which the aircraft ( 1 ) is situated, height determined with respect to a point T 1 of the offset runway ( 15 ), height measured by a radioaltimeter with which the aircraft is equipped, determining the angle of elevation φ of the MLS mode by using the information of the elevation beacon ( 12 ) provided by an elevation beacon ( 12 ) with which said main runway is equipped ( 11 ), determining the value of the distance ρ of the aircraft from the azimuth beacon ( 10 ) by using the following formula ρ = ( h Tan  ( ϕ ) - D   2 Cos  ( θ ) ) 2 + h 2 , using said distance ρ to obtain a point of location of the aircraft in an offset runway reference frame ( 15 ).

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Номер записи: 21
22-11-2012 дата публикации

Rtls system using tdo

Номер: US20120293373A1
Автор: Chang Sung YOU
Принадлежит: LSIS Co Ltd

Provided is an RTLS system using TDOA, the RTLS system tracking, by a positioning unit, a position of a transmitter based on a position signal transmitted by the transmitter, the system comprising a plurality of receivers receiving the position signal from the transmitter, and a gateway calculating a time difference of position signal arriving at the plurality of receivers from the transmitter and providing the time difference to the positioning unit.

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Номер записи: 22
22-11-2012 дата публикации

method of aligning a helmet mounted display

Номер: US20120293395A1
Автор: John Richard Williams
Принадлежит: BAE SYSTEMS plc

A method and system of aligning a helmet mounted display mounted to a helmet is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of;—aligning a first helmet mounted display guide symbol with a reference direction;—selecting the alignment of the first helmet mounted display guide symbol with the reference direction;—aligning a first stabilised guide symbol, starting at the position of the aligned first symbol, with a reference direction, the first stabilised symbol being stabilised to reduce the movement of the stabilised symbol with respect to the reference direction in response to movements of the head of the user;—selecting the alignment of the first stabilised guide symbol with the reference direction;—aligning a second helmet mounted display guide symbol with the reference direction;—selecting the alignment of the second helmet mounted display guide symbol with the reference direction;—aligning a second stabilised guide symbol, starting at the position of the aligned second symbol, with a reference direction, the second stabilised symbol being stabilised to reduce the movement of the stabilised symbol with respect to the reference direction in response to movements of the head of the user; —selecting the alignment of the second stabilised display guide symbol with the reference direction;—determining a relative position and orientation between the helmet and the display mounted to the helmet according to the positions and orientations of the helmet at said alignments.

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Номер записи: 23
29-11-2012 дата публикации

System and/or method for reducing ambiguities in received SPS signals

Номер: US20120300885A1
Автор: Dominic Gerard Farmer, Rayman Wai Pon
Принадлежит: Qualcomm Inc

The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for resolving ambiguities associated with signals received from space vehicles (SVs) in a satellite navigation system.

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Номер записи: 24
06-12-2012 дата публикации

State estimation using motion context and multiple input observation types

Номер: US20120309411A1
Автор: Glenn Donald MacGougan, Lukas M. Marti, Robert Mayor
Принадлежит: Apple Inc

Techniques for estimating the current state (e.g., position, velocity) of a mobile device based on motion context and multiple input observation types are disclosed. In some implementations, an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) formulation is used to combine multiple input observations received from a variety of sources (e.g., WiFi, cell, GPS) to compute a minimum error state estimate. In some implementations, the EKF is updated using position estimates from an active cell and/or a candidate active cell during a cell-hopping event.

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Номер записи: 25
06-12-2012 дата публикации

Location Determination Using Historical Data

Номер: US20120309429A1
Автор: David Patron, Lalitha Suryanarayana
Принадлежит: SBC Properties LP

Systems and methods for determining a location based on historical data are disclosed. Generally, a location determination component receives a request for information from a wireless device, where the request is associated with at least two network access points (NAPs). The location determination component determines which of the at least two NAPs has a greater precedence and estimates a current location of the wireless device based on a known location of the current NAP and a known location of a previously-current NAP associated with the wireless device.

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Номер записи: 26
13-12-2012 дата публикации

Third party device location estimation in wireless communication networks

Номер: US20120315919A1
Автор: Olaf J. Hirsch
Принадлежит: Qualcomm Atheros Inc

A third party device location estimation mechanism can be implemented in a wireless communication network. In one embodiment, a distance between an observing communication device and a reference communication device and a distance between the observing communication device and a target communication device are determined. An exchange of messages between the target communication device and the reference communication device is detected at the observing communication device. Timing information associated with the exchanged messages is determined at the observing communication device. A distance between the target communication device and the reference communication device is determined at the observing communication device based, at least in part, on the distance between the observing communication device and the reference communication device, the distance between the observing communication device and the target communication device, and the timing information associated with the messages exchanged between the target communication device and the reference communication device.

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Номер записи: 27
03-01-2013 дата публикации

Method and apparatus for mapping operating parameter in coverage area of wireless network

Номер: US20130005297A1
Автор: Susan W. Sanders, Tian Bu
Принадлежит: Alcatel Lucent USA Inc

A method for mapping an operating parameter in a coverage area of a wireless network includes obtaining parameter measurements for an operating parameter associated with mobile stations operating in a select portion of a network coverage area for a wireless network, the network coverage area formed by base stations defining cellular coverage areas, the select portion formed by at least one base station, each at least one base station including multiple sector antennas, each sector antenna defining a sector coverage area within the cellular coverage area; and, for each obtained parameter measurement, estimating an instant geographic location of the mobile station in relation to the at least one base station serving the mobile station, each instant geographic location based on a round trip measurement and a signal strength measurement associated with the mobile station, each round trip measurement associated with the serving base station.

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Номер записи: 28
03-01-2013 дата публикации

Distributed positioning mechanism for wireless communication devices

Номер: US20130005347A1
Автор: Florean Curticapean
Принадлежит: Qualcomm Atheros Inc

A wireless communication device can determine its position in accordance with a distributed positioning mechanism to minimize bandwidth and power consumption at the wireless communication device. The wireless communication device can detect positioning control messages exchanged between independent pairs of access points in a wireless communication network. The wireless communication device can determine position information associated with each access point of each of the pairs of access points and timing information associated with the pairs of access points based, at least in part, on the detected positioning control messages. The position of the wireless communication device can then be calculated based, at least in part, on the position information and the timing information associated with the pairs of access points.

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Номер записи: 29
03-01-2013 дата публикации

Target tracking

Номер: US20130006576A1
Автор: David Nicholson, George Morgan Mathews
Принадлежит: BAE SYSTEMS plc

An apparatus and a method are disclosed for tracking a plurality of targets (e.g. land-based vehicles) The method can include: for a first time-step, estimating a state of each target; at a second time-step, measuring values for a state of a target; for the second time-step, estimating a state of each target using the estimated target states for the first time-step; updating the estimated target states for the second time-step using the measured values; and performing an identity management process to estimate a probability that a particular state measurement corresponds to a particular target by providing a mixing matrix, wherein an element of the mixing matrix is based on an overlap between the updated estimated target states of targets in an underlying state space of the estimated target states.

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Номер записи: 30
10-01-2013 дата публикации

Method and System for Tracking and Determining a Location of a Wireless Transmission

Номер: US20130012227A1
Автор: Barry Nadler, Joseph S. Noonan, Maosen Fang
Принадлежит: Binj Laboratories Inc

An apparatus for detecting and timing a transmitting device is disclosed. The device includes a receiving system receiving a signal containing at least a preamble code of a known length and at least one pulse within a receive window after the preamble code, a circuit receiving the at least one pulse comprising a zero-crossing circuit for indicting a zero-voltage crossing of the at least one pulse and a trigger device for latching the indication of zero-voltage crossing, and a ripple circuit counter, receiving the latched indication of said zero-voltage crossing and associating a time to the receipt of the latched indication. A system for detecting and locating a transmitting device is further disclosed. The system includes a plurality of sensor apparatus each determining a reception time of a signal and a processor for determining a location based on groups of the reception times

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Номер записи: 31
10-01-2013 дата публикации

Positioning device and positioning method

Номер: US20130012229A1
Автор: Jun Hashimoto, Kentaro Itagaki, Makoto Takahashi
Принадлежит: NTT DOCOMO INC

A positioning apparatus for performing a positioning operation based on distance to an access point includes an access point detection unit configured to detect an access point, a memory unit configured to store the access point detected by the access point detection unit for each of channels, a channel setup unit configured to set a channel to be scanned based on the access points in the memory unit, and a positioning operation unit configured to perform positioning based on the distance to the access point detected by the access point detection unit. The access point detection unit detects the access point based on the channel set by the channel setup unit.

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Номер записи: 32
24-01-2013 дата публикации

Signal Transponder

Номер: US20130021193A1
Автор: Andreas Schmitz-Peiffer, Markus Hermsen
Принадлежит: Astrium GmbH

A signal transponder for frequency conversion of signals from unknown signal sources is provided. The transponder includes an input for receiving a signal from an unknown signal source, an input filter for filtering the received signal, an input signal amplifier for amplifying the received signal, a mixer for converting the frequency of the amplified and filtered received signal to a predetermined frequency, a local oscillator for generating a clock signal supplied to the mixer for frequency conversion, an output filter for filtering the frequency converted signal, an output signal amplifier for amplifying the frequency converted signal, and an output for transmitting the filtered and amplified frequency converted signal.

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Номер записи: 33
24-01-2013 дата публикации

Method and System for Multipath Reduction for Wireless Synchronizing and/or Locating

Номер: US20130021206A1
Автор: Albrecht Rommel, Rainer Hach
Принадлежит: NANOTRON TECHNOLOGIES GMBH

A method for determining an instantaneous phase difference between time bases of at least two location anchors for a desired point in time (t), each of the location anchors having transmitting and receiving access to a joint broadcast transmission medium and a respective time base for measuring time, wherein a first of the location anchors broadcasts a first broadcast message at least twice; the first location anchor and at least a second of the location anchors receive the first broadcast messages; the second location anchor broadcasting a second broadcast message at least twice; and the second location anchor and at least the first location anchor receive the second broadcast messages. The location server calculates the instantaneous phase difference from a determined first and second clock model functions and from a time elapsed between a reference point in time and the desired point in time t.

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Номер записи: 34
31-01-2013 дата публикации

Method and system for video processing to determine digital pulse recognition tones

Номер: US20130027528A1
Автор: Daniel Ryan, Peter Staats, Rob Sumner
Принадлежит: ByteLight Inc

In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method for isolating a broadcast digital pulse recognition tone of a beacon light source in a digital video sequence. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving a digital video sequence of a scene, the digital video sequence including a sequence of frames and the scene including both modulated illumination broadcast by a beacon light source and un-modulated illumination, calculating a background value of the digital video sequence, the background value including a portion of the digital video sequence corresponding to the un-modulated illumination of the scene, subtracting the background value of the digital video sequence to obtain an isolated digital video sequence of the modulated illumination of the scene, calculating a frequency content of a frame of the isolated digital video sequence, and determining a particular tone broadcast by the beacon light source based on the frequency content.

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Номер записи: 35
28-03-2013 дата публикации

Audio analysis apparatus

Номер: US20130080168A1
Автор: Haruo Harada, Hirohito Yoneyama, Kei Shimotani, Kiyoshi Iida, Yohei Nishino
Принадлежит: Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

An audio analysis apparatus includes the following components. A strap has an end portion connected to a main body and is used to hang the main body from a user's neck. A first audio acquisition device is at the end portion or in the main body. Second and third audio acquisition devices are at positions separate from the end portion by substantially the same predetermined distances, on the respective sides of the strap extending from the user's neck. An analysis unit discriminates whether an acquired sound is an uttered voice of the user or another person by comparing audio signals of acquired by the first and second or third audio acquisition devices and detects an orientation of the user's face by comparing the audio signals acquired by the second and third audio acquisition devices. A transmission unit transmits the analysis result to an external apparatus.

