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Document | Title | Date |
20080207225 | Method and Apparatus for Managing Delivery of Information in a Wireless Communication Network - A method and apparatus for managing delivery of information in a wireless network ( | 08-28-2008 |
20080214212 | Methods of Setting Up a Call With, and Determining the Direction of, a Mobile Device - A method of setting up a call with a mobile communication device, the method comprising transmitting a call request to the device over a wireless link, wherein the call request is adapted to cause the device to transmit a locator signal whilst blocking a connection management process which would otherwise cause the mobile communication device to provide a visual or audible alert. The locator signal can then be used by a direction finder to locate the direction of the device. Channel information is transmitted to the direction finder, the channel information identifying a channel of the locator signal. | 09-04-2008 |
20080220795 | Home Base Station Position Determination - In some aspects, a method includes receiving at a home base station broadcast signals from a broadcaster, the broadcast signals including at least one of audio content and visual content. The method also includes determining a location of the home base station based on the received broadcast signals and configuring the home base station to send signals to and receive signals from one or more mobile devices. | 09-11-2008 |
20080233973 | Transponder subsystem for supporting location awareness in wireless networks - The present invention is related to an apparatus and method for determining the location of a communication device within a wireless network in order to provide a geolocation functionality to the communication device participating under an access protocol of a wireless local-area network (WLAN) infrastructure such as IEEE 802.11 or Hiperlan. The apparatus comprises at least two transponder units for communicating with the communication device when the communication device is situated in a coverage area of the wireless network and a processing unit for deriving the location of the communication device within the coverage area in dependence on information received from the transponder units. | 09-25-2008 |
20080248814 | Location visit detail services for wireless devices - A location visit detail service, typically provided by a wireless carrier to a subscriber, includes a portable wireless device, a location identification means and a central processor. The central processor periodically receives location data generated by the location identification means. The central processor data transforms the location data into time and position data pairs that identify the location of the portable wireless device at a particular time. Through a geographic information system database, the position data is converted to street address data. The details data is provided by the wireless carrier to the subscriber, which can use the details data to provide a summary report describing the activity of the service person. This summary report can be used for preparation of bills or for gathering statistics on (individual or group) service person efficiency. Alternatively, the wireless carrier can prepare the report that is then transmitted to the subscriber. | 10-09-2008 |
20080248815 | Systems and Methods to Target Predictive Location Based Content and Track Conversions - Methods and systems that record the location of a user and transmit targeted content to a user based upon their current and past location information. A network is configured to include a server programmed with a database of targeted content, a database of location information, a database of user information, a database searching algorithm, and a wireless communication system capable of communicating with the user's mobile device. The location of the mobile device is ascertained and recorded. The location information is analyzed to determine the routes taken by the user, businesses visited by the user, and other behaviors of the user. Targeted content is sent to the mobile device of the user and whether the user visits the physical locations associated with the targeted content is monitored. Payment systems, phone exchange systems, and other features may also be integrated to provide detailed conversion tracking to producers of targeted content and business owners. | 10-09-2008 |
20080261626 | Method and system for transmitting a location of a mobile communication device - There is provided a method for use by a mobile communication device for transmitting a location of the mobile communication device over a network using a protocol stack. In one embodiment, location data indicating the location of the mobile communication device is received. The location data can include, for example, Global Positioning System (“GPS”) coordinates. Thereafter a command for initiating transmission of the location data is received from a user. Then a delivery destination is received from the user. The delivery destination can be, for example, a telephone number of a cellular telephone. The location data is then provided to the protocol stack. A Short Message Service (“SMS”) message including said location data is then generated. The SMS message is then transmitted to the delivery destination. | 10-23-2008 |
20080280629 | Positioning system of positioning wireless communication apparatus - The invention provides a positioning system of positioning a wireless communication apparatus. The positioning system transmits and receives positioning signals which have different frequency bands and generates corresponding positioning values according to the positioning signals. The positioning system then judges and selects positioning values which have less error from the generated positioning values, and calculates an average value of the selected positioning values. Therefore, positioning of the wireless communication apparatus will be more precise. Furthermore, if the positioning system is implemented in a radio-wave-based wireless communication environment, the N positioning signals can be polarized in a linear polarization way, a left-handed circular polarization way or a right-handed circular polarization way, so as to reduce the environmental impact to enhance precision of the positioning. | 11-13-2008 |
20080287142 | Location Dependent Content Provision - A method of providing location dependent content to an end station using a base station. The base station receives from an end station and via a communications network, a content request, and an identifier indicative of an identity of the end station. The base station then authenticates the user or the end station using the identifier. In response to a successful authentication, the base station determines the location of the end station and determines content using the location or the content request, which is then transferred to the end station. | 11-20-2008 |
20080287143 | System and method for tracking the relative location of mobile stations belonging to a pre-defined group of mobile stations - Embodiments of the present invention are related to a method and apparatus for determining whether each mobile station in a pre-defined group of two or more mobile stations is in compliance with acceptable location criteria. A group tracking server receives mobile station tracking information including a mobile station identifier for each mobile station. The server also receives current location coordinates corresponding to the mobile station identifier for each mobile station from a locator device. A relative location of each mobile station relative to one or more pre-determined targets is calculated. The acceptable location criteria for each mobile station relative to the one or more pre-determined targets is retrieved from a location criteria database. The calculated relative location of each mobile station relative to the one or more pre-determined targets compared with the retrieved location criteria to determine whether the calculated relative location is in compliance with the acceptable location criteria. A subscriber is then notified if the calculated relative location is in compliance with the acceptable location criteria. | 11-20-2008 |
20080299992 | Methods and Apparatus for Determining FEMTO Base Station Location - A system and method for determining the location of a re-deployable base station is disclosed. The disclosed system and method allow for accurate determination of the location of a re-deployable base station, such as a femto base station (FBS), using position information obtained from a mobile station (MS) that is communicating with the FBS being located. The position information can include the location of the mobile device as estimated using one or more satellite positioning systems or cellular network based positioning systems. The position information can also include data identifying pilots from base stations and/or other FBS's that the MS is receiving. A determination of the propagation loss between the MS and the FBS is used to estimate the distance between the mobile device and the FBS. The location of the FBS is determined based on the received position information and the determined distance between the MS and the FBS. | 12-04-2008 |
20080299993 | Computationally-Efficient Estimation of the Location of a Wireless Terminal Based on Pattern Matching - A method of using a non-GPS-derived technique to estimate the location of an Assisted-GPS-enabled wireless terminal for the purposes of generating location-specific assistance data for the wireless terminal is disclosed. The wireless terminal then uses the assistance data to acquire and process one or more GPS signals and to derive information that is probative of the wireless terminal's location. The GPS-derived location information is then combined with non-GPS-derived location to form an estimate of the location of the wireless terminal that is better than can be derived from either alone. This combination of GPS-derived and non-GPS techniques is particularly useful when the wireless terminal can only acquire one or two GPS signals because it is not possible to determine the location of the wireless terminal with only two GPS signals alone. | 12-04-2008 |
20080305810 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A SERVICE USING LOCATION INFORMATION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for providing a service using location information in a mobile communication terminal are provided. The method includes identifying service area information and operation information allocated to each corresponding area information from a Subscriber Identification Mobile (SIM) card, transmitting operation information allocated to area information representing a current location of the terminal to a service provider server, and receiving a service corresponding to the operation information from the service provider server. | 12-11-2008 |
20080311930 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF AD HOC MESH NETWORK - By using current positions or predictions of future positions of mobile wireless communication devices, the performance of an ad hoc mesh network is improved. Current positions and predictions of future positions can be used to determine when to set up communication channels between devices. Current and future positions can be determined by the use of a Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver or other position-determining devices. The GPS Receiver uses signals received from Satellites to determine current position, velocity and acceleration of a mobile wireless communication device. The predictions using current position, velocity and acceleration can be further improved by using devices that “know” the final destination or route of the mobile wireless communication device. An example of such a device would include, but not be limited to, automobile navigation systems that use internal maps and GPS Receivers to guide a driver to a final destination. | 12-18-2008 |