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Номер записи: 36
04-04-2013 дата публикации

Using wired endpoints to determine position information for wireless endpoints in a network

Номер: US20130084887A1
Автор: Kazuhito Akiyama, Makoto Kogoh, Shinkichi Hamada, Yasutaka Nishimura
Принадлежит: International Business Machines Corp

Provided are a computer readable recording media, system, and method for using wired endpoints to determine position information for wireless endpoints in a network. Identification information from a detected wired endpoint connected to the network is received and a command is issued to the detected wired endpoint to cause the detected wired endpoint to transmit signals identifying the wired endpoint. Information is received from a communicating wireless endpoint, comprising one of the wireless endpoints, using wireless communication, including wireless endpoint identification information and information identifying at least one of the wired endpoints transmitting signals received at the wireless endpoint. Position information is determined for the wired endpoint indicated in the information received from the communicating wireless endpoint. Information on the communicating wireless endpoint is updated to associate with the determined position information.

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Номер записи: 37
11-04-2013 дата публикации

Method and apparatus for selecting reference tag used for positioning

Номер: US20130088334A1
Автор: Ai Chen, Lujia Pan
Принадлежит: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd

A method and an apparatus for selecting a reference tag used for positioning are provided. The method includes: obtaining first signal strength emitted by a reference tag and second signal strength emitted by a tag to be positioned, where the first signal strength and the second signal strength are detected by each radio frequency reader; comparing the first signal strength with the second signal strength to determine a boundary of the radio frequency readers, and dividing a network into a first area and a second area with the boundary; determining an estimated direction of the tag to be positioned relative to the reference tag according to a relative position of the reference tag and the boundary; and according to the estimated direction and according to the specified number of reference tags, selecting a valid reference tag group as the reference tag used for positioning.

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Номер записи: 38
11-04-2013 дата публикации

LOCATION PROCESSING IN SMALL CELLS IMPLEMENTING MULTIPLE AIR INTERFACES

Номер: US20130090119A1
Автор: Sharony Jacob, Sheikh Khurram Parviz
Принадлежит: POWERWAVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

A heterogeneous network which supports multiple communication technologies (e.g., communication in accordance with multiple air interface standards) in a unified architecture can provide near-term solutions to capacity problems. Specifically, in one embodiment, a heterogeneous network that includes both macro-base cells and pico cells and that incorporates longer range wireless air interfaces (e.g., second, third, or fourth generation wireless air interface standards) and shorter range wireless air interfaces (e.g., Wi-Fi) can be provided. Such a heterogeneous network can include the coordination of security, quality of service, assessment of mobility of user equipment, authentication, provisioning systems, and location information. 1. A heterogeneous network comprising:one or more macro cells, wherein each macro cell is configured to wirelessly communicate with mobile devices in accordance with a longer range air interface standard; anda plurality of small cells, wherein each small cell is configured to wirelessly communicate with the mobile device in accordance with the longer range air interface standard and a shorter range air interface standard;wherein the one or more small cells are further configured to implement intra small cell handovers between communications with the mobile device in accordance with the longer range air interface and the shorter range air interface standards; andwherein each small cell is configured to transmit location processing information via the longer range air interface standard when communications between the mobile device and the small cell correspond to the shorter range air interface standard; andwherein each small cell is configured to transmit location processing information via the shorter range air interface standard when communications between the mobile device and the small cell correspond to the longer range air interface standard.2. The network as recited in claim 1 , wherein the longer range air interface standard ...

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Номер записи: 39
18-04-2013 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD FOR PEDESTRIAN NAVIGATION

Номер: US20130095849A1
Автор: Pakzad Payam
Принадлежит: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

Disclosed are methods, apparatuses and systems for tracking a location of a mobile device based, at least in part, on measurements over time. In response to measurements, particles in a motion model may be propagated in a first routing graph covering an area. Propagated particles may be indicative of a direction of movement along a second routing graph covering the same area or a larger area in some embodiments. 1. A method comprising:identifying particles representing possible states of a mobile device, said possible states including at least possible locations of said mobile device in an area;determining a target anchor node of a plurality of anchor nodes in a first routing graph connecting a plurality of cells of the area based, at least in part, on measurement signals at the mobile device; andpropagating one or more of said particles subject to edges of a second routing graph connecting nodes within at least one cell of the plurality of cells to represent possible movement of said mobile device based, at least in part, on the determined target anchor node.2. The method of claim 1 , and further comprising receiving said measurement signals from one or more inertial sensors.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the target cell is adjacent a current cell of the plurality of cells claim 1 , and further comprising selecting the target cell further based claim 1 , at least in part claim 1 , on an estimated speed of movement of said mobile device along said first routing graph.4. The method of claim 3 , and further comprising selecting a previous cell as a subsequent target cell in response to detection that said mobile device has entered an adjacent cell other than said target cell.5. The method of claim 3 , and further comprising selecting a neighboring cell as a new target cell in response to detection that said mobile device has entered said target cell following expiration of a wander timer.6. The method of claim 1 , and further comprising determining a direction ...

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Номер записи: 40
02-05-2013 дата публикации

Method for the Coordinated Processing of Signals Transmitted by Beacons

Номер: US20130106656A1
Автор: Lionel Ries, Michel Monnerat, Thibaud Calmettes
Принадлежит: Centre National dEtudes Spatiales CNES, Thales SA

A method is provided for demodulating a signal carrying a message transmitted by a terrestrial beacon, executed by a system comprising a constellation of satellites suitable for detecting said signal and for repeating it towards receiving stations on the ground, and an analysis module suitable for receiving signals from said stations. Each receiving station transmits the signals that it receives from the satellite to the analysis module, said module realigning said signals in frequency and/or in time relative to one another, combining the realigned signals to generate a synthetic signal having an enhanced signal-to-noise ratio, and determining the content of said message and/or the modulation parameters of said synthetic signal. The method applies notably to the accurate and reliable location of distress beacons by a satellite system.

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Номер записи: 41
09-05-2013 дата публикации

Mobile terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, switching station apparatus and mobile communication method

Номер: US20130115970A1
Автор: Anil Umesh, Hideaki Takahashi, Mikio Iwamura, Wuri Andarmawanti Hapsari
Принадлежит: NTT DOCOMO INC

A mobile terminal apparatus for acquiring positional information includes a determination unit configured to determine in acquisition of the positional information whether a measurement condition for measurement of radio quality measurement and investigation of a network is set to the mobile terminal apparatus, a measurement control unit configured to, if the determination unit determines that the measurement condition is set, control to perform the measurement of the radio quality measurement and investigation of the network, a report information generation unit configured to generate report information including a measurement result of the radio quality measurement and investigation of the network and the positional information, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the report information generated by the report information generation unit to the network.

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Номер записи: 42
16-05-2013 дата публикации

Method for Implementing Location Update, Serving GPRS Support Node and Visitor Location Register

Номер: US20130122865A1
Автор: Jin Hui
Принадлежит: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

The present invention provides a method for implementing a location update that includes: receiving a routing area update request message which includes a mixed location update indication and a routing area identification (RAI) and is sent by a serving radio network subsystem (SRNS); performing, at least according to the RAI, a routing area update; at least according to the routing area update request message, obtaining a location area identification (LAI) and an address of a visitor location register (VLR) which are of a 2G network system where a mobile terminal is located; and sending the location area update request message, which carries at least the mixed location update indication and the LAI, to the VLR corresponding to the address of the VLR such that the VLR corresponding to the address of the VLR implements a location area update, at least according to the location area update request message. 1. A method for implementing a location update comprising:receiving a routing area update request message which contains at least a mixed location update indication and a routing area identification (RAI) and is sent by a serving radio network subsystem (SRNS), wherein the routing area update request message which contains at least the mixed location update indication and the RAI is generated after the SRNS adds the RAI to a received routing area update request message which contains at least the mixed location update indication and is sent by a mobile terminal;obtaining the RAI from the routing area update request message which contains at least the mixed location update indication and the RAI;performing, at least according to the RAI, a routing area update;at least according to the routing area update request message which contains at least the mixed location update indication and the RAI, obtaining a location area identification (LAI) and an address of a visitor location register (VLR) which are of a 2G network system where the mobile terminal is located; ...

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Номер записи: 43
16-05-2013 дата публикации

Method and a network node for localization of a user equipment

Номер: US20130124139A1
Автор: Fredrik Gunnarsson, Fredrik Gustafsson
Принадлежит: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB

A method is disclosed that includes receiving one or more first localization related measures for a user equipment node at a first localization measurement time, and receiving at least one or more second localization related measures for the user equipment node at a second localization measurement time. The localization related measurements are included in a trace of localization related measurements for the user equipment node from the first localization measurement time to the second localization measurement time. A location for the user equipment at a single time instant in a time interval between the first localization measurement time and the second localization measurement time is estimated from the trace.

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Номер записи: 44
30-05-2013 дата публикации

Tdoa based positioning with calculation of correction factors for compensating the clock offsets of unsynchronized network stations

Номер: US20130137452A1
Автор: David Bevan, Simon Gale
Принадлежит: ROCKSTAR BIDCO LP

The present invention presents a method, arrangement and computer program product for clocking exploiting the relative behavior of clocks of individual receiving stations as well as a corresponding modeling to derive a time difference of arrival of a signal from a user device which can be used to correct the time difference of arrival based on the modeled clock behavior and leads to a correct clocking of received user signals without the need of synchronization of the clocks in the various receiving stations. This principle is applicable to a plurality of pairs of receiving stations and beacon signals transmitted amongst them and allows for a correct location estimation of a user device.

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Номер записи: 45
30-05-2013 дата публикации

SUMMIT TRACKING AND LOGGING DEVICE

Номер: US20130137456A1
Автор: Ringli Philipp
Принадлежит:

A mobile unit is disclosed for generating a summit log entry in an electronic registry of summits. The unit includes (1) a receiver that is adapted to identify a current position and/or a current time, (2) a local memory being adapted to store the current position or the current time, and (3) a transmitter being adapted to transmit a summit log entry of the mobile unit to a central unit having a summit database. The mobile unit is adapted to combine the current time and/or the current position with a reference for a summit and an identification of a user into a summit log entry. The summit log entry cannot be modified by the user, once it has been created. Similarly, the registry of summits—contained within a central unit—cannot be destroyed or stolen. 1. A mobile unit for generating a summit log entry in an electronic registry of summits , which comprises:(a) a receiver that is adapted to identify a current position of a user, a current time, and a combination thereof;(b) a local memory being adapted to store the current position and the current time of the user; and(c) a transmitter being adapted to transmit a summit log entry of the mobile unit to a central unit having a summit database, wherein the mobile unit is adapted to combine (i) the current time or the current position with (ii) a reference variable for a summit and an identification variable of the user to create the transmitted summit log entry.2. The mobile unit of claim 1 , which is configured to identify the current position of the user through a global satellite navigation system.3. The mobile unit of claim 2 , wherein the unit is encapsulated by a sealed and waterproof housing.4. The mobile unit of claim 3 , wherein the unit is configured to encrypt the summit log entry prior to transmitting said entry to the central unit.5. The mobile unit of claim 4 , wherein the unit is configured to transmit a summit log entry for (i) a single summit claim 4 , (ii) a single user claim 4 , or (iii) a combination ...

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Номер записи: 46
06-06-2013 дата публикации

Methods and apparatuses for use in selecting a transmitting device for use in a positioning function

Номер: US20130143590A1
Автор: Behrooz Khorashadi, Saumitra Mohan Das, Vinay Sridhara
Принадлежит: Qualcomm Inc

Methods and apparatuses are provided which may be implemented in various devices having one or more computing platforms to obtain signaling characteristics for one or more transmitting devices. The signaling characteristics may, for example, be based, at least in part, on one or more signals received by a receiving device from the transmitting device(s), and may comprise at least a received signal strength measurement and a propagation time measurement. Such methods and apparatuses may further be implemented to determine whether a mobile station is to use or not use positioning data for one or more transmitting device(s) in a positioning function based, at least in part, on the received signal strength measurement and the propagation time measurement.

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Номер записи: 47
06-06-2013 дата публикации

Determining the Position of a Mobile Device Using the Characteristics of Received Signals and a Reference Database

Номер: US20130143595A1
Автор: Moshfeghi Mehran
Принадлежит: Golba LLC

Some embodiments use scanning devices to characterize radio signals received at a number of locations within a geographical area of interest. The signal characteristics along with the location information associated with the characteristics are stored in a centralized reference database. A mobile device characterizes signals it receives at a certain location and compares the characteristics with the signal characteristics stored in the reference database to obtain accurate location information of the certain location. 137-. (canceled)38. A method of determining a location of a mobile device , the method comprising:from each of a plurality of antennas of a single transmitting device, receiving a signal at the mobile device over a plurality of transmission channels, each transmission channel corresponding to one or more antennas in the plurality of the antennas of the single transmitting device;characterizing the plurality of transmission channels to compute a first plurality of parameters associated with the first plurality of signals;retrieving, from a database, a second plurality of parameters associated with a plurality of signals previously received from the plurality of antennas of said transmitting device by a set of scanning devices;correlating the first plurality of parameters with the second plurality of parameters; anddetermining the location of the mobile device based on the correlation.39. The method of claim 38 , wherein characterizing the plurality of transmission channels to compute a first plurality of parameters comprises characterizing a profile of the received signals to determine a first plurality of peak time of arrivals associated with the profile of the signals received at the mobile device claim 38 , wherein the second plurality of parameters comprise a second plurality of peak time of arrivals associated with profiles of a plurality of signals previously received from the plurality of the antennas of the transmitting device by the set of ...

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Номер записи: 48
06-06-2013 дата публикации

Umts proximity detection with uplink and downlink signals

Номер: US20130143598A1
Автор: Ariful HANNAN, Navin Srinivasan, Tariqul Islam
Принадлежит: Andrew LLC

A method and system for determining the location of a mobile device in a communications network or the proximity of the device to a node in the network. A location request may be received for a mobile device served by a base station in the network. A set of nodes associated with the serving base station may then be tasked and downlink data collected at a first node, the downlink data from a downlink signal received from the serving base station. Downlink frame timing may then be determined as a function of the collected downlink data and uplink data collected at a second node as a function of the determined downlink frame timing. A geographic location for the device or proximity thereof to a node may be determined as a function of the collected uplink data.

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Номер записи: 49
13-06-2013 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION INFORMATION FOR A MOBILE HANDSET

Номер: US20130150080A1
Автор: Albanes Stalin, Cantrell Herbert R., Copeland Jeanette Christine-Deason
Принадлежит: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC

Location of a mobile handset is facilitated. A system includes three or more location measurement units that each correspond to a sector of the cell site. The location measurement units transmit location related information to a computation component. The computation component receives the location related information and performs a triangulation calculation on the information to define the location of the mobile handset. 1. A method , comprising:receiving, by a system comprising a processor, a first time delay signal from a first location measurement device, a second time delay signal from a second location measurement device, a third time delay signal from a third location measurement device, and a fourth time delay signal from a fourth location measurement device, wherein the first location measurement device, the second location measurement device, the third location measurement device and the fourth location measurement device are associated with respective different sectors of a cell site and the first time delay signal, the second time delay signal, the third time delay signal and the fourth time delay signal relate to a position of a mobile handset;from a determined three time delay signals of the first time delay signal, second time delay signal, third time delay signal, and the fourth time delay signal, composing, by the system, a time delay signal that comprises information to facilitate triangulating the position of the mobile handset; andbased on the time delay signal, triangulating, by the system, the position of the mobile handset.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first time delay signal claim 1 , the second time delay signal claim 1 , the third time delay signal claim 1 , and the fourth time delay signal comprise time difference of arrival information.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the time difference of arrival information is represented according to an enhanced observed time difference of arrival standard.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein ...

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Номер записи: 50
13-06-2013 дата публикации

FEMTOCELL NETWORK FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE

Номер: US20130150084A1
Автор: Kolhe Manish
Принадлежит:

A technique is provided for determining a location of a mobile device configured to a femtocell network. The technique includes a cluster of femtocell devices. Each of the femtocell devices is coupled to a macro network. The technique includes determining a position of mobile device coupled to a femtocell by transferring a request query to a switching device. The femtocell has been registered with the switching device. 1. A method of determining a location of a mobile device configured to a femtocell network , the method comprising:transferring a request query to a switching device coupled to a cluster of femtocell devices;determining a position of the mobile device coupled to a femtocell device within the cluster of femtocell devices by initiation of the request query to the switching device, the femtocell device being registered with the switching device;identifying a macro network configured to the femtocell device;determining a topology of a surrounding geographic region from information in a database.2. The method as recited in wherein the request query is ISPOSREQ.3. The method as recited in wherein the switching device comprises an MSC/Soft Switch; each of the femtocell devices being coupled to a femtocell manager claim 1 , the femtocell manager being coupled to a data network claim 1 , the data network being coupled to a cellular network system.4. The method as recited in wherein the database comprises a static database.5. The method as recited in wherein the femtocell device is characterized by a maximum antenna range claim 1 , the maximum antenna range based on a Market ID and MSC.6. The method as recited in further comprising initiating an emergency call from the mobile device serviced by and connected to the femtocell device.7. The method as recited in wherein the emergency call is a 911 call.8. The method as recited in wherein the determining of the topology of the surrounding geographic region provides position information of the position of the mobile ...

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Номер записи: 51
13-06-2013 дата публикации

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTENT DISPLAY IN A MOBILE TERMINAL

Номер: US20130150124A1
Автор: KANG Jiyoung, KIM Heewoon, KIM Kyunghwa, KIM Seonhwa, SHIN Dongjun
Принадлежит: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

An apparatus and method for content display in a mobile terminal include: a sensing unit including a location determiner generating current location information of the mobile terminal including latitude, longitude and altitude; a content storage storing content items; a control unit controlling a process of storing, when a content item is created, the created content item together with location information in the content storage, setting a display region for content display, examining location information of stored content items, and displaying content items created at a place belonging to the display region in three dimensions; and a display unit displaying content items at corresponding places of the display region under control of the control unit. 1. An apparatus for content display in a mobile terminal , comprising:a sensing unit including a location determiner generating current location information of the mobile terminal including latitude, longitude and altitude;a content storage storing content items;a control unit controlling a process of storing, when a new content item is created, the created content item together with location information in the content storage, setting a display region for content display, examining location information of stored content items, and displaying in three dimensions any content items created at a place belonging to the display region; anda display unit displaying the content items at corresponding places of the display region under control of the control unit.2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein claim 1 , when the new content item is created claim 1 , the control unit stores claim 1 , in the content storage claim 1 , the created content item together with three dimensional (3D) location information claim 1 , which indicates a place where the new content item is created and is generated by a location determiner.3. The apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising a map storage storing 3D map data claim 2 , wherein the control ...

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Номер записи: 52
13-06-2013 дата публикации

Apparatus and method for performing map matching

Номер: US20130151140A1
Автор: Dong Kwon Suh
Принадлежит: Hyundai Mnsoft Inc

An apparatus performs a space map matching on a position of a user terminal measured through a positioning process and display the measured positions of the user terminal on a map in which a plurality of spaces are constructed. The space map matching is performed to determine in which space the user terminal is located among the plurality of spaces.

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Номер записи: 53
20-06-2013 дата публикации

Method and apparatus for updating a central plan for an area based on a location of a plurality of radio frequency identification readers

Номер: US20130154802A1
Автор: Michael O'Haire, Thomas E. Wulff
Принадлежит: Symbol Technologies LLC

A method and apparatus updates a central plan for an area based on the location of a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) readers by identifying the location of each of the RFID readers using an associated location mechanism. A read zone coverage area for each of the RFID readers is identified. The central plan is updated with the position and the read zone coverage area relative to the position for each of the RFID readers. A status of read zone coverage is determined for the area based on the read zone coverage areas on the central plan for all of the RFID readers in the plurality of RFID readers, wherein a report is provided based on the status of read zone coverage for the area.

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Номер записи: 54
20-06-2013 дата публикации

POSITIONING ERROR CALCULATION DEVICE, POSITIONING ERROR CALCULATION SYSTEM AND POSITIONING ERROR CALCULATION METHOD

Номер: US20130154883A1
Автор: Ogura Shoji
Принадлежит: NEC Corporation

Provided is a positioning error calculation device which enables provision of an appropriate positioning error value regarding position data obtained by base-station positioning regardless of the position where a positioning target exists. The positioning error calculation device includes: an element which stores therein positioning record information including first positioning result information corresponding to a position of a terminal device; an element which selects and acquires the positioning record information; an element which calculates a density of positioning records at each of predetermined places on the basis of the positioning record information; an element which calculates an estimated positioning error value by using a relational expression, on the basis of the density; and an element which acquires the estimated positioning error value at each of the places by acquiring the estimated positioning error value corresponding to the density at the each of the places. 1. A positioning error calculation device comprising:first positioning record storage unit which stores therein first positioning record information including first positioning result information corresponding to a position of a terminal device, having been estimated by first positioning unit;record selection unit which selects and acquires said first positioning record information from said first positioning record storage unit;positioning record density calculation unit which calculates a density of positioning records at each of predetermined places on the basis of said first positioning record information having been acquired by said record selection unit;density and positioning error calculation unit which calculates an estimated positioning error value on the basis of said density having been calculated by said positioning record density calculation unit; andposition and positioning error calculation unit which acquires said estimated positioning error value at each of said places by ...

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Номер записи: 55
20-06-2013 дата публикации

MOBILE PHONE NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Номер: US20130157688A1
Автор: Haines Chris, Harris Richard, Hunt Martin, Kateley Richard
Принадлежит: Actix Limited

A system and methods for maintaining or optimising a mobile phone network by spatially correlating geolocated radio access network (RAN) performance measurement data and geolocated subscriber account data, which in embodiments provides additional technical information on the RAN performance. These data are integrated in a spatial data structure and provided with a spatial querying and data correlation system for identifying, and addressing problem areas of the RAN. 1. A computer-implemented method of improving coverage of the RAN of a mobile phone networks , the method comprising:inputting subscriber data for subscriber accounts of a plurality of present/past subscribers;inputting geolocated RAN performance data defining a map of one or more quality of service parameters of said RAN over a region of coverage of said RAN of said mobile phone network;combining said geolocated RAN performance data defining said map of said one or more quality of service parameters with said subscriber data; andoutputting data predicting problem areas of said coverage of said RAN from said combining, for improving coverage of said RAN in said predicted problem areas.2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said subscriber data comprises data mapping claim 1 , for said plurality of present/past subscribers claim 1 , subscriber location and deactivation of subscriber accounts; wherein said combining comprises spatially correlating said geolocated RAN performance data defining said map of said one or more quality of service parameters with said subscriber data mapping said subscriber location and deactivation; and wherein said predicting of said problem areas comprises predicting said problem areas from said spatial correlating.3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said data for improving coverage of said RAN comprises data identifying a parameter of said mobile phone network to modify.4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said data for improving coverage of said RAN ...

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Номер записи: 56
04-07-2013 дата публикации

Single-Site Localization via Multipath Fingerprinting

Номер: US20130172007A1
Автор: Kupershtein Evgeny, Wax Mati
Принадлежит:

Single-site localization of wireless emitters in a rich multipath environment is presented. The localization method is based on exploiting the spatio-temporal characteristics of the multipath signals, referred to as the multipath fingerprint, as captured by the base station antenna array. The method is applicable to all modern communication techniques such as WiFi and LTE and to any rich multipath environment in indoors and outdoors. 1. A method implemented by a base station for determining a location of a wireless transmitter , the method comprising:in an off-line phase, pre-collecting and storing by the base station in a database signatures and corresponding locations, wherein the signatures are extracted from wireless signals received by the base station at a given location from transmitters at known locations in a geographical coverage region;in an on-line phase, receiving by the base station a signal from the wireless transceiver, extracting a signature from the signal, matching the signature with signatures in the database to identify a matching signature having a best match, and selecting as an estimated location of the transmitter a location corresponding to the matching signature;wherein the base station uses an antenna array and multi-channel receiver to receive the signal;wherein the signature extracted from the received signal is a single coherent entity implicitly including the directions-of-arrival and differential-delays information of multipath components of the signal and wherein the signature is extracted from a spatio-temporal covariance matrix of the received signal;wherein the matching of the fingerprints comprises searching the signatures in the database for a spatio-temporal signal subspace that maximizes the projection of a received signal sample spatio-temporal covariance matrix onto the subspace.2. The method of further comprising calculating the projection operator corresponding to each location by calculating a space spanned by columns of ...