20080318597 | INTENSITY-BASED MAPS - The claimed subject matter relates to a first architecture that can create an intensity map based upon intensity scores, and to a second architecture that can provide intensity scores and can request and receive the intensity map. Intensity scores can relate to an approval or a level of satisfaction of a current location of a user and can be conveniently provided, in some cases with a single keystroke (e.g., 0-9 from a conventional cell phone keypad) by, say, mobile device users. Numerous intensity scores can be received and aggregated to produce an intensity map of a given area or region. Portions of the intensity map can be provided to requesting devices, potentially filtered based upon a variety of criteria. As a result, the intensity map can provide in substantially real-time a visual indication of locations or entities that might be interesting to explore. | 12-25-2008 |
20080318598 | CELL-PHONE-BASED VEHICLE LOCATOR AND "PATH BACK" NAVIGATOR - A hand-held, portable navigation system and method are integrated within a cellular telephone enclosure, resulting in a simplified architecture with fewer buttons to press and items to carry. The apparatus uses a cellular telephone having a microphone, a keypad, GPS receiver, a display, a memory, an earphone, a wireless transceiver, and a processor. The processor is programmed to receive a command through a user input device to determine the initial location of the user and activate the GPS receiver to obtain positional coordinates associated with the initial location. The coordinates are then stored in the memory. A subsequent command through a user input device causes the processor to determine the new location of the user, and the GPS receiver is again activated to obtain positional coordinates of the new location. The processor is further programmed to provide guidance to the user based upon the coordinates of the initial location and the new location enabling the user to return to the initial location from the new location. The user input device may be a portable wireless keyless entry device such as a ‘fob,’ in which case the processor is further operative to receive and store a vehicular DOOR LOCK command in memory, and determine the initial location of the user when the DOOR LOCK command is received and recognized by the telephone. | 12-25-2008 |
20090005081 | Communication system and information providing method - A communication system includes a mobile communication apparatus and a back-end server. The mobile communication apparatus is for respectively generating and outputting a piece of communication operation data, a piece of network operation data or a piece of multimedia playing operation data when a communication operation event, a network operation event or a multimedia playing operation event is triggered, wherein the mobile communication apparatus also detects and provides its position data. The back-end server is for receiving and analyzing the communication operation data or the network operation data to generate and output a piece of catalog statistic data. The mobile communication apparatus generates and outputs a piece of motion data to the back-end server in response to the multimedia playing operation data or the catalog statistic data. The back-end server provides active information to the mobile communication apparatus according to the position data and the motion data. | 01-01-2009 |
20090005082 | DISFAVORED ROUTE PROGRESSIONS OR LOCATIONS - Adaptive route guidance can include analyzing route progressions associated with one or more routes based on multiple user preferences. The adaptive route guidance can provide one or more preferred routes based on the user preferences, which can be presented to a user for navigation purposes. | 01-01-2009 |
20090005083 | POSITION ESTIMATION SYSTEM - A position of a mobile communication terminal in an environment where the terminal cannot communicate with a GPS is defined more narrowly than a sector area of a base station in which the mobile communication terminal is located so that the position of the mobile communication terminal can be estimated more accurately. Even if a mobile communication terminal is in an environment where the terminal cannot communicate with a GPS, the latitude and longitude of the center of a sector of the wireless base station in which the mobile communication terminal is located is obtained according to a predetermined calculation by a base station database device, and the obtained latitude and longitude is sent back as an estimated latitude and longitude of the mobile communication terminal to the mobile communication terminal via the wireless base station. | 01-01-2009 |
20090017841 | Method and System for Improved WLAN Location - Mobile units within an area are located using a wireless local area network. Reference signal transmitters are provided at selected fixed locations within the area. Reference signals are transmitted using the reference signal transmitters using a first selected channel of the wireless local area network. A computer is provided having a database relating signal characteristics of signals transmitted by the reference signal transmitters to location within the area At least one access point is coupled to the computer and provides wireless data communications between the computer and the mobile unit using one or more channels of the wireless data communications system that are different from the first data communications channel. A selected plurality of the reference signals are received at the mobile unit, signal characteristics of the received reference signals are determined and data representing the received reference signal characteristics is transmitted to the computer via the access point using the one or more data communications channels. The data representing reference signal characteristics is received at the computer and position of the mobile unit is determined using the database. | 01-15-2009 |
20090023462 | Signal Waveform Construction for Position Determination by Scrambled Conical - A method and apparatus for determining a mobile station's location using an antenna beam that traverses a scan pattern is described herein. In one embodiment, a device transmits/receives a signal as a position of a transmission/reception antenna beam traverses the scan pattern in a non-sequential order. A strength of the received signal is measured at a plurality of the beam positions. After reordering the signal strength measurements, the mobile station location relative to a nominal center of the beam is determined based on the reordered signal strength measurements. Another embodiment uses signals having different frequency components that are transmitted or received in beams executed in different scan patterns. In this embodiment, signal strength measurements associated with different frequency components are jointly processed to determine a combined correlation. The relative mobile station location is determined based on the combined correlation. | 01-22-2009 |
20090047978 | Method for Confirming End Point Location of 911 Calls - Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method comprising receiving, from a user-operated telecommunications device, a user-initiated communication to a non-911 communications address. The method can comprise automatically providing a user with a current location of a user-associated telecommunications device. The method can comprise requesting, from the user, verification of the current location of the user-associated telecommunications device. | 02-19-2009 |
20090061903 | Method and System for Mobile Trajectory Based Services - In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for mobility profiling includes collecting a plurality of locations of a mobile electronic device, determining at least one trajectory for the mobile electronic device from the plurality of locations, and storing the at least one trajectory in computer readable media. Each of the plurality of locations have a spatial and temporal component. Using the at least one trajectory, estimating a future location of the mobile electronic device, and communicating data to the mobile electronic device corresponding to the estimated future location such that the content of the communicated data is based on the future location. | 03-05-2009 |
20090069036 | BASE STATION DEVICE - The uplink signal circuitry of the base station device includes an authenticating unit, an access right setup unit, and a changeover switch for changeover between the setup of the access right and the authentication process. When a user performs the operation of setting up the right to access to the base station device, the changeover switch is flipped to select the access right setup unit. The access right setup unit executes authentication process on the basis of the IMSI (code unique to user terminal) sent from the user terminal. If the result of authentication is successful, the IMSI of the user terminal is registered in the authentication memory. Thereafter, the changeover switch is flipped to select the authenticating unit to authenticate the user terminal on the basis of the IMSI of the user terminal registered in the authentication memory. The authenticated user terminal is then connected with an upper device. | 03-12-2009 |
20090117920 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIME-AWARE AND LOCATION-AWARE MARKETING - A method of communicating inferred information to a wireless communication device user is provided. That method includes determining a location of the wireless device, inferring a likely interest of the user from the location of the wireless device, and transmitting data related to the interest to the wireless device. The method may also ascertain time at the location of the wireless communication device user and infer an interest of the user from the time and location of the user. In addition, the method may include inferences made from information related to preferences of the user. | 05-07-2009 |
20090124266 | Ranging in UMTS networks - A method and system for determining an approximate range from a location measurement unit to a mobile device. An uplink signal from the mobile device is received by the location measurement unit, and an uplink frame marker is determined from the uplink signal. A downlink signal is received at the location measurement unit from a base station serving the mobile device, and a downlink slot marker is determined from the downlink signal. A round trip propagation delay is determined based upon the uplink frame marker and the downlink slot marker, and an approximate range from the location measurement unit to the mobile device is determined as a function of the round trip propagation delay. | 05-14-2009 |