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Номер записи: 57
04-07-2013 дата публикации

System and Method for Determining the Location of a Mobile Device

Номер: US20130172008A1
Автор: Dawson Martin, Harper Neil
Принадлежит: Andrew LLC

A system and method for determining the location of a mobile device. A first set of signals from a plurality of radio frequency (“RF”) sources may be received at a mobile device and then downconverted into a second set of signals. The mobile device may then time stamp the second set of signals and transmit the time stamped signals to a location determining system. The location of the mobile device may be determined at the location determining system as a function of the time stamped signals. 1. A method for determining the location of a mobile device comprising the steps of:(a) receiving at a mobile device a first set of signals from a plurality of radio frequency (“RF”) sources;(b) downconverting at the mobile device the first set of signals into a second set of signals;(c) time stamping at the mobile device the second set of signals;(d) transmitting the time stamped signals from the mobile device to a location determining system; and(e) determining the location of the mobile device at the location determining system as a function of the time stamped signals,wherein the location determining system is a mobile location center (“MLC”) or a location information server (“LIS”).2. The method of further comprising the step of transmitting from the location determining system to the mobile device at least one of a location request claim 1 , a predetermined frequency range claim 1 , a predetermined sampling duration claim 1 , a predetermined sampling rate and a predetermined sampling resolution to receive the first set of signals claim 1 , a time synchronization claim 1 , a sampling interval claim 1 , a sampling duration claim 1 , a sampling rate claim 1 , a sampling resolution claim 1 , and combinations thereof.3. The method of wherein the second set of signals is in an intermediate frequency range.4. The method of wherein the location of the device is determined also as a function of information from a wide area reference network (“WARN”).5. The method of wherein the ...

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Номер записи: 58
11-07-2013 дата публикации

Method of Positioning Using Wireless Signals and Inertial Measurement Units, Electronic Device, and Positioning System Using the Same Method

Номер: US20130178226A1
Автор: Lee Chin-Lung, Liou Shun-Nan, Ye Zhou
Принадлежит: CYWEE GROUP LIMITED

A method of positioning using wireless signals and an inertial measurement unit is provided. The method includes the following steps: providing a wireless signal strength data base, wherein the wireless signal strength database gathers a radio map and a plurality of wireless signal strength information corresponding to a plurality of orientations at all grid positions on the radio map; using the inertial measurement unit to detect a current orientation at a current position where the electronic device is located; detecting a current wireless signal strength information of the electronic device corresponding to the current orientation at the current position; and determining the current position according to the current orientation, the current wireless signal strength information, and the wireless signal strength data base. 1. A method of positioning using wireless signals and an inertial measurement unit , comprising:providing a wireless signal strength data base, wherein the wireless signal strength database gathers a radio map and a plurality of wireless signal strength information corresponding to a plurality of orientations at all grid positions on the radio map;using the inertial measurement unit to detect a current orientation at a current position where the electronic device is located;detecting a current wireless signal strength information of the electronic device corresponding to the current orientation at the current position; anddetermining the current position according to the current orientation, the current wireless signal strength information, and the wireless signal strength data base.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining the current position according to the current orientation claim 1 , the current wireless signal strength information claim 1 , and the wireless signal strength data base comprises:calculating the plurality of wireless signal strength information corresponding to the plurality of orientations at a plurality of ...

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Номер записи: 59
18-07-2013 дата публикации

METHOD OF DETERMINING LOCATION

Номер: US20130182603A1
Автор: Twell Timothy
Принадлежит: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

A method for determining a location of a mobile apparatus based on the presence of wireless access point signals. The received wireless signal strength from a plurality of observed wireless access points is compared with profiles each relevant to a different user context and containing a plurality of previously registered wireless access point signal strengths around a previously registered location. The location of the mobile apparatus is determined based on the profile most closely matching the collection of observed wireless access points. Wireless access points present in the profile but not observed are ignoring during the matching process. 112.-. (canceled)14. A method according to claim 13 , further comprising:changing the configuration of the mobile apparatus in response to the output user context associated with the closest matching profile.15. A method according to claim 13 , wherein the data corresponding to each wireless access point device in the plurality of wireless access devices is a unique identifier and an observed signal strength claim 13 , the matching step comprising:sampling the signal strength of received wireless signals emitted by each located wireless access point device; checking whether the identity of that wireless access point device is present within the at least one profile;', scoring the sampled signal strength against the respective stored signal strength in the at least one profile for that wireless access point device; and', 'accumulating the scores for the wireless access point device with previously processed wireless access point devices; and, 'if the located wireless access point device is present in the at least one profile], 'performing a process for each located wireless access point device in the located set, bygenerating a value indicative of the amount of correspondence between the set of located wireless access point devices and the wireless access point devices in the at least one profile.16. A method according to ...

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Номер записи: 60
18-07-2013 дата публикации

HIGHLY DETECTABLE PILOT STRUCTURE

Номер: US20130182667A1
Автор: Palanki Ravi, Wang Michael M.
Принадлежит: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

Aspects describe a Highly Detectable Pilot that allows a mobile device to detect more base stations and, thus, can provide more accuracy in location estimate. A highly detectable pilot can be transmitted in a portion of one or more data symbols that are not currently being utilized for transmission of data. Transmission of the highly detectable pilot in two data symbols provide a receiver with more convergence time, however, it can take the receiver a longer amount of time to acquire an adequate number of pilots for a location estimate. 1. A method utilized in a communication network , comprising:determining at least one symbol in which to transmit a highly detectable pilot, wherein the at least one symbol is at least one data symbol; andtransmitting the highly detectable pilot in a portion of the at least one symbol, wherein a low reuse factor is utilized for transmission of the highly detectable pilot.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:deciding not to transmit during other portions of the at least one symbol and during other symbols.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the at least one symbol in which to transmit the highly detectable pilot is a function of a cell group identification.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the at least one symbol in which to transmit the highly detectable pilot comprises receiving an instruction from the communication network to use the at least one symbol.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the at least one symbol in which to transmit the highly detectable pilot comprising: 'transmitting the highly detectable pilot in the portion of the combination.', 'forming a combination of the at least one symbol and a second symbol; and'}6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising :determining a transmit position of the at least one symbol as a function of identification of one or more cells.7. An apparatus for wireless communication claim 1 , comprising: determine at least one symbol in which to ...

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Номер записи: 61
18-07-2013 дата публикации

COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, PROGRAM, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Номер: US20130184001A1
Автор: Rekimoto Junichi
Принадлежит: SONY CORPORATION

An apparatus and method provide logic for managing positional information within a communication network. In one implementation, an information management apparatus includes a history information registration unit, a registration determination unit, and a base station information registration unit. The history information registration unit may be configured to register first and second history information within a storage unit. The registration determination unit may determine whether a difference value between time information associated with the first and second history information is less than a threshold value. The base station information registration unit may subsequently register at least position information associated with a communications apparatus and a base station, when the difference value is less than the threshold value. 17-. (canceled)8. An information management apparatus , comprising:a communication unit capable of transmitting and receiving a signal;a storage unit that stores a threshold;a history information registration unit that, when first history information containing position information indicating a position of another apparatus at a predetermined time and first time information indicating the predetermined time being associated is received via the communication unit, registers the first history information with the storage unit and, when second history information containing base station identification information and second time information indicating a time at which the base station identification information is acquired being associated is received via the communication unit, registers the second history information with the storage unit;a registration determination unit that calculates a difference value between the first time information and the second time information to determine whether the difference value is less than the threshold stored in the storage unit; anda base station information registration unit that, when the ...

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Номер записи: 62
18-07-2013 дата публикации

SYSTEM FOR DETECTING HIGH-FREQUENCY TRANSCEIVERS AND USES THEREOF

Номер: US20130184005A1
Автор: Hieronimi Christian
Принадлежит:

The invention relates to high-frequency technology. In particular, the present invention relates to a system for detecting the position and/or location of at least one high-frequency transceiver with at least one receiving antenna set up such that high-frequency signals transmitted by the at least one high-frequency transceiver can be received by means of said receiving antenna, at least one transmitting antenna set up for transmitting high-frequency signals of at least one frequency band being intended to be received by the at least one high-frequency transceiver and thereby in turn causing the transmitting of high-frequency signals by the at least one high-frequency transceiver, at least one first antenna signal processing device connected to the at least one receiving antenna being set up for analyzing the high-frequency signals received by the at least one receiving antenna in order to therefrom derive a spatial position and/or location and an identification of the transmitting high-frequency transceiver, and at least one data processing device being at least indirectly connected to the first antenna signal processing device and receiving information therefrom about the position, location, and/or identification of the transmitting high-frequency transceiver, where a data structure is provided in a first memory device connected to the at least one data processing device and at least partially comprising a virtual representation of the space supplied by the antenna field of the at least one transmitting antenna, where the virtual representation comprises information about the target position and/or location of at least one high-frequency transceiver having a predefined identification, and transformation information is available to the at least one data processing device on the basis of which an actual position and/or location of at least one high-frequency transceiver having a predefined identification within the virtual representation is associated on the basis ...

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Номер записи: 63
18-07-2013 дата публикации

TERMINAL NUMBER ESTIMATION DEVICE AND TERMINAL NUMBER ESTIMATION METHOD

Номер: US20130184008A1
Автор: Okajima Ichiro, Terada Masayuki, Yamaguchi Takayasu
Принадлежит: NTT DOCOMO Inc.

A terminal number estimation device includes a first location information acquisition unit containing a terminal ID and an area ID identifying a location area of a mobile terminal, a second location information acquisition unit that acquires second location information containing a terminal ID and coordinate information of the mobile terminal, a correspondence information generation unit that generates correspondence information based on the area ID and the coordinate information using the first and the second location information, an area information acquisition unit that acquires area information containing an area ID and area range information about an area range of an area identified by the area ID, an in-area terminal number acquisition unit that acquires the number of in-area mobile terminals, and a terminal number correction unit that corrects the number of terminals based on the correspondence information and the area information. 1. A terminal number estimation device comprising:an area information acquisition unit that acquires area information containing area identification information identifying a location area of a terminal and area range information about an area range indicating a geographical range of an area identified by the area identification information;an in-area terminal number acquisition unit that acquires a number of terminals located in an area identified by the area identification information; anda terminal number correction unit that corrects the number of terminals acquired by the in-area terminal number acquisition unit based on correspondence information containing the area identification information and location information indicating a location of the terminal and the area information acquired by the area information acquisition unit.2. The terminal number estimation device according to claim 1 , further comprising:a first location information acquisition unit that acquires first location information containing terminal ...

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Номер записи: 64
25-07-2013 дата публикации

Wireless communication device and wireless communication method

Номер: US20130189929A1
Автор: Kazuaki Takahashi, Masayuki Orihashi, Suguru Fujita
Принадлежит: Panasonic Corp

A wireless communication device transmits and receives a signal by a wireless communication using a millimeter wave frequency band. The wireless communication device includes an antenna section having directivities in a plurality of different directions, an antenna control section adapted to form a directivity in a prescribed direction among the plurality of directivities of the antenna section, a direction and position estimation section adapted to estimate direction and position information of a wireless communication device to be communicated with, which is a target for the wireless communication, in accordance with a receiving signal received by the antenna section having the directivity formed, and a display section adapted to display the estimated direction and position information of the wireless communication device to be communicated with.

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Номер записи: 65
25-07-2013 дата публикации

Location Option Control for Minimization of Drive Test in LTE Systems

Номер: US20130190009A1
Автор: CHIOU Tsung-Yu, Johansson Per Johan Mikael
Принадлежит: MEDIATEK, INC.