20090170533 | System and Related Method for Road Traffic Monitoring - A road traffic monitoring system includes: a first input for receiving position estimations of mobile terminals; a second input for receiving input specifications chosen depending on the type of service for which such monitoring is performed; and an output for generating road traffic maps, each road traffic map being associated with a set of territory elements and including, for each one of the territory elements, at least one mobility index of mobile terminals travelling within such territory element. Preferably, input specifications are chosen among at least two of the following parameters, territory element, territory element observation time slot, and maximum allowable error on the estimation of at least one mobility index. | 07-02-2009 |
20090186632 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION FOR NETWORK OVERLAY GEOLOCATION SYSEM WITH REPEATERS - A novel system and method for a network overlay geolocation system operating in a host wireless communication system with repeaters is disclosed. Embodiments of the novel system and method enable the geolocation system to determine if signals being received by the geolocation system arrive directly from a target mobile appliance or if the signals are passing through a repeater and therefore are subject to a known time delay. Embodiments of the novel system and method provide a more accurate geolocation of mobiles served by repeater stations than capable in the prior art. | 07-23-2009 |
20090191900 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCATING A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE - An apparatus for indicating location of a mobile telecommunication device includes: a transmitting unit; and a fixing structure supporting the transmitting unit. The fixing structure effects removable affixation between the fixing structure and the mobile communication device. The transmitting unit effects communications with a communication network. | 07-30-2009 |
20090221301 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING OBJECTS OR PEOPLE WITHIN A DESIRED AREA - A method for tracking the object includes providing a motion detector on a first radio frequency device and detecting the motion of the first radio frequency device, transmitting radio frequency location signals from the first radio frequency device to a second radio frequency device with time intervals between the transmissions, decreasing the time intervals between the transmissions from the first radio frequency device to the second radio frequency device in response to the detection of motion by the motion detector, and periodically determining a separation distance between the first radio frequency device and the second radio frequency device based on the radio frequency location signals transmitted from the first radio frequency device to the second radio frequency device. | 09-03-2009 |
20090233625 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTION OF LOCATION RELATED DATA IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system and method to collect data related to the geographical location of a mobile station communicating with a GSM network and to use the location related data to determine the geographical location of the mobile station. A tap is place in an Abis link between a base station and a base station controller, the tap providing a copy of a signal carried by the Abis link. The copy signal is routed to a protocol analyzer that extracts location related data from the copy signal. A location processor uses the location data to determine the geographical location of the mobile station. The geographical location data is used by a data analyzer to provide location based services, such as estimating traffic intensity and speed of mobile stations. | 09-17-2009 |
20090258660 | LOCATION DETERMINATION USING FORMULA - Among other disclosed subject matter, a method includes obtaining, in a mobile device, power information indicating a detected power of respective signals received from multiple transmitters. The method includes determining a location of the mobile device using a formula that uses: locations of the multiple transmitters, a first function of the power information and a second function of respective locations of the multiple transmitters. The method can include recording the determined location. | 10-15-2009 |
20090280834 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RAN ASSISTED LOCATION UPDATE - An apparatus and method for efficiently updating location information of a mobile device in a wireless communication network, such as a cellular network, is disclosed. The mobile device sends a location message over an access channel. The wireless communication device continually transmits a location message at periodic intervals regards of the status of the base station in communication with the wireless communication device. The base station determines a timeslot in which to receive a location message transmitted by the wireless communication device. If more than one wireless communication device is transmitting a location message, the base station prioritizes the order in which to receive the location message, opening the first available timeslot to the higher priority wireless communication device. A high priority device may be a wireless communication device used by emergency services personnel, such as firefighters or the police. | 11-12-2009 |
20090280835 | Wireless Based Positioning Method and Apparatus - A system and method is described herein to determine the physical location of a user within an edifice. At least three wireless access points, for example, 802.11 nodes, receives and transmits information to a handheld device in order to determine the location information. | 11-12-2009 |
20090280836 | WIMAX BASE STATION AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING LOCATION INFORMATION FOR A MOBILE STATION IN A WIMAX NETWORK - Embodiments of a WiMAX base station and a method for determining current location information of a mobile station in a WiMAX network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a first timing adjustment is determined from receipt of the ranging frame from the mobile station within the granted uplink time-slot, and a second timing adjustment is received from the non-serving base station. The second timing adjustment may be determined by the non-serving base station based on receipt of a ranging frame from the mobile station. | 11-12-2009 |
20090291694 | Mobile station position locating system - A radio wave transmitted from a mobile station | 11-26-2009 |
20090298514 | REAL WORLD BEHAVIOR MEASUREMENT USING IDENTIFIERS SPECIFIC TO MOBILE DEVICES - Methods and systems are disclosed herein for determining real world behavior from proximity-time measurements of a user carrying a personal device and a wireless device identifier. Determining real world behavior and managing usage profiles associated with the real world behavior can be enhanced by the use of GPS location data derived from the personal device, another network enabled device, a wireless device identifier, and the like. | 12-03-2009 |
20090298515 | ACQUIRING TIME SYNCHRONIZATION AND LOCATION INFORMATION WITH A FEMTOCELL - A method for acquiring time synchronization and location information with a Femtocell includes an access point base station conveying an activation request to a service provider through a wired connection, where the service provider provides wireless communication in a macro area, and where the access point base station provides wireless communication in a local area. The method also includes the access point base station performing a first plurality of procedures to acquire a time synchronization and a second plurality of procedures to acquire a location of the access point base station. | 12-03-2009 |
20100029301 | Method and system for detecting a location of a mobile communication terminal - A system and method for detecting a location of a mobile communication terminal. A mobile communication network for communication with the terminal and a cell identifier (ID) of a base station is set. A public land mobile network (PLMN) ID of the network and the cell ID are stored. One or more networks other than the set network are searched for. When the one or more other networks are searched for, the searched one or more other networks are sequentially set. Cell information according to the one or more other networks is searched for. Cell IDs of base stations communicable with the terminal are set. PLMN IDs of the one or more other networks and the cell IDs are stored. A common area between cells set using the stored PLMN and cell IDs is determined. Information about the common area is detected as location information of the terminal. | 02-04-2010 |
20100035636 | Third Party Location Query for Wireless Networks - A location query service is disclosed. The service provides requesters with a location of a device. The service receives a location query from a requestor, retrieves location information associated with the network user, and returns the location information to the requestor. Before returning the location information to the requestor, the service is configured, in some embodiments, to authenticate that the requestor is authorized by the network user to receive the network user's location information. Methods for providing a location query service also are disclosed. | 02-11-2010 |
20100056184 | PRESENCE-AWARE CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A cellular communication system comprises a network supporting user equipment over an air interface, the network having a hierarchical cell arrangement with overlay cells and underlay cells. An underlay base station is associated with a subset of registered user equipment. An activation server switches the underlay base station between an inactive mode and an active mode in response to detecting that registered user equipment meets a location criterion. The underlay base station only supports user equipment when in the active mode, e.g., it may only transmit a pilot signal in this mode. Interference and power consumption may be substantially reduced by sending the base station into the inactive mode thereby resulting in increased capacity of the cellular communication system as a whole. | 03-04-2010 |
20100087208 | Telecommunication network and network management techniques - In a mobile telecommunications network including a micro base station, a method of controlling the micro base station includes: determining one or more registered users of the micro base station; determining a location of the one or more registered users; and causing the micro base station to transition between a first operational mode and a second operational mode depending upon the location of at least one of the one or more registered users. | 04-08-2010 |
20100124936 | Systems and Methods for Tracking Power Peaks of a Signal - In one aspect, the invention provides a method for tracking a mobile terminal. In some embodiments, this method includes the following steps: receiving a signal transmitted from the mobile terminal; searching a primary search area for a signal associated with the mobile terminal; searching a secondary search area for a signal associated with the mobile terminal, wherein the secondary search area is larger than the primary search area; determining the strength of a signal associated with the mobile terminal that was found by searching the secondary search area; and determining whether the primary search area should be modified based on the determined strength of the signal that was found by searching the secondary search area. | 05-20-2010 |