A method of providing location option control for Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) in LTE systems is provided. In one embodiment, a UE or an eNB receives an MDT location request that comprises an MDT location option configuration having one or more location options. The UE or eNB determines a first location option based on the MDT location option configuration and initiates positioning for MDT measurements, reporting, and logging according to the first location option. In one novel aspect, each location option is associated with a priority. In addition to MDT measurements, reporting, and logging, a UE determines the best positioning procedure from a list of available location options. In one novel aspect, under a specific positioning objective, the UE prioritizes the list of available location options based on the signal strength and/or quality of cellular and WLAN signals. 1. A method , comprising:(a) receiving a minimization of drive test (MDT) location request by a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication network, wherein the MDT location request comprises an MDT location option configuration having one or more location options;(b) determining a first location option based on the MDT location option configuration; and(c) initiating positioning for MDT measurements, reporting, and logging according to the first location option if the first location option is a UE-supported positioning method.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each location option is associated with a priority claim 1 , and wherein the first location option has higher priority than the remaining UE-supported location options.3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:(d) sending an MDT location request failure indication to the network if no requested location option is supported by the UE.4. The method of claim 2 , wherein each location option is evaluated during the MDT session claim 2 , and wherein the UE selects a second location option if the first location option fails.5. The method ...

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Номер записи: 66
25-07-2013 дата публикации

TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CELL INFORMATION IN TERMINAL

Номер: US20130190011A1
Автор: JEONG Kyeong In, KIM Sang Bum, KIM Soeng Hun
Принадлежит: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.

The present invention relates to a method for managing cell informations received from neighbor cells for MDT (Minimization of Drive Text) in the 3GPP system and terminal for performing the method, the terminal including a transceiver which receives cell informations transmitted by at least one neighbor base station; a controller which checks at least one cell information for generating location prediction information to check current location of the terminal among the cell informations received by the transceiver; and a memory which stores the at least one cell information for generating the location prediction information as Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) measurement sample for reporting radio environment under the control of the controller. The terminal is capable of logging the neighbor cell measurement information efficiently depending on whether the terminal logs RF fingerprint information in the idle mode. 1. A cell information management terminal comprising:a transceiver which receives cell informations transmitted by at least one neighbor base station;a controller which checks at least one cell information for generating location prediction information to check current location of the terminal among the cell informations received by the transceiver; anda memory which stores the at least one cell information for generating the location prediction information as Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) measurement sample for reporting radio environment under the control of the controller.2. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller controls the memory to log other cell informations claim 1 , with exception of the at least one cell information for generating the location prediction information among the cell informations received by the transceiver claim 1 , additionally.3. The terminal of claim 2 , wherein the controller stores claim 2 , when a number of cell informations necessary for the MDT measurement sample is greater than the number of at least one ...

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Номер записи: 67
25-07-2013 дата публикации

MOBILE STATION DIRECTED TO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING HOME CELL

Номер: US20130190012A1
Автор: Kobayashi Hirokazu, Sawada Shinichi, Suzuki Koki, Suzuki Shigeto, Yoshihara Akio
Принадлежит: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA

A mobile station connected to a wireless communication network includes a surrounding environment recording unit configured to record a surrounding environment of the mobile station; a proximity determination unit; and a proximity indication generation unit configured to generate a proximity indication. The proximity determination unit compares a past surrounding environment record that has been recorded by the surrounding environment recording unit with the current surrounding environment record. When the surrounding environment records correspond to each other, or when a degree of similarity between the surrounding environment records exceeds a predetermined degree, the proximity determination unit determines that the mobile station is in proximity to a predetermined home cell base station, and transmits the proximity indication generated by the proximity indication generating unit to a macro cell base station in response to determination that the mobile station is in proximity to the predetermined home cell base station. 1. A mobile station connected to a wireless communication network , the mobile station comprising:surrounding environment recording unit configured to record a surrounding environment of the mobile station;proximity determining unit configured to determine whether the mobile station is in proximity to a predetermined base station; andproximity indication generating unit configured to generate a proximity indication, compare a past surrounding environment record that has been recorded by the surrounding environment recording unit with a current surrounding environment record,', 'determine that the mobile station is in proximity to a predetermined home cell base station when the surrounding environment records correspond to each other, or when a degree of similarity between the surrounding environment records exceeds a predetermined degree, and', 'transmit the proximity indication generated by the proximity indication generating unit to a macro ...

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Номер записи: 68
01-08-2013 дата публикации

System and method for determining location of a device using opposing cameras

Номер: US20130194428A1
Автор: Hui Chao, Sameera Poduri, Saumitra M. Das
Принадлежит: Qualcomm Inc

System and method for determining location of a device using opposing cameras are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes activating a front-facing camera and a back-facing camera of the device, capturing a first pair of images from a first orientation using the front-facing camera and the back-facing camera, where the first pair of images includes a first front image and a first back image, monitoring the device being rotated to a second orientation, capturing a second pair of images from the second orientation using the front-facing camera and the back-facing camera, where the second pair of images includes a second front image and a second back image, and determining a location of the device using the first pair of images and the second pair of images.

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Номер записи: 69
01-08-2013 дата публикации

Compensating for user occlusion in wi-fi positioning using mobile device orientation

Номер: US20130196681A1
Автор: Payam Pakzad, Sameera Poduri, Vinay Sridhara
Принадлежит: Qualcomm Inc

Techniques for determining the position of a mobile wireless device are provided. The techniques include a method for determining the position of a mobile wireless device that includes receiving signal characteristics of a signal received from the mobile wireless device at a wireless access point of a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), determining an orientation of the mobile wireless device relative to the wireless access point, determining a compensation factor based on the orientation of the mobile wireless device relative to the wireless access point, and determining an estimated position of the mobile wireless device based at least in part on the compensation factor. The compensation factor compensates for the effect of user occlusion on at least one characteristic of the signal received from the mobile wireless device.

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Номер записи: 70
01-08-2013 дата публикации

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING NETWORK-ASSISTED END-TO-END PAGING BETWEEN LTE DEVICES

Номер: US20130196694A1
Автор: Tsirtsis Georgios, Vanderveen Michaela, Wu Zhibin
Принадлежит: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a target UE, an initiator UE, or an MME. In one configuration, the apparatus is an initiator UE. The initiator UE determines a network address of a target UE based on a target expression, sends a connection request including information associated with the initiator UE to the target UE at the determined network address, sends information associated with the target UE to an MME serving the initiator UE, and receives, from the MME serving the initiator UE, one or more parameters for communicating with the target UE. Further, the initiator UE communicates with the target UE based on the one or more parameters. 1. A method of wireless communication of an initiator user equipment (UE) , comprising:determining a network address of a target UE based on a target expression;sending a connection request including information associated with the initiator UE to the target UE at the determined network address;sending information associated with the target UE to a mobility management entity (MME) serving the initiator UE;receiving, from the MME serving the initiator UE, one or more parameters for communicating with the target UE; andcommunicating with the target UE based on the one or more parameters.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying the target expression associated with the target UE.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information associated with the initiator UE comprises at least one of a network address of the initiator UE claim 1 , an initiator expression of the initiator UE claim 1 , or information identifying the MME serving the initiator UE.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the connection request further comprises the target expression.5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending an initiator expression of the initiator UE to the target UE.6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending the target expression along ...

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Номер записи: 71
08-08-2013 дата публикации

TERMINAL QUANTITY ESTIMATION DEVICE AND TERMINAL QUANTITY ESTIMATION METHOD

Номер: US20130203377A1
Автор: Aoyagi Sadanori, Nagata Tomohiro, Okajima Ichiro, Terada Masayuki
Принадлежит: NTT DOCOMO, INC.

To estimate the number of mobile terminals that have been staying in an observation area for a desired period of time, the feature quantity calculation portion calculates a feature quantity for observation target location data based on location acquisition time information contained in the observation target location data acquired by the observation target acquisition portion . The expected stay time calculation portion calculates an expected stay time in an observation area to be observed and, based on the expected stay time, the passing/staying terminal selection portion selects mobile terminals to serve as a target of terminal quantity estimation. Then, the terminal quantity estimation portion estimates the number of mobile terminals calculated as the target of estimation. In this manner, the terminal quantity estimation device estimates the number of mobile terminals that have been staying in the observation area for a desired period of time. 119-. (canceled)20. A terminal quantity estimation device comprising:a location data acquirer that acquires location data including identification information identifying a mobile terminal, location information about a location of the mobile terminal, and location acquisition time information when the location information is acquired;an observation target acquirer that acquires location data in which the location acquisition time information is within an observation target period where stay is to be observed and the location information is within an observation area to be observed, as observation target location data;a before and after location data acquirer that acquires location acquisition time information of location data immediately before or after the observation target location data among location data containing the same identification information as the observation target location data;a feature quantity calculator that calculates a feature quantity of the observation target location data based on the location ...

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Номер записи: 72
15-08-2013 дата публикации

Proximity Detection Using an Antenna and Directional Coupler Switch

Номер: US20130210477A1
Автор: Peter Dieter
Принадлежит: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED

Detection of an increase in a mismatch of an antenna of a radio frequency (RF) device and/or a change in a capacitance value of the antenna indicates proximity of a body to the antenna. Upon detection of proximity of a body to the antenna, reduction of transmit power of the RF device may be done to meet Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) level regulations. 1. A directional coupler for coupling an antenna with a radio frequency (RF) system , comprising:a first connection for coupling the antenna to a directional coupler switch arranged within the directional coupler;a second connection for coupling the RF system to the antenna through the directional coupler switch; anda third connection for coupling the antenna to a capacitance measurement device through the directional coupler switch, wherein the capacitance measurement device measures capacitance values of the antenna.2. The directional coupler according to claim 1 , further comprising a return loss bridge coupled between the directional coupler switch and the first connection.3. The directional coupler according to claim 2 , wherein the return loss bridge provides a reflected power measurement.4. The directional coupler according to claim 1 , further comprising a voltage standing wave ratio bridge coupled between the directional coupler switch and the first connection.5. The directional coupler according to claim 4 , wherein the voltage standing wave ratio bridge provides a reflected voltage standing wave measurement.6. The directional coupler according to claim 1 , wherein the directional coupler switch is a three position switch.7. The directional coupler according to claim 1 , wherein the capacitive measurement device comprises a charge time measurement unit (CTMU).8. The directional coupler according to claim 1 , wherein the capacitive measurement device comprises a capacitive voltage divider (CVD) circuit.9. The directional coupler according to claim 1 , wherein the capacitive measurement device comprises an ...

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Номер записи: 73
22-08-2013 дата публикации

METHOD FOR LOCALIZING AN OBJECT

Номер: US20130214976A1
Автор: Michel Thierry, Paille Bruno
Принадлежит:

A method for localizing an object, including the acts of: transmission of a first signal by a first transmitter assigned to the object and of a second signal by at least one second transmitter; reception of the first and of the second signal by at least three receivers; in each receiver and for the first and the second signal: a) generation of a first and of a second reference signal; b) correlation between the first signal and the first reference signal and between the second signal and the second reference signal; c) interpolation of samples resulting from the correlation; d) deduction of the propagation time of the first and of the second signal; e) calculation of the difference between the propagation times of the first and of the second signal; and, by triangulation, deduction of the position of the object. 1. A method to localize an object , comprising:transmitting by a first transmitter assigned to the object a first signal from a first frame;transmitting by at least one second transmitter a second signal from a second frame, wherein said first and second frames include a common portion; generating a first reference signal from a third frame and a second reference signal from a fourth frame, the third and fourth frames including said common portion;', 'performing a first correlation between the first signal and the first reference signal;', 'performing a second correlation between the second signal and the second reference signal;', 'interpolating samples resulting from the first and second correlations;', 'deducing propagation time of the first signal and propagation time of the second signal; and', 'calculating a difference between the propagation times of the first signal and of the second signal; and, 'receiving the first signal and the second signal by at least three receivers, each receiver performing, for the first signal and the second signal, acts ofdeducing a position of the object by triangulation based on the differences between the propagation ...

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Номер записи: 74
22-08-2013 дата публикации

Method and System for Estimating Range of Mobile Device to Wireless Installation

Номер: US20130217390A1
Автор: Christopher STEGER, Farshid Alizadeh-Shabdiz
Принадлежит: Skyhook Wireless Inc

A method of and system for estimating the range of a mobile device to a wireless installation is disclosed. A method of estimating the position of a mobile device includes receiving signals transmitted by fixed-position wireless communication stations in range of a mobile device. One of the wireless communication stations from which signals are received by the mobile device is designated as a serving station and location information is retrieved for said serving station and at least one other neighboring station from which signals are received. For each of the at least one other neighboring stations, a corresponding distance between the serving station and said neighboring station is determined based on the location information. A position of the mobile device is estimated based on the location information for the serving station and said neighboring stations and further based on the distances between the serving station and said neighboring stations.