20100144375 | Method for Determining the Path of a Person Equipped With a Mobile Phone Device - The invention relates to a method, which can be used to determine the local itinerary of a user of a variety of public means of transportation. Based on said determined itinerary then the travel cost can be equitably distributed among the individual operators of the means of transportation. The basis of the method is a comparison of the coordinates of stops of the public means of transportation with the coordinates of base stations for sending and receiving operations in mobile phone communication (GSM). Said coordinates must be determined only once and can be stored in a memory. If the coordinates of a base station into which a mobile phone is logged are close to the coordinates of a stop, it is assumed that the user of the mobile phone is located at said stop. During the travel of the user of the public means of transportation, it is detected at regular intervals—for example in intervals of 30 seconds—into what base station the mobile phone is logged. Then it is determined again which stop is the shortest distance from the base station just activated, and a conclusion is drawn about a line that the user is traveling on. Since the base method is still prone to inaccuracies, additional measures may be taken in order to make the route of the user of the mobile phone more precise. Such a measure is, for example, the comparison of the official schedule with the measured time and location information. By utilizing certain steps of the method it can also be checked whether the owner of the mobile phone is in possession of a properly purchased electronic ticket. | 06-10-2010 |
20100151886 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A reference device determines its distance from a communication device by first using a training process to determine a calibrated time delay for the communication device when the communication device is at a known distance from the reference device, wherein the calibrated time delay comprises a steady state internal processing delay for the communication device. Subsequently, when the reference device is at an unknown distance from the communication device, the reference device determines the unknown distance using the previously determined calibrated time delay. | 06-17-2010 |
20100159957 | Method of Finding a Physical Location of a Mobile Telephone at a Given Time - A subscriber database, in at least one embodiment, stores RF level and timing advance information associated with all mobile telephones on a network. A location parameters database stores location data that associates different physical locations with RF levels/timing advance data that have been measured or inferred for those locations. The subscriber database is then interpreted for the purpose of establishing the location of a specific mobile telephone at a given time by matching the RF level/timing advance data for that specific mobile telephone against the location parameters database. This generates the location of the mobile telephone. The interpretation or querying of the subscriber database only occurs, however, when there is a request to establish the location of a specific mobile telephone, and not as an automated process applied to all mobile telephones on a network. | 06-24-2010 |
20100173650 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING MULTIMODE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A location services controller ( | 07-08-2010 |
20100178940 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR POSITIONING IN A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - The present invention relates to a positioning node and method for determining a position of a target UE in a cellular mobile telecommunication network. The network comprises means for identifying the RBS that the target UE is connected to, whereby the location of the identified RBS is known, and means for selecting a first and a second additional UE, wherein at least one of the first and second additional UEs is connected to a RBS that is different from the RBS that the target UE is connected to. The positioning node comprises input means adapted to receive information associated with measurement of the round-trip-time between the target UE and the identified RBS, information associated with measurement of the round-trip-time between the first additional UE and the RBS it is connected to, information associated with measurement of the round-trip-time between the second additional UE and the RBS it is connected to, information associated with measurements between the target UE and a first additional UE, information associated with measurements between the target UE and a second additional UE, information associated with measurements between the first additional UE and the second additional UE, and a calculator adapted to determine the position of the target UE by using the knowledge of the identified RBS and the received information. | 07-15-2010 |
20100184454 | MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHODS FOR OPERATING THE SAME - In an embodiment, a mobile radio communication device is provided. The mobile radio communication device may include a mobile radio communication protocol circuit configured to provide a home base station function for a mobile radio communication with another mobile radio communication device, and a memory configured to store a home base station group data structure, wherein the home base station group data structure for each communication device associated with the home base station group comprises a home base station group member identifier to identify a mobile radio communication device as a member of the home base station group. | 07-22-2010 |
20100203903 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING LOCATION INFORMATION USING LOCATION BASED QUEUES - A location based service and method configured to provide a mechanism for delivering location to a subscribing user using a location queuing system. The method is implemented on a computing infrastructure and includes receiving one or more SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) messages with location information of a user. The method further includes publishing the location information to a location system queue with related timestamp information | 08-12-2010 |
20100222082 | BASE STATION SELECTING METHOD AND WIRELESS TERMINAL DEVICE - A base station selecting method of this invention includes the steps of causing each of a plurality of ID transmitters ( | 09-02-2010 |
20100279712 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION TRACKING NOTIFICATION - Systems and methods for location tracking notification are provided. Location sharing involves a mobile device sending location information to another device. This can allow another device to track the geographic location of the mobile device. Even though permissions can restrict access of the location information to only authorised users, the user of the mobile device might nonetheless wish to be informed of when another user is tracking their location. In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, if the location of the mobile device is being tracked, then the mobile device executes a user notification indicating that the location of the mobile device is being tracked. This can inform the user that their location is being tracked. | 11-04-2010 |
20100304762 | INDOOR TRACKING SYSTEM - A system and method for indoor tracking that includes a tracking device with a cell modem and a neural network program. The tracking device is placed in known positions within an indoor area to be tracked. The tracking devices requests RF data from reporting cell towers for each known position of the tracking device and feeds the known position data and RF data received from the reporting cell towers to the neural network program, enabling the neural network program to learn a correlation between the known position data and the RF data. The tracking device can then feed RF data from an unknown position to the learned correlation and enable the learned correlation to generate a predicted position of the tracking device. | 12-02-2010 |
20100304763 | System for Automatically Determining Cell Transmitter Parameters to Facilitate the Location of Wireless Devices - Several techniques for locating wireless devices involve the Mobile Stations (MS) making measurements of the signals transmitted by geographically distributed base stations within a wireless network. If some key site information is known about these transmitters, such as the transmitter location, transmit signal power, signal propagation, and transmit signal timing, measurements of these transmit signals by a MS can be used to determine the position of the MS. An automatic method to detect transmitters, identify key transmitter information, and utilize the base station transmit signals to perform location is presented. In addition, this method facilitates the use of cell site transmit signals that are part of multiple wireless networks. | 12-02-2010 |
20100323723 | Base Station Mapping with Angle-of-Arrival and Timing Advance Measurements - Methods and apparatus for determining a position estimate for a base station transceiver node in a wireless communication system are disclosed. Angle-of-arrival and/or timing advance measurements corresponding to transmissions received from mobile stations for which geographic locations are already known are combined with known locations for the mobile stations to estimate the position of the base station receiving the transmissions. This estimated base station position may be used, for example, in subsequent positioning of mobile stations for which locations are not already known, such as mobile stations not equipped with GPS technology. The estimated base station position may also be used to update a database of base station coordinates for the wireless network. | 12-23-2010 |
20110009132 | POSITIONING WITH SEVERAL OPERATORS - In one aspect, the invention provides apparatuses and methods for determining the location of a wireless user equipment (UE). Advantageously, the location may be determined by combining location estimates from a plurality of wireless network operators to increase accuracy. | 01-13-2011 |
20110028166 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FEMTO CELL SELF-TIMING AND SELF-LOCATING - Devices and methods are provided for providing self-timing and self-locating in an access point (AP) base station. In one embodiment, the method involves receiving Satellite Positioning System (SPS) signals from a first data source (e.g., plurality of satellites), wherein the SPS signals may include SPS time data, SPS frequency data, and SPS position data. The method may further involve obtaining from a second data source (e.g., cell site, terrestrial navigation station, server, user input interface, etc.) at least one of second time data, second frequency data and second position data, and determining relative reliability of the first and second data sources. | 02-03-2011 |
20110039582 | FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A fleet management system comprises a server, a plurality of dispatch terminals remote from the server, and a telecommunications gateway. The server connects to the telecommunications gateway and to the dispatch terminal. The telecommunications gateway receives request data from a communication device via a telecommunication network, which comprises an indication of a location of the communication device and an identifier associated with the communication device. The telecommunication gateway transfers the request data to the server. The server determines a geographically suitable dispatch terminal and transmits data corresponding to the contents of the request data to the suitable dispatch terminal. The dispatch terminal receives an input as to whether to accept or reject the request data, and if accepted to forward response data comprising at least identifier data to the telecommunications gateway via the server. The telecommunications gateway transmits the response data to the communication device via the telecommunications network. | 02-17-2011 |
20110039583 | MUTING TIME MASKS TO SUPPRESS SERVING CELL INTERFERENCE FOR OBSERVED TIME DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL LOCATION - A method, a user communication device, and a base station are disclosed. A network interface | 02-17-2011 |
20110045849 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECOVERING FROM AN INCOMPLETE IDLE MODE ENTRY - This application provides techniques for a mobile station (MS) to determine whether a base station (BS) successfully receives a response to a BS request for the MS to enter an idle mode. | 02-24-2011 |
20110053613 | Method of implementing location, method of broadcasting position information of neighbor base station and method of negotiating location capability - A method of implementing the location includes determining the base stations participating in the location and parameters required in the location via the signaling interaction between a mobile station and a serving base station. Afterwards, the mobile station and the base stations participating in the location perform the location measuring according to the determined parameters required in the location; at last, performing the location calculation according to the measuring result of location measuring. | 03-03-2011 |
20110059756 | SPARSE NETWORK ALMANAC - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to creation, maintenance, communication, and/or use of sparse network almanac information that may be located in a mobile station. | 03-10-2011 |
20110077030 | LTE FINGERPRINTING POSITIONING REFERENCES FOR OTHER CELLULAR SYSTEMS - High precision UE position estimates derived by OTDOA positioning in an LTE network are provided to other networks (e.g., WCDMA and/or GSM), along with inter-RAT measurements performed on the other networks, to support fingerprinted positioning databases in the other networks. Signaling is provided enabling LTE UE position estimates to be used as reference points in the fingerprinting database in each of GSM control plane AECID positioning, GSM user plane AECID positioning, WCDMA control plane AECID positioning, and WCDMA user plane AECID positioning. In support thereof, inter-RAT measurement supporting the population of databases in WCDMA and GSM, using fingerprints and reference measurements in LTE; the use of OTDOA positioning to generate the LTE UE position estimates, and the required signaling are disclosed. The AECID databases in WCDMA and GSM networks do not have own-network serving cells at the top hierarchical level, since the inter-RAT measurements are performed in LTE. | 03-31-2011 |
20110098062 | MOTION ADAPTIVE WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK, WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR USE THEREWITH - A circuit includes an on-chip gyrating circuit that generates a motion parameter based on motion of the circuit. A global positioning system (GPS) receiver receives a GPS signal and that generates GPS position data based on the GPS signal. A processing module processes the motion parameter to produce motion data, generates position information based on at least one of the GPS position data and the motion data, converts outbound data into an outbound symbol stream, and converts an inbound symbol stream into inbound data. A wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiver section generates an outbound RF signal from the outbound symbol stream, and converts an inbound RF signal into the inbound symbol stream. | 04-28-2011 |
20110105153 | AVOIDING EXCESSIVE SIGNALING DURING WIRELESS TERMINAL TOGGLING - A core network node ( | 05-05-2011 |
20110117936 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF A POSITIONING SYSTEM DURING A CONTINUOUS POSITIONING PROCESS (As Amended) - A method and system for improving performance of a positioning system during a continuous positioning process. The method is applied in a mobile communication positioning system, and mainly comprises the following steps: during the continuous positioning process, a mobile positioning center sends a mobile station state inquiring request to a home location register, the home location register receives the request and returns a mobile station current state response, the mobile positioning center performs positioning process or terminates positioning process to the mobile station based on the current state of the station. The present method can avoid circumstances where the continuous positioning has terminated while the positioning center and the positioning entity fails to release resources in time. Also, it can continuously track a subscriber in special industrial application, which avoids the circumstance of inability to continue previous continuous positioning after restart of a subscriber terminal. | 05-19-2011 |
20110143782 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DYNAMICALLY PROVISION SUBSCRIBERS IN A NETWORK - Systems and methods to dynamically provision subscribers in a network are disclosed herein. A example method to provision a subscriber in a communication network includes detecting that a location of the subscriber has changed from a first location to a second location, instructing a first customer profile repository to transfer a customer profile associated with the subscriber to a second customer profile repository corresponding to the second location in response to detecting the location change, and provisioning the customer profile at the second customer profile repository. | 06-16-2011 |
20110183690 | RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, POSITION MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A radio communication apparatus for performing radio communication with a terminal apparatus, including: a calculation unit which calculates first and second propagation distances indicating path lengths of first and second paths respectively; a decision unit which determines whether the first and second received waves are reflected waves or direct waves, respectively, based on the first and second propagation distances, and outputs a first or second terminal-reflection point distance on determining the first or second received wave as the reflected wave, or outputs the first or second propagation distance on determining the first or second received wave as the direct wave; and a position measurement unit which measures the position of the terminal apparatus based on the first or second terminal-reflection point distance, or the first or second propagation distance. | 07-28-2011 |
20110250908 | Locating a Source of Wireless Transmissions from a Licensed User of a Licensed Spectral Resource - Own communication equipment locates a source of wireless transmissions, the own equipment including a serving base station (BS). The serving BS receives, from remote sensors including at least one user equipment (UE), sensing information from which transmitter location information (“location information”) can be determined. The location information is oriented in a serving BS coordinate system. The location information can comprise white space sensing information from which a direction of a transmitter relative to a position of the UE can be determined, and pilot signal sensing information from which respective directions of one or more BSs relative to the position of the UE can be determined. The BS transforms the white space and pilot signal sensing information into the location information. Geographical safety margins are determined from the location information, and BS transmissions are adjusted to limit transmitting signals beyond the geographical safety margin area. | 10-13-2011 |
20110256890 | Femto base stations and methods for operating the same - Femto base stations and methods described herein suppress the need for an external GPS antenna and cable, while still providing a network service provider with the ability to obtain the desired GPS location coordinates and the user with the flexibility of placing the femto cell at the location of their choice within a home regardless of GPS signal strength. | 10-20-2011 |
20110281592 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS - A mobile communication system according to the present invention that can provide a mobile communication system capable of reducing power consumption by a radio base station apparatus includes a radio base station apparatus ( | 11-17-2011 |
20110319100 | ASYNCHRONOUS WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to an asynchronous wireless communication system, such as a UMTS system. The various base stations of an asynchronous wireless communication system do not typically have known timing offsets Tb(i), and these timing offsets vary with time. The invention allows the calculation of the difference dTb(i,j) between timing offsets Tb(i), Tb(j) for pairs of base stations B(i), B(j), using the timing of signals received by one or more wireless communication units. Having eliminated the timing offsets between the base stations as a variable, geo-location techniques from synchronous networks may then be used to locate wireless communication units in the asynchronous wireless communication system. | 12-29-2011 |
20120009948 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION FOR A MOBILE DEVICE - A system for determining a location for a mobile communication device includes a plurality of taps, a multiplexer, and a link aggregator. Each tap includes a pair of connectors that couple to a communication link of a radio access network inline and pass between them a signal received over the communication link. Each tap also includes a multiplexer connector that couples to a multiplexer and a cable connecting the multiplexer connector to the inline connectors. The tap replicates signals passing between the inline connectors and propagates the replicated signals to the multiplexer connector. The multiplexer receives, from each tap, signals replicated by that tap, extracts location data from the received signals, and transmits the location data to a link aggregator. The link aggregator receives the location data from the multiplexer and determines a location for one of the mobile devices based on the received location data. | 01-12-2012 |
20120034935 | MOVING BODY AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING INVENTORY INFORMATION OF MOVING BODY - An object is to easily manage inventory information of an moving body such as a work machine at each physical distribution center substantially in real time, and an moving body | 02-09-2012 |
20120071176 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, EDGE USER ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A base station apparatus that estimates whether or not each terminal device belonging to a communication cell of the present apparatus is present in an end area of the cell. The apparatus includes a reception device that receives from each terminal device, transmission power information which indicates transmission power of the terminal device; a registration device that successively registers the transmission power information with a storage device; a statistical processing device that computes a statistic used for estimating the terminal device present in the end area of the communication cell, with respect to a population which is the transmission power information stored in the storage device; a candidate extraction device that extracts candidates for the terminal device present in the end area of the communication cell, based on the statistic computed by the statistical processing device; and an estimation device that estimates the terminal device present in the end area of the communication cell from among the candidates extracted by the candidate extraction device. | 03-22-2012 |