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Номер записи: 75
29-08-2013 дата публикации

SECURE USER PLANE LOCATION (SUPL) REDIRECTION AND MOBILE LOCATION PROTOCOL (MLP) TUNNELING TO A DISCOVERED SLP

Номер: US20130225170A1
Автор: Edge Stephen William, Wachter Andreas Klaus
Принадлежит: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

Systems and methods for Secure User Plane (SUPL) Redirection and Mobile Location Protocol (MLP) Tunneling to a Discovered SUPL Location Platform (D-SLP) are disclosed. For example, a method for SUPL redirection by a SET, may include: receiving an initiation message at a SET from a Home SUPL Location Platform (H-SLP); establishing a secure connection with the H-SLP, and returning a response message; receiving a redirect message from the H-SLP; establishing a SET initiated SUPL session with a D-SLP; obtaining a location of the SET using the D-SLP; and returning the location to the H-SLP. 1. A method for obtaining a location , the method comprising:engaging in a first location session with an H-SLP;receiving a message to switch between communicating with the H-SLP to a D-SLP;engaging a second location session with the D-SLP based on the received message; andobtaining a location of a SET.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the engaging in the first location session comprises receiving an initiation message from the H-SLP.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the initiation message comprises a message configured to initiate the SUPL session.4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the initiation message comprises a reinitiation message for an ongoing generic SUPL session.5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the engaging in the first location session further comprises establishing a secure connection with the H-SLP and returning a response message subsequent to receipt of the initiation message.6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the response message further comprises information associated with one or more D-SLPs.7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the information about the one or more D-SLPs comprises one or more of: a list of authorized D-SLPs claim 6 , whether the SET is in the service area of one or more D-SLPs claim 6 , whether the SET is within the service area of a particular authorized D-SLP claim 6 , or any combination thereof.8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising ...

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Номер записи: 76
29-08-2013 дата публикации

Method and Apparatus for the cooperative localization of transmitters and/or receivers on a mobile body

Номер: US20130225200A1
Автор: BEN HAMIDA Elyes, DENIS Benoît, Ouvry Laurent
Принадлежит: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives

A method and a device for cooperative location of a first node possessed by a first mobile body comprising several nodes able to transmit and/or receive a signal by wireless means, comprises a step of measurements of distances separating the first node from second nodes, each of the second nodes being possessed by one of the following entities chosen from among: the first mobile body, a remote fixed apparatus and a second mobile body both situated within transmission range of the said mobile body, at least two nodes from among all the second nodes used to perform the distance measurements being possessed by two entities of distinct types and/or by the second mobile body, a step making it possible to utilize the measurements so as to locate at least the first node at least in relation to some of the second nodes. 2. The method of cooperative location as claimed in claim 1 , in which a first step is executed to measure distances between the first node and second nodes already positioned and possessed by entities remote from the first mobile body claim 1 , a second step being executed to estimate the position of the said first node on the basis of the said measurements claim 1 , a third step being executed if it has not been possible to determine the position of the said first node according to the desired accuracy on completion of the second step claim 1 , the third step comprising at least one measurement of distance between the first node and at least one other node possessed by the first mobile body and positioned on completion of the first step claim 1 , the position of the said first node then being estimated on the basis of the measurements of distances arising from the first step and from the third step.3. The method of cooperative location as claimed in claim 1 , in which a first step comprises the taking of measurements of distances between the first node and second nodes claim 1 , at least one second node being possessed by the first mobile body claim 1 , at ...

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Номер записи: 77
29-08-2013 дата публикации

Wireless Communication Device Capable of Performing Enhanced Fingerprint Mapping and Location Identification

Номер: US20130225209A1
Автор: Alexander Makovskiy, Anning Chen, Steven Malkos, Vladimir Belov, Yan Lu
Принадлежит: Broadcom Corp

A wireless communication device capable of determining its location in an indoor environment is disclosed. In an indoor environment, a wireless communication device may have insufficient access to GNSS satellites or cellular towers to make an accurate determination as to its location. Therefore, the wireless communication device generates a fingerprint map of the environment by estimating its position and scanning multiple positions within the environment for accessible access points and characteristics. The device stores this information in memory, which it can later refer to for determining its current position.

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Номер записи: 78
05-09-2013 дата публикации

Geolocation Based Action Authorization Application And Method And System Using Same

Номер: US20130231129A1
Автор: Saville Kendall
Принадлежит:

A system which allows a user to be found in compliance to geolocation requirements. The user may then be able to receive or purchase items related to current or past locations based upon this compliance. The compliance may be determined using an application running on a cell phone. The compliance may be determined at a first point in time, while use of the compliance may be at a significantly later time, when the user is no longer similarly geolocated. The compliance may be used to allow a user to obtain a virtual item used in the playing of an electronic game. 1. One or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions that , when executed by one or more processors , cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:determining that a first mobile device is within a threshold distance of a first location; andstoring data indicating that said mobile device was within a threshold distance of said first location.2. The computer-readable storage media of storing computer-readable instructions that claim 1 , when executed by one or more persons claim 1 , cause the one or more processors to perform acts further comprising:determining that said first mobile device is within a threshold distance of a second location; andstoring data indicating that said mobile device was within a threshold distance of said second location.3. The computer-readable storage media of storing computer-readable instructions that claim 1 , when executed by one or more persons claim 1 , cause the one or more processors to perform acts further comprising:storing data indicating the time at which said mobile device was within said threshold distance of said first location.4. The computer-readable storage media of storing computer-readable instructions that claim 2 , when executed by one or more persons claim 2 , cause the one or more processors to perform acts further comprising:storing data indicating the time at which said mobile device was within said ...

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Номер записи: 79
05-09-2013 дата публикации

TAGLESS RADIO FREQUENCY BASED SELF CORRECTING DISTRIBUTED REAL TIME LOCATION SYSTEM

Номер: US20130231131A1
Автор: Di Cera Colazingari Roberto Ugo
Принадлежит: AROUND KNOWLEDGE - CONSULTORIA INFORMATICA, LDA

Services based on radio frequencies like GPS, RFID, GSM, CDMA, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth triangulation allows us to know, with some level of confidence, the position of a mobile device. However, those methods rely on special software and/or hardware. They also fail inside buildings since they cannot provide fine granulated values with a high level of accuracy. Each radio frequency device (mobile or not) emits a signal with a given strength and identification (Mac address or similar) to the air. The signal is captured by our nodes (at least 2 of the nodes), that measures the strength of the signal and therefore calculate the distance estimation. Since the signal is affected by electromagnetic noise, number of people in the building, or even temperature, the suggested system self corrects the values by knowing the distance between the nodes and measuring the signal strength. This gives to the system a very low error margin of about 1%. Some applications rely on real time tracking solutions, that traditional tracking systems cannot provide or need to provide tags to follow devices. The system here presented is distributed to be able to process the signal in real time (connected via a high speed network), with low latency and also stores the location estimation, device identification and time collected for analytics and reporting.

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Номер записи: 80
05-09-2013 дата публикации

MANAGING A LOCATION DATABASE FOR NETWORK-BASED POSITIONING SYSTEM

Номер: US20130231132A1
Автор: Fischer Markus, Huang Ronald K., Pylappan Seejo
Принадлежит: Apple Inc.

Methods, program products, and systems for managing a location database are described. A server computer can receive location information from location-aware mobile devices (e.g., GPS-enabled devices) located within a communication range of access points of a wireless communications network. The server computer can calculate average geographic locations using the received locations for each access point. Based on the average geographic locations, the server computer can assign the access points to cells of a geographic grid. The server computer can filter the access points in each cell based on popularity, stability, longevity, and freshness of the access point and the received data. When a second mobile device connects to an access point in a cell, the server computer can transmit locations of the access points in the cell and in neighboring cells to the second mobile device such that a location of the second mobile device can be estimated. 1. A method comprising:receiving, by a computing device and from one or more first mobile devices, a set of locations, each location being associated with one or more access point identifiers, each access point identifier identifying an access point of a wireless communications network, each location being associated with one of the one or more devices and being a location at which the corresponding mobile device detected the one or more access points;determining, by the computing device, a geographic location associated with each of the one or more access points based on the received set of locations;selecting, by the computing device and from the one or more access points, an access point for location estimation, wherein selecting the access point is based on popularity of the access point, the popularity of the access point indicating a number of connections made between the one or more first mobile devices and the access point; andproviding the geographic location associated with the selected access point and an identifier ...

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Номер записи: 81
05-09-2013 дата публикации

Time and Power Based Wireless Location and Method of Selecting Location Estimate Solution

Номер: US20130231133A1
Автор: Boyer Pete A., Mia Rashidus S., Soma Pitchaiah
Принадлежит: TRUEPOSITION, INC.

Disclosed is a method for processing readily available radio network, timing and power information about cellular networks and typical measurements made by the mobile device and network. A probabilistic method is disclosed that uses both time (i.e., range) and power differences with known downlink transmitter antenna characteristics to locate mobiles with accuracy better than cell-ID with ranging, with high capacity, and without the need for field calibration. 1. A method for selecting a location estimate solution in a wireless location system , comprising:{'b': '1101', 'collecting network measurement report (NMR) data over a duration of time (STEP );'}{'b': '1102', 'pre-processing the NMR data (STEP );'}{'b': '1103', 'determining from the pre-processed NMR data whether cells are present with valid timing measurements (STEP );'}{'b': 1104', '1109, 'determining from the pre-processed NMR data whether cells are present with valid power measurements (STEPS , ); and'}activating a scenario for selecting a location estimate solution based at least on a result of determining whether cells are present with valid timing and/or power measurements.2. The method recited in claim 1 , further comprising:determining that no cells are present with valid timing measurements;determining that no cells are present with valid power measurements; and{'b': 1', '1105, 'activating a scenario (LES ) for selecting a location estimate solution when only cell identifier information is available (STEP ).'}31. The method recited in claim 2 , wherein the LES scenario comprises:determining whether only a single serving cell identifier is reported, and if so computing the location estimate as the centroid of the serving cell's serving geographic area;determining whether two or more serving cell identifiers are reported, and if so computing the location estimate as the centroid of a common region with a highest number of overlapping serving geographic areas of the reported serving cells;determining ...

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Номер записи: 82
05-09-2013 дата публикации

METHOD FOR UPDATING LOCATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Номер: US20130231134A1
Автор: Kim Yong Ho, KONG Tae Gon, Park Gi Won, Ryu Ki Seon
Принадлежит: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

A method for updating a location in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a request message to enter idle mode, receiving a response message including an Identifier (ID) of a first paging group and an ID of a second paging group in response to the request message, activating a paging group location update timer, when the MS leaves an area of the first paging group, and updating a location according to the paging group location update timer. 1. A method of performing a location update at a mobile station (MS) in a wireless communication system , the method comprising:receiving, from a base station (BS), first information regarding a plurality of paging groups assigned for the MS;starting a paging group location update timer when the MS leaves a first paging group of the plurality of paging groups but stays within a second paging group of the plurality of paging groups;performing the location update if the MS stays within the second paging group when the paging group location update timer expires;transmitting mobility information of the MS to the BS; andreceiving, from the BS, second information regarding a new paging group assigned based on the mobility information.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobility information is represented as slow claim 1 , medium or fast.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:the first paging group is a primary paging group; andthe second paging group is a secondary paging group.4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:determining a current paging group by monitoring a paging group identifier of the BS.5. A mobile station (MS) for performing a location update in a wireless communication system claim 1 , the MS comprising:a processor configured to:control reception, from a base station (BS), of first information regarding a plurality of paging groups assigned for the MS;start a paging group location update timer when the MS leaves a first paging group of the plurality of paging groups but ...

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Номер записи: 83
12-09-2013 дата публикации

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF MOBILE DEVICES IN A FEMTOCELL

Номер: US20130237245A1
Автор: Patel Chirag Sureshbhai, Radulescu Andrei Dragos, Singh Damanjit, Tinnakornsrisuphap Peerapol
Принадлежит: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

Disclosed are system and method for classifying location of a mobile device in a femtocell. In an aspect, the system and method are configured to receive, by a femtocell, location measurement information and performance measurement reports from a mobile device; classify location of the mobile device as indoors or outdoors based on the received location measurement information; and adjust a coverage area, transmit power, and/or radio frequency (RF) channel/band of the femtocell based on the location classification of the mobile device and performance measurements reports. 1. A method for wireless communication , comprising:receiving, by a femtocell, location measurement information and a performance measurement report from a mobile device;classifying location of the mobile device as indoors or outdoors based on the received location measurement information; andadjusting at least a coverage area of the femtocell based on the location classification and the performance measurement report of the mobile device.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: selecting one or more of a transmit power and radio frequency (RF) channel or band for the femtocell based on the location classification and performance measurement report of the mobile device.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location measurement information includes acoustical measurements of the mobile device.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location measurement information includes optical measurements of the mobile device.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location measurement information includes GPS measurements of the mobile device.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location measurement information includes one or more of altimeter and barometer measurements of the mobile device.7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location measurement information includes one or more of accelerometer and gyroscope measurements of the mobile device.8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location ...

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Номер записи: 84
12-09-2013 дата публикации

Wireless signal model updating using determined distances

Номер: US20130237246A1
Автор: Aggarwal Alok, Das Saumitra Mohan, NAGUIB Ayman Fawzy, Sridhara Vinay
Принадлежит: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

An example method for updating a wireless signal model includes: measuring a distance from a mobile station to each wireless access point, of multiple wireless access points, based upon a wireless signal model; calculating a position of the mobile station based upon the measured distance; determining a computed distance to each wireless access point based upon the calculated position of the mobile station; updating the wireless signal model based upon the measured and computed distances to each wireless access point; and determining whether the wireless signal model has converged. 1. A method for updating a wireless signal model , the method comprising:measuring a distance from a mobile station to each wireless access point, of a plurality of wireless access points, based upon a wireless signal model;calculating a position of the mobile station based upon the measured distance;determining a computed distance to each wireless access point based upon the calculated position of the mobile station;updating the wireless signal model based upon the measured and computed distances to each wireless access point; anddetermining whether the wireless signal model has converged.2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:{'claim-ref': {'@idref': 'CLM-00001', 'claim 1'}, 'repeating the method of when the wireless signal model has not converged.'}3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:determining that the wireless signal model has not converged;refining the distance measurement to each wireless access point based upon the updated wireless signal model;calculating a refined position of the mobile station based upon the refined distance measurement;determining another computed distance to each wireless access point based upon the refined position of the mobile station; andupdating the wireless signal model based upon the refined measurement and computed distances to each wireless access point.4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless ...

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Номер записи: 85
12-09-2013 дата публикации

POSITIONING METHOD AND APPARATUS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Номер: US20130237247A1
Автор: Ahn Chijun, Lee Daewon, LIM Suhwan, Woo Kyungsoo
Принадлежит: LG ELECTRONICS INC

A method and apparatus for determining a positioning measurement interval in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The method includes acquiring a message including Observed Time Difference of Arrival (OTDOA) related data in a higher layer, wherein the OTDOA related data includes a plurality of cell identifiers and Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) configuration information of corresponding cells, transmitting the ODTOA related data to a physical layer from the higher layer, and determining the RSTD measurement interval by the following Equation by using a plurality of cell-specific PRS periods obtained using the PRS configuration information in the physical layer: T=T·(M−1)+Δ where Tdenotes the length of the RSTD measurement interval, Tdenotes the largest of the plurality of cell-specific PRS periods, M denotes the number of PRS positioning occasions, and Δ denotes a measurement time for one PRS positioning occasion. 1. A method for determining a Reference Signal Time Difference (RSTD) measurement interval at a user equipment in a wireless communication system , comprising:acquiring a message including Observed Time Difference Of Arrival (OTDOA) related data in a higher layer, wherein the OTDOA related data includes a plurality of cell identifiers and Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) configuration information of corresponding cells;transmitting the ODTOA related data to a physical layer from the higher layer; and {'br': None, 'i': T', '=T', 'M−, 'sub': RSTD', 'PRS, '·(1)+Δ\u2003\u2003Equation'}, 'determining the RSTD measurement interval by the following Equation by using a plurality of cell-specific PRS transmission periods obtained using the PRS configuration information in the physical layer{'sub': RSTD', 'PRS, 'where Tdenotes the length of the RSTD measurement interval-, Tdenotes the largest value of the plurality of cell-specific PRS periods, M denotes the number of PRS positioning occasions, and Δ denotes a measurement time for one PRS positioning ...

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Номер записи: 86
12-09-2013 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING DEVICE LOCATION IN AN IP-BASED WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

Номер: US20130237250A1
Автор: Annamalai Magesh, Jin Zhengyi
Принадлежит: T-MOBILE USA, INC.

A system and method determines a geographic position of a mobile device in communication with an IP-based wireless telecommunications network. A wireless connection between the mobile device and the IP-based wireless telecommunications network is established when the mobile device registers with a network controller (NC) through an access point (AP). When a geographical position is needed for the mobile device (e.g., a 911 call), messages are exchanged between the NC and the SMLC where the SMLC retrieves information from a database that is used to identify the geographic position of the mobile device. The database can store a variety of information related to mobile devices such as: last known position, IP address, MAC address, device or subscriber identifier, last CGI, etc. The geographical position is communicated back to the NC, which can then forward the position information to a switch for processing such as for 911 calls. 134-. (canceled)35. A network element for determining a location associated with a mobile device in an IP-based wireless telecommunications network , the network element comprising: receive a first message comprising a mobile device location request from the network controller;', 'transmit a second message to the network controller, the second message including a request for location information from a network controller database;', a network controller control channel description;', 'a cellular coverage indication;', 'location estimate associated with the mobile device; and', 'an uncertainty associated with the location estimate;, 'receive location information from the network controller database via a third message, the third message comprising a plurality of information elements, the information elements including, 'calculate a geographic position of a mobile device based on the location information; and', 'provide the geographic position to the network controller., 'an interface in communication with a network controller, wherein the ...

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Номер записи: 87
12-09-2013 дата публикации

POSITION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, POSITION INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE, POSITION INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION DEVICE, AND POSITION MEASUREMENT METHOD

Номер: US20130237251A1
Автор: Aoki Tomoharu, Kikkawa Miho, Suzuki Takashi
Принадлежит: NTT DOCOMO, INC.

A location support relating to a mobile station that can make use of multiple communication networks more efficiently. In an SUPL server of a location system, a judgment is made as to which of two communication networks is accessed by a mobile station based on information specifying the access point of the mobile station, with this access point being notified from the mobile station, whereby the information is then notified from the SUPL server to a location information management device. As a result, in the location information management device, requests to a communication network, which is not accessed by the mobile station, for location information for use in location of the mobile station are suppressed. This makes it possible for location support relating to a mobile station capable of using multiple communication networks to be carried out more efficiently. 1. A location system comprising: a location information providing device , which provides location information relating to a mobile station that can access first communication network and second communication network , which are mutually different from each other; and a location information management device , which acquires the location information provided by the location information providing device from the first communication network or the second communication network; wherein ,the location information providing device is provided with:a location information request reception unit for receiving a location information request requesting location information relating to the mobile station and containing information that specifies the first communication network in the case where the mobile station accesses the first communication network;a terminal information transmission unit for judging whether information specifying the first communication network is contained in the location information request received by the location information request reception unit, transmits, as terminal information, ...

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Номер записи: 88
12-09-2013 дата публикации

Method and System for Obtaining Services

Номер: US20130237252A1
Автор: Halivaara Ismo, Syrjarinne Jari, Wirola Lauri
Принадлежит: Nokia Corporation

A method for obtaining a service by a first terminal related to a network entity, the method comprising receiving information indicative of capabilities related to the network entity, and selecting one or more of the capabilities. A further method for obtaining a service by a terminal related to an assistance server comprising sending by the terminal a capability request, and receiving, in the terminal, information indicative of capabilities related to the assistance server, wherein the information indicative of capabilities comprises indications of available assistance related to the assistance server. 136-. (canceled)37. A method for obtaining a service by a terminal related to an assistance server , the method comprising:sending, by the terminal, a capability request; andreceiving, in the terminal, information indicative of capabilities related to the assistance server, wherein the information indicative of capabilities comprises indications of available assistance related to the assistance server.38. The method of claim 37 , wherein the indications of available assistance comprises an indication that assistance data is available.39. The method of claim 37 , wherein the indications of available assistance comprises an indication of the format in which assistance is available.40. The method of claim 37 , wherein the indications of available assistance comprises an indication of global navigation satellite systems for which assistance is available.41. The method of claim 40 , wherein the indications of available assistance further comprises an indication of signals for which assistance is available.42. The method of claim 37 , wherein the indications of available assistance comprises an indication of accuracy at which assistance is available.43. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer code instructions stored therein claim 37 , said instructions when executed by a processor causing an apparatus to perform: ...

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Номер записи: 89
19-09-2013 дата публикации

Task Management Based on Travel Distance

Номер: US20130244690A1
Автор: Grainger Morgan, Huang Ronald K.
Принадлежит: Apple Inc.

Methods, program products, and systems for task management based on travel distance are disclosed. In general, in one aspect, a method executed on a mobile device can include receiving a request to perform a task in a first subsystem (e.g., an application subsystem) of the mobile device. The request can indicate that the task is to be performed when the mobile device travels at least a threshold distance. The mobile device can determine a duration of silence. The mobile device can configure a second subsystem (e.g., a baseband operating system) of the mobile device to send a notification to the first subsystem notifying that the mobile device has traveled after at least the duration of silence. The first subsystem can receive the notification and determine that the threshold distance has been satisfied based on the received notification. The first subsystem can perform the task upon the determining. 1. A method , comprising:designating, by a mobile device, an estimated location of the mobile device as an initial location;identifying, by the mobile device, an electronic document created by the mobile device at the initial location;determining, by the mobile device, that a distance between an estimated current location of the mobile device and the initial location satisfies a threshold distance; andupon the determining, providing a user interface item for display, the user interface item configured to, upon receiving a user input, cause the mobile device to create a directory designated to store the electronic document created at the initial location.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic document is a digital image claim 1 , an audio recording claim 1 , or a video recording.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the electronic document comprises comparing a timestamp of the electronic document and an event log of the mobile device claim 1 , the event log comprising records of events and corresponding timestamps claim 1 , including a first timestamp ...

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Номер записи: 90
19-09-2013 дата публикации

METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION TO A LAND SURVEYING ROVER LOCATED IN AN AREA WITHOUT CELLULAR COVERAGE

Номер: US20130244694A1
Автор: "OMeagher Brent", Hamilton Jeffrey Allen
Принадлежит: TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED

In a method for requesting network-derived position data from a mobile geographic position aware receiver, a mobile geographic position aware receiver having a first IP address is communicatively coupled with a first port on a router. A wireless transceiver is communicatively coupled with a second port on the router. a wireless communication device is communicatively coupled with a third port on the router. A processor is communicatively coupled with the router; the processor for executing a communications access command sequence. The command sequence comprises: testing for a wireless network connectivity; contacting a source of position data if wireless network connectivity exists; and generating a data message to be sent via the wireless transceiver if the wireless network connectivity does not exist, the data message comprising an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the router, an approximate current location of the mobile geographic position aware receiver, and a request for correction data. 1. A method for requesting network-derived location-specific correction data for a mobile geographic position aware receiver , said method comprising:communicatively coupling a mobile geographic position aware receiver having a first Internet Protocol (IP) address with a first port on a router;communicatively coupling a wireless transceiver with a second port on said router;communicatively coupling a wireless communication device with a third port on said router, wherein said wireless communication device and said wireless transceiver employ differing wireless communication protocols; and testing for a wireless network connectivity of said wireless communication device;', 'in response to determining via said testing that said wireless connectivity exists, contacting a correction data source using said wireless communication device to acquire a set of network derived location-specific correction data based on an approximate current location of said mobile geographic position ...