20120088525 | ESTIMATION OF SIGNIFICANT PLACES VISITED BY MOBILE-TERMINAL USER BASED ON COMMUNICATIONS LOG TO BASE STATIONS - A method is disclosed of estimating significant places visited by a mobile-terminal user for wireless communication via base stations. The method includes: collecting at least one communication log represented with consecutive communication events between the mobile terminal and connected one of the base stations in a coverage area of each mobile terminal, the base stations being identified by unique base-station identifiers (BS IDs), respectively, each communication event including date and time of communication and one of the BS IDs which is indicative of the connected base station; dividing each communication log into consecutive time-windowed segments, using a discrete time window moving in time; and, per each time-windowed segment, estimating at least one significant place visited by the user, based on a probability distribution with which the BS IDs appear in each time-windowed segment. | 04-12-2012 |
20120108270 | Methods And Arrangements In A Telecommunication System - The present invention relates to a method and a device for supporting positioning with a minimum of assistance data signalling The method in the radio device that shall perform the positioning measurements comprises determining ( | 05-03-2012 |
20120184301 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING MOBILE DEVICE LOCATION IN A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus related to determining location of one or more mobile devices based on signals received by mobile device and signals received by fixed devices such as access points (APs) in a communications system are described. In accordance with various embodiments, mobile devices, e.g., peer devices, measure one or more signal characteristics, e.g., received signal power level, of signals received from peer devices and report this information along with information identifying the peer devices to which individual signal measurements correspond. The time of the signal measurements is also reported allowing a location determination server to time align signal measurements made by multiple different devices, e.g., mobile devices and access points, and use signals measurements from the multiple devices to determine the location of one or mobile devices, e.g., at one or more points in time, with more accuracy than if AP signal measurement alone were used. | 07-19-2012 |
20120184302 | USER EQUIPMENT, A POSITIONING NODE AND METHODS THEREIN - Embodiments relate to positioning of a user equipment in a communications network. A method in a user equipment for performing positioning measurement comprises receiving positioning assistance data from a positioning node. The positioning assistance data comprises a plurality of reference cells, wherein each reference cell may be associated with at least one respective frequency, and a set of neighbor cells comprising at least one neighbor cell. The method further comprises, for each reference cell comprised in the plurality of reference cells, identifying a respective associated set of neighbor cells, wherein the reference cell and the respective associated set of neighbor cells define a group. Furthermore, the method comprises performing at least one positioning measurement using the positioning assistance data for each respective identified group. | 07-19-2012 |
20120184303 | LOCATION OF BASESTATION - Techniques and mechanisms relating to a basestation for a cellular communication system, and in particular to a method and a system for determining the location of the basestation, are disclosed. Methods are provided for use in a basestation of a mobile communications network, or in the network itself, for determining information about the position of the basestation itself, and/or for determining the position of mobile devices having a connection to the basestation. According to other aspects of the invention, there are provided basestations and network nodes for performing these methods. | 07-19-2012 |
20120196628 | MOTION ADAPTIVE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR USE THEREWITH - A circuit includes a package substrate that supports an on-chip gyrating circuit that generates a motion parameter based on motion of the circuit. The package substrate further supports a die that supports a processing module that processes the motion parameter to produce motion data, wherein the processing module further generates a receive control signal and a transmit control signal in accordance with the motion data. The die further supports a wireless local area network transceiver that generates an outbound RF signal that includes outbound data and that generates voice inbound data from an inbound RF signal, wherein the wireless local area network transceiver is further operable to adjust a receive parameter based on the receive control signal and to adjust a transmit parameter in response to the transmit control signal. | 08-02-2012 |
20120208566 | Network-Side Removal of Positioning Assistance Ambiguity Via Selective Delay of Assistance Data Transmission - A network node ( | 08-16-2012 |
20120208567 | HIGH-PERFORMANCE CELLULAR TELEPHONE RECEIVER - A method includes: receiving a reference signal on an array of antenna elements; using a received reference signal to find optimal weighting of the antenna elements to point a beam pattern of the antenna elements in the direction of a reference signal, thereby providing gain in the direction of the reference signal and attenuation in all other directions; adjusting a width of the beam pattern to cover an area of interest; acquiring and tracking interferers in the area of interest; reconstructing a component of interference from each of the interferers; and using the reconstructed component of interference to adaptively cancel interference from the interferers. | 08-16-2012 |
20120225674 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, MOVING-OBJECT-MOUNTED TERMINAL AND DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a measurement system includes a wireless relay device, a moving-object-mounted terminal and a data processor. The wireless relay device forms a wireless area for performing wireless communication. The moving-object-mounted terminal is mounted to a moving object within the wireless area. The moving-object-mounted terminal includes a Global Positioning System (GPS) unit and a wireless unit. The GPS unit acquires positional data of the moving object and time data indicating the time when the positional data has been acquired by GPS. The wireless unit converts the positional data and the time data into a wireless signal, and transmits the wireless signal to the wireless relay device. The data processor receives the wireless signal from the moving-object-mounted terminal via the wireless relay device, and calculates time required for the moving object to move a predetermined distance within the wireless area based on the positional data and the time data. | 09-06-2012 |
20120225675 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, MOBILE MANAGEMENT NODE, AND MOBILE STATION - The mobile communication method according to the present invention includes: a step of acquiring and storing, by a mobile management node MME, Cell-ID for identifying a cell in which a mobile station UE exists, in an MM process; a step of transmitting, by the mobile management node MME, a positioning process signal “Location Request” including the stored Cell-ID to a positioning calculation node E-SMLC, in an LCS process; and a step of performing, by the positioning calculation node E-SMLC, a positioning process of the mobile station UE, using the Cell-ID included in the received positioning process signal “Location Request”, in the LCS process. | 09-06-2012 |
20120238297 | COMMUNICATION CONTROLLER, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication controller includes a processor. The processor performs a process of estimating a moving route of a mobile station connected through a network and a process of determining a timing to start transmission of data to be transmitted between the network and the mobile station based on a prediction result of a communication quality of the mobile station according to the estimated moving route and a size of the data. | 09-20-2012 |
20120252500 | POSITION INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, POSITION INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND POSITION INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided a position information processing device including a base station information storage section which stores base station information including position information, a MAC address, and an auxiliary identifier, and position information acquisition section which acquires, based on a MAC address of a base station and an auxiliary identifier acquired by reception of a radio signal transmitted from the base station, position information of the base station from the base station information stored in the base station information storage section. | 10-04-2012 |
20120252501 | System and Method for Asset Tracking Using Hybrid WAN/PAN Wireless Technologies - A system for tracking mobile assets is described. The system includes a plurality of mobile asset tracking devices, where each of the tracking devices has a short range radio transmitter used to transmit identifying information to other nearby tracking devices. A subset of the plurality of mobile asset tracking devices also include location determination modules and wide area network communications transmitters, this subset of mobile asset tracking devices is operable to collect the identifying information of the nearby tracking devices without the wide area network communication transmitter and to transmit the location and identifying information of the nearby tracking devices to a monitoring center to track the plurality of mobile asset tracking devices. | 10-04-2012 |
20120270570 | METHOD FOR CHECKING THE PRESENCE OF A MOBILE IN A CELL - The present invention concerns a cellular base station and a method, at the cellular base station for checking the presence of a mobile device in a cell, the mobile device having previously camped on the cell, the method comprising sending (S | 10-25-2012 |
20120289257 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING THE POSITION OF A PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus for acquiring a position of a portable terminal includes a position estimating unit for estimating a position of a portable terminal based on prestored reference information, and a control unit for detecting—the position of the portable terminal using information from a server, wherein when there is a failure to acquire the position information of the portable terminal using the information from the server, the position estimating unit acquires the position of the portable terminal based on the estimated position of the portable terminal. | 11-15-2012 |