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Номер записи: 91
19-09-2013 дата публикации

POSITION UPDATING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR M2M COMMUNICATION

Номер: US20130244695A1
Автор: Kim Jeong Ki, Park Gi Won, Yuk Young Soo
Принадлежит: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Provided are a position updating method and device for Machine To Machine (M2M) communication. An M2M device transmits a position update capability message including a mobility type and an M2M traffic type to a base station, and receives a position update capability confirmation message including a position update type from the base station. The TC device performs a position update according to the position update type. 1. A method of performing a location update for Machine To Machine (M2M) communication , the method comprising:transmitting a location update capability message to a base station, the location update capability message including a mobility type of an M2M device and an M2M traffic type;receiving a location update capability confirm message from the base station, the location update capability confirm message including a location update type; andperforming location update according to the location update type.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location update type includes periodic location update or a location-based location update.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the location-based location update is performed on a per-cell or per-paging group basis.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location update capability message and the location update capability confirm message are exchanged while the MTC device enters into a network or re-enters into the network.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location update is performed by the MTC device in an idle mode.6. The method of claim 5 , wherein performing the location update comprises:transmitting a range-request (RNG-RSP) message to the base station if a location update triggering condition depending to the location update type is met; andreceiving a range-response (RNG-RSP) message from the base station in response to the RNG-REQ message.7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the location update capability message and the location update capability confirm message are a deregistration-request (DREG- ...

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Номер записи: 92
26-09-2013 дата публикации

PACKET BASED LOCATION PROVISIONING IN WIRELESS NETWORKS

Номер: US20130250795A1
Автор: CHAN Yee Sin, Kamdar Kamlesh S., LEE Jay J., Yang Jin
Принадлежит: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.

A system may include a plurality of wireless devices, each wireless device including a time source and configured to selectively communicate with at least one other of the plurality of wireless devices by way of a packet-based time precision protocol. The plurality of wireless devices may include a first wireless device and a second wireless device, the first wireless device being configured to determine whether the first wireless device and the second wireless device are in selective communication over a single-hop wireless link; determine a one-way delay over the single-hop wireless link by way of at least one packed-based time precision protocol message; and calculate a distance measurement between the first wireless device and the second wireless device based at least in part on the one-way delay 120-. (canceled)21. A computing device including a processor and a memory including instructions that , when executed by the processor , are configured to cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:identifying at least three distance measurements by way of a packet-based time precision protocol, each distance measurement indicative of a distance between a first wireless device and a different one of a plurality of wireless devices;optimizing a set of weighting factors, each of the distance measurements associated with a corresponding weighting in the set of weighting factors;performing a weighted trilateration of the distance measurements weighted according to the weighting factors; andprovisioning a location of the first wireless device according to the result of the weighted trilateration.22. The computing device of claim 21 , wherein the instructions claim 21 , when executed by the processor claim 21 , cause the computing device to perform operations further comprising performing the weighted trilateration using a least squares optimization weighted according to the set of weighting factors.23. The computing device of claim 21 , wherein the ...

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Номер записи: 93
26-09-2013 дата публикации

OUT-OF-SECTOR MESSAGE STREAM DELIVERY

Номер: US20130250841A1
Автор: Knoop Dale Russell, Kropf Bradley Allen
Принадлежит: Sprint Communications Company L.P.

An LTE communication system has an eNodeB that exchanges wireless communications with a plurality of wireless communication devices within its a wireless coverage area. The eNodeB, wirelessly broadcasts information associated with a location included within the wireless coverage area for receipt by the wireless communication devices. The LTE communication system also has a control system that receives a request for at least some of the broadcast information associated with the location from a communication device that is not in the wireless coverage area. The control system transfers the requested broadcast information for delivery to the communication device that is not in the wireless coverage area. 1. A method of operating Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication system , the method comprising:in an eNodeB, exchanging wireless communications with a plurality of wireless communication devices within a wireless coverage area of the eNodeB;in the eNodeB, wirelessly broadcasting information associated with a location included within the wireless coverage area for receipt by the wireless communication devices within the wireless coverage area;in a control system, receiving a request for at least some of the broadcast information associated with the location from another communication device that is not located within the wireless coverage area; andin the control system, in response to receiving the request, transferring the requested broadcast information for delivery to the other communication device that is not located within the wireless coverage area.2. The method of wherein:wirelessly broadcasting information associated with the location comprises broadcasting a first information type and broadcasting a second information type;receiving the request for at least some of the information comprises receiving the request for the first information type but not for the second information type.transferring the requested broadcast information for delivery to the other ...

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Номер записи: 94
26-09-2013 дата публикации

Systems and methods for indoor positioning

Номер: US20130251003A1
Автор: Hock Law, Ismail Lakkis
Принадлежит: Hock Law, Ismail Lakkis

A method for wireless positioning includes: receiving by a plurality of controllers using wideband receivers a wideband positioning frame from one or more devices and transmitting using narrow band transmitters acknowledgement frames including timing and control data for use by the one or more devices to establish timing for transmission of the positioning frame; and transmitting using a wideband transmitter by at least one of the devices the positioning frame to the plurality of controllers and receiving using a narrow band receiver the acknowledgement frame from one or more of the plurality of controllers, extracting timing and control information from the acknowledgement frame, and adjusting a timing and synchronization of the wideband transmitter using the timing and control information.

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Номер записи: 95
26-09-2013 дата публикации

GENERIC BROADCAST OF LOCATION ASSISTANCE DATA

Номер: US20130252630A1
Автор: Edge Stephen William, Fischer Sven
Принадлежит: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

Various techniques are provided for Location Services (LCS) Assistance Data broadcast, for example for implementation in LTE and LTE-A systems. The embodiments described herein may use the LPP/LPPe positioning protocol, by making use of existing unsolicited Provide Assistance Data (PAD) messages. Embodiments avoid the need to define and implement a separate broadcast Assistance Data protocol. Additional exemplary embodiments for scheduling and verifying of the broadcast Assistance Data messages are described herein. 1. A method for broadcasting data , comprising:sending information associated with broadcast messaging from a Location Server point to point to a device using a positioning protocol; andbroadcasting one or more Assistance Data (AD) messages from the Location Server to the device based on the information associated with the broadcast messaging.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information associated with the broadcast messaging comprises at least one of deciphering keys claim 1 , deciphering key IDs claim 1 , AD Types claim 1 , AD Type IDs claim 1 , scheduling of one or more AD messages claim 1 , broadcast systems claim 1 , broadcast areas and authentication information.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sending of the information associated with the broadcast messaging point to point is in response to a request received at the Location Server from the device point to point using the positioning protocol.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the positioning protocol is an LTE Positioning Protocol (LPP) protocol combined with an LPP extensions (LPPe) protocol.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more AD messages use one or more of:ciphering described in the information associated with the broadcast messaging sent point to point;scheduling described in the information associated with the broadcast messaging sent point to point;the information associated with the broadcast messaging to identify where and how the one or more AD messages are ...

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Номер записи: 96
03-10-2013 дата публикации

VOICE DATA RF GPS INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

Номер: US20130260775A1
Автор: Rofougaran Ahmadreza
Принадлежит:

An integrated circuit (IC) includes a baseband processing module, a GPS receiver, and an RF section. The baseband processing module is coupled to process voice signals and data signals. The global positioning satellite (GPS) receiver module is coupled to process GPS signals. The radio frequency (RF) section id coupled to: transceive the voice signals as RF voice signals; transceive the data signals as RF data signals; and convert GPS RF signals into the GPS signals. 1. A wireless device comprising:at least one antenna; and [ receive an incoming RF signal;', 'amplify the incoming RF signal;', 'down convert the incoming RF signal to produce a down converted signal;', 'high pass filter the down converted signal to produce voice signals and data signals;', 'low pass filter the down converted signal to produce GPS signals;, 'a radio frequency (RF) section configured to, 'a baseband processor configured to process the voice signals and the data signals; and', 'a global positioning satellite (GPS) receiver configured to process the GPS signals., 'communications circuitry coupled to the at least one antenna and comprising2. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the communications circuitry further comprises an interface configured to:convey the voice signals between the baseband processor and the RF section;convey the data signals between the baseband processor and the RF section; andconvey the GPS signals between the RF section and the GPS receiver.3. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the GPS receiver is further configured to:determine time delay for at least some of a plurality of coarse/acquisition (C/A) signals of the GPS signals in accordance with at least one clock signal;calculate distance to a corresponding plurality of satellites of the at least some of the plurality of C/A signals based on the time delays for the at least some of the plurality of C/A signals;calculate position of the corresponding plurality of satellites based on corresponding navigation ...

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Номер записи: 97
03-10-2013 дата публикации

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A LOCATION OF A MOBILE STATION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Номер: US20130260787A1
Автор: HASHIMOTO Masanori
Принадлежит: FUJITSU LIMITED

In a mobile communication system, a mobile-station location information management device creates plural transmission-power output data-sets including individual pieces of transmission-power data of plural base-stations with changing the transmission-power of the plural base-stations; creates plural reception-power data-tables individually corresponding to the created plural transmission-power output data-sets and each including plural pieces of divided-area data individually corresponding to plural individual divided-areas within a location-detection target area where each piece of divided-area data includes reception-power data of signals transmitted from the plural base-stations; selects a reception-power data table corresponding to the changed transmission-power data-set from among the created plural reception-power data-tables when the transmission-power of the plural base-stations are changed after the mobile-station has moved into the location-detection target area; and detects, as a location of the mobile-station, an area indicated by divided-area data where a difference from a reception-power data-set received from the mobile-station is slight, within the selected reception-power data-table. 1. A mobile station location detection method performed in a mobile communication system where a base station management device changes transmission power of plural base stations in response to a communication state of a wireless network between a mobile station and the plural base stations , the mobile station location detection method comprising:creating, by a mobile station location information management device included in the mobile communication system, a plurality of transmission power output data sets each including individual pieces of transmission power data of the plural base stations with changing the transmission power of the plural base stations;creating, by the mobile station location information management device, a plurality of reception power data ...

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Номер записи: 98
10-10-2013 дата публикации

Coordinating Communications in radio Service Areas

Номер: US20130265901A1
Автор: Frank Frederiksen, Pedersen Klaus Ingemann
Принадлежит: NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS OY

Methods and apparatuses for coordinating muting in a system including radio service areas of a first type and of a second type are disclosed. In a method a node providing a radio service area of the first type detects a first radio service area of the second type and determines information suitable for determining the location of the node. Said information for identifying the first radio service area and said information suitable for determining the location of the node are communicated to a controls apparatus. Upon receipt of said information for identifying and information suitable for determining the location of the node the control apparatus can coordinate muting based on the received information. 147-. (canceled)48. A method for coordinating muting in a system comprising radio service areas of a first type and of a second type , the method comprising:detecting, by a node providing a radio service area of the first type, a first radio service area of the second type based on a first criteria;determining information suitable for determining the location of the node; andcommunicating information for identifying the first radio service area and said information suitable for determining the location of the node.49. A method according to claim 48 , comprisingdetecting at least one second radio service area of the second type based on a second criteria; andcommunicating information for identifying the at least one second radio service area of the second type.50. A method for controlling muting in a system comprising radio service areas of a first type and of a second type claim 48 , the method comprising:receiving from a node providing a radio service area of the first type information for identifying a first radio service area of the second type;receiving information suitable for determining the location of the node; andcoordinating muting based on the received information.51. A method in according to claim 50 , comprising receiving information for identifying at ...

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Номер записи: 99
10-10-2013 дата публикации

Measurement gap configuration method and communication apparatus

Номер: US20130267246A1
Автор: Fan Wang, Yi Guo
Принадлежит: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd

The present invention pertains to the field of radio communication technologies, and discloses a measurement gap configuration method and a communication apparatus. The method includes: determining a gap offset according to positioning reference signal PRS information of a cell engaged in positioning, or determining, according to the PRS information of the cell engaged in the positioning or frequency information of the cell engaged in the positioning, information used for obtaining a gap offset; sending the gap offset or the information used for obtaining a gap offset to a base station of a serving cell. With the present invention, the gap offset is determined according to the PRS information of the cell engaged in the positioning, so that the probability that the terminal detects, within a measurement gap, the PRS of the cell engaged in the positioning is improved, and PRS detection performance is improved.

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Номер записи: 100