20120289258 | PUBLIC WIRELESS NETWORK PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH MOBILE DEVICE DATA COLLECTION AGENTS - Mobile device tracker and method for tracking movement of mobile devices within a mobile communications environment. The mobile device tracker includes an acquisition device to periodically acquire location data for the mobile device within the mobile communications environment, and a plotter to identify on a map of a geographical region within which the mobile communications environment is located the location data for the mobile device. | 11-15-2012 |
20120309427 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATING A WIRELESS ACCESS DEVICE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A wireless access device in a wireless network, whether a known or unknown entity, can be located using a geolocation system according to the present invention. A signal strength is determined by a wireless intrusion detection system (WIDS) node in a wireless network for each wireless access device that it detects. Based on the signal strength, an approximate distance from the node is determined, which, in one embodiment corresponds to a radius of a circle around the node. To account for error, an approximation band of the circle is calculated that will allow a user to determine the approximate location of the device within the wireless network. | 12-06-2012 |
20120309428 | Location Estimation Using a Probability Density Function - Methods, program products, and systems of location estimation using a probability density function are disclosed. In general, in one aspect, a server can estimate an effective location of a wireless access gateway using harvested data. The server can harvest location data from multiple mobile devices. The harvested data can include a location of each mobile device and an identifier of a wireless access gateway that is located within a communication range of the mobile device. The server can calculate an effective location of the wireless access gateway using a probability density function of the harvested data. The probability density function can be a sufficient statistic of the received set of location coordinates for calculating an effective location of the wireless access gateway. The server can send the effective location of the wireless access gateway to other mobile devices for estimating locations of the other mobile devices. | 12-06-2012 |
20120309429 | Location Determination Using Historical Data - 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. | 12-06-2012 |
20120329484 | LOCATING MOBILE DEVICES UTILIZING WI-FI INFORMATION - Systems, methods and devices for locating a mobile device. This includes a mobile device receives a location message from a local computing device and identifies a location using a location application. Further, the mobile device receives one or more wireless signals, each wireless signal corresponding to a wireless router and identifies a relative strength for each wireless signal with respective to the mobile device. In addition, the mobile device receives wireless router identification information for each wireless router and sends the location and the wireless router identification information for each wireless router to the local computer device. | 12-27-2012 |
20130012240 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION OF USER EQUIPMENT IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for obtaining information of a user equipment in a communication system are provided. The method includes registering schedule information containing place information by the user equipment, adding service information to the schedule information by the user equipment when a peripheral service server receives service information corresponding to the place information, and displaying the service information by the user equipment when the schedule information is searched. A user of the UE may automatically add the location based information to the UE corresponding to schedule information to manage it without separately searching information or recording the information, thus improving convenience. | 01-10-2013 |
20130040664 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING POSITIONING MEASUREMENT - The present invention discloses a method, system and device for implementing positioning measurement. The method includes the steps of: determining a Timing Advance (TA) report format according to obtained information on whether a User Equipment (UE) can support the measurement of the receiving-transmitting (Rx-Tx) time difference and information on whether a base station (e.g. eNB) can support the measurement of the Rx-Tx time difference of the base station and the measurement of the Rx-Tx time difference of the UE in an Enhanced Cell Identity (E-CID) positioning process of the user equipment, and after the base station processes the E-CID positioning measurement, the positioning measurement result is returned to the Evolved Serving Mobile Location Center (E-SMLC) in the determined timing advance report format. The present invention can solve the problem in the prior art that the base station can not determine a specific timing advance report format to be used for returning a positioning measurement result to the E-SMLC. | 02-14-2013 |
20130059608 | Aggregate location dynometer (ALD) - An Aggregate Location Dynometer (ALD) in a physical wireless network alerts to a problematic crowd risk using location based services (LBS). An Aggregate Location Dynometer (ALD) comprises a Network Monitor, a Crowd Risk Determinant and an Alert Module. The Network Monitor monitors wireless traffic for a potential viral event, associated with a formation of a plurality of wireless devices. The Crowd Risk Determinant requests location information associated with a plurality of wireless devices in a given area regarding a respective viral event. The Crowd Risk Determinant determines if the viral event also indicates a crowd safety risk, based on the shape and movement of observed wireless devices. The Alert Module triggers an alert of an impending crowd problem when crowd risk is above a given threshold. Historical databases are empirically determined and maintained in the Aggregate Location Dynometer (ALD) for use in viral event and crowd risk assessment. | 03-07-2013 |
20130095860 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, MOBILE STATION, RADIO BASE STATION, AND UPPER NODE - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a step of instructing a target mobile station UE, by a radio base station eNB, to perform “MDT” based on an “MDT policy”, a step of acquiring, by the target mobile station UE, from a positioning server E-SMLC, the location information of the target mobile station UE, and a step of transmitting, by the target mobile station UE, to the radio base station eNB, the measurement result of the desired radio quality and the location information of the target mobile station UE. | 04-18-2013 |
20130115974 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal is allowed to automatically reproduce contents by a user-desired device based on its own position and orientation. A method for controlling contents reproduction in a mobile terminal includes acquiring at least one of position and orientation of the mobile terminal, selecting one of a plurality of external devices based on the acquired at least one of the position and the orientation, the plurality of external devices being capable of reproducing contents at different positions, respectively, and transmitting a signal to the selected one external device for controlling the selected one external device to reproduce the contents. | 05-09-2013 |
20130122940 | MODULAR DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM CALL DATA - A modular data processing system ( | 05-16-2013 |
20130122941 | Providing and utilizing maps in location determination based on RSSI and RTT data - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to utilizing location information, such as maps, in location determination based on Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) and Round-Trip Time (RTT) data. Weighting information can be determined from and/or provided in the location information. The weighting information associated with an area in which a mobile device is located can impact how RSSI and RTT data is weighted in a calculation of the mobile device's location. | 05-16-2013 |
20130143602 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING VOICE QUALITY IN A MOBILE NETWORK - An example apparatus is provided that receives a first message following conclusion of a voice call between a first apparatus and a second apparatus over a network. And in response to the first message, the apparatus obtains a geographic location of at least the first apparatus, and prepares a second message for transmission to the first apparatus. The second message includes a telephone number of a quality server to enable the first apparatus to initiate a voice call to the telephone number to participate in a voice quality test with the quality server, where the voice quality test includes calculation of a score reflecting a quality of the voice call. The apparatus receives the score, and correlates the score with the geographic location of at least the first apparatus and other network parameters obtained during the test to facilitate tuning the network based on the score and the geographic location. | 06-06-2013 |
20130157695 | SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD AND BASE STATION DEVICE - The present invention provides a signal transmitting method and a base station device. The signal transmitting method is applied to a base station device including a time domain exchanging module and a baseband processing unit, where the time domain exchanging module is connected to the baseband processing unit. The method includes: receiving, by the time domain exchanging module, a first time domain signal transmitted by a user equipment through a radio frequency channel of a serving cell of the user equipment, and receiving a second time domain signal transmitted by the user equipment through a radio frequency channel of a coordinating cell of the user equipment; and transmitting the first time domain signal and the second time domain signal to the baseband processing unit, which is corresponding to the serving cell of the user equipment. Through the present invention, CoMP data exchange can be implemented in an LTE-A system. | 06-20-2013 |
20130165157 | Secure Witness or Criminal Participant Location or Position and Time Recording Information Apparatus, Systemts and Methods - An apparatus, system or method for use of encrypted or confidential location or position, time, and unique identifier information (LPTI Information) comprising mobile device encoded unique identifiers (UIs), to register the presence of one or more persons in a retail or service store or outlet, vehicle, financial, educational, governmental, transportation, shipping, cargo, residential, vacation, travel, power generation or distribution, water or food supply or storage, or data storage location or position, for use in identifying potential suspects, conspirators, participants or witnesses for criminal, regulated, tort, or prohibited activity for use by law enforcement or a court, and which information is kept encrypted until authorized access is granted to law enforcement or a court by issuance or a warrant or other appropriate legal authorization. | 06-27-2013 |
20130178235 | Wireless Communication Positioning Method - A wireless communication positioning method is disclosed for obtaining an estimated position of a mobile device. The wireless communication positioning method includes obtaining an angle of arrival for the mobile device relative to one of a plurality of base stations and obtaining a line of arrival angle extended along the angle of arrival from the one of the plurality of base stations, obtaining a plurality of measured distances of the plurality of base stations relative to the mobile device and obtaining a plurality of measured circles corresponding to the plurality of measured distances, generating a plurality of position lines according to the plurality of measured circles, and calculating the estimated position of the mobile device according to the plurality of position lines and the line of arrival angle. | 07-11-2013 |
20130203447 | LTE USER EQUIPMENT POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of determining the location of a mobile device in a communications network having a plurality of nodes, one of the plural nodes serving the device. Observed positioning measurements for a mobile device may be received from the serving node and uplink enhanced cell identification (E-CID) positioning measurements received from the mobile device. One or more ranges between ones of the plural nodes and the mobile device may then be determined as a function of the received observed positioning measurements and the received uplink E-CID positioning measurements. A geographic location of the mobile device may then be estimated as a function the determined one or more ranges. | 08-08-2013 |
20130210464 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NETWORK SERVICES RELATED TO GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION - A method for applying network services related to geographic location including receiving regions within a map and receiving geo-service definitions for the regions. The method includes determining a subscriber's region and determining information related to the subscriber's traffic flow. The method then applies geo-service definitions based on the subscriber's region and the information related to the traffic flow. A system for applying network services related to geographic location having a location detection module for detecting a subscriber's location and a region detection module for determining the subscriber's region within a map based on the subscriber's location. The system further including a geo-service definition and enablement module for defining geo-service definitions and actions; and a subscriber detection and traffic management module adapted to receive the subscriber's region and apply geo-service definitions to the subscriber traffic flow based in part on the region of the subscriber. | 08-15-2013 |
20130252641 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMPROVING NETWORK DISCOVERY AND SELECTION - The present invention provides a method for improving Network Discovery and Selection suitable for a UE which is moving into a new TA, which comprises: receiving, by a MMF, a TAU request including the new TA from the UE; allocating, by the MMF, a new TA List according to the new TA in the TAU request; sending, by the MMF, the new TA List to the UE; sending, by the MMF, a TA information to a Mobility Policy Function, MPF, for updating mobility policy of the UE if the new TA is a special TA covered by different networks. | 09-26-2013 |
20130260798 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEVICE POSITIONING UTILIZING DISTRIBUTED TRANSCEIVERS WITH ARRAY PROCESSING - A mobile device receives signals from base stations each with multiple distributed transceivers. Each distributed transceiver may operate at different carrier frequencies. Each distributed transceiver is equipped with an independently configurable antenna array handling transmissions of the radio frequency signals to the mobile device. The mobile device generates channel measurements for the received signals, and subsequently receives a position estimate from a remote location server. The location server determines corresponding transmit diversity configurations applied to the base stations for conducting the channel measurements for the mobile device, and channel measurements at scanned locations in a location scanning region. The location server selects and utilize a signature function to calculate the position estimate for the mobile device over the transmit diversity configurations. A multi-level positioning process may be performed by adopting various signature functions, subsets of transmit configurations and/or subspaces of the location scanning region for accurate device positioning. | 10-03-2013 |
20130260799 | Method and Apparatus for Positioning Using Quasi-Fingerprinting - According to certain aspects, the invention provides a method of achieving near-fingerprinting accuracy without fingerprinting database costs, via parametric representation of training data. In embodiments, this is achieved by using a parametric representation for the training data and limiting the region of applicability of the parametric model in order to mimic fingerprinting. According to certain additional aspects, an algorithm according to principles of the invention includes two separate parts, training and positioning. Training encompasses the derivation of the parametric model and region of applicability. This comprises access point position, propagation model and the window of applicability. Positioning covers the use of the derived model along with a set of fresh observations to generate a position estimate. | 10-03-2013 |
20130267257 | ACCESS POINT MEASUREMENTS FOR RECEIVED SIGNAL PREDICTION - Disclosed is a method for position determination, including altering or generating at least one radio heatmap value in a collection of radio heatmap values, the altering or generating based, at least in part, on a measurement of one or more characteristics of wireless signals received by a receiver at a first wireless network access point and transmitted by a transmitter at a second wireless network access point; and transmitting at least a portion of the collection of radio heatmap values including the altered or generated radio heatmap value to a mobile station as positioning assistance information. | 10-10-2013 |
20130267258 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS POSITIONING - A method for wireless positioning is provided. The method for wireless positioning includes: acquiring synchronization with base stations; collecting a plurality of propagation delay taps for the base stations; determining a final propagation delay tap among the plurality of propagation delay taps; calculating a time difference of arrival (TDOA) value using the final propagation delay value; and deriving locations of the terminals using the calculated TDOA value. By this configuration, the positioning accuracy can be improved. | 10-10-2013 |
20130303198 | INFERRING A CONTEXT FROM CROWD-SOURCED ACTIVITY DATA - Techniques are provided to infer a context associated with a mobile device based on aggregated data from a set of other mobile devices. The set of mobile devices can include mobile devices currently or previously near a location of the mobile device. Each mobile device in the set of other mobile devices can collect sensor data and infer a low-level context (e.g., “sitting” or “standing”). The low-level contexts can be aggregated. Based on the aggregated low-level contexts, a high-level context (e.g., “at a party” or “watching television”) associated with the mobile device can be inferred or a low-level context associated with the mobile device can be refined. | 11-14-2013 |
20130303199 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING NETWORK POSITIONING MEASUREMENT PERFORMANCE BY MANAGING UNCERTAIN MEASUREMENT OCCASIONS - Method and apparatus for enhancing network positioning measurement performance, wherein uplink measurement is a measurement performed on radio signals configured for a wireless device by a first network node, and wherein the first network node is different from a measuring node. Information is obtained about a plurality of measurement occasions in which the wireless device is scheduled to transmit one or more configured radio signals, wherein a measurement occasion comprises one or more time and/or frequency resources. Information is also obtained about uncertain measurement occasions, wherein an uncertain measurement occasion comprises one of the plurality of measurement occasions in which the wireless device may or may not transmit the one or more configured radio signals. A radio signal measurement is selectively performed based on the obtained information and the radio signals received from the wireless device, and is used for determining positioning of the wireless device. | 11-14-2013 |
20130303200 | Location Server Method for Communicating Location Information - A location server ( | 11-14-2013 |
20130316740 | INDOOR LOCATING MOBILE TERMINALS IN A MOBILE CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - A process for indoor location of a mobile cellular terminal ( | 11-28-2013 |
20130316741 | METHOD FOR RESIDENTIAL LOCALIZATION OF MOBILE PHONE USERS - It comprises defining the residential location of one or more users according to his mobile phone activity during a time pattern comprising at least one specific period of time. It also comprises carrying out said residential localization by automatically carrying out the next steps: a) determining said time pattern, or residential calling pattern, from mobile phone-call data (such as that included in CDRs) of a plurality of users whose residential locations are known a priori, such as users with a contract, and b) applying said determined residential calling pattern to mobile phone-call data (such as that included in CDR) of one or more users whose residential location is unknown, such as anonymized users or pre-paid customers, in order to determine their residential location as that at which at least one call has been made with their mobile phone within said specific period included in said residential calling pattern. | 11-28-2013 |
20130337843 | SITE LOCATION DETERMINATION USING CROWD SOURCED PROPAGATION DELAY AND LOCATION DATA - Site location determination using crowd sourced propagation delay and location data is provided. A propagation delay component receives a set of propagation delay measurements for communications between a mobile device and an access point. A user equipment location component receives a location of the mobile device, and a combination component combines the set of propagation delay measurements and the location into a set of location data. An access point location component determines a set of intersecting locations between the set of location data and additional sets of location data, and determines a location of the access point based on the set of intersecting locations. | 12-19-2013 |
20130337844 | FACILITATION OF TIMED FINGERPRINT MOBILE DEVICE LOCATING - Downlink signal strength measurements from base stations (BSs) are reported by mobile devices to facilitate mobile device locating. A system receives the signal strength information and determines whether the mobile device is within a selected distance from any of the BSs in response to detecting that signal strength information for one of the BSs is greater than a predefined value. The system determines an area over which to search for the mobile device if the system fails to detect that the signal strength information for any of the BSs is greater than the predefined value. The area over which the search is performed is an intersection of all regions determined by the signal strengths of the BSs. | 12-19-2013 |
20130337845 | Method and System for Selecting Base Stations to Position Mobile Device - A method for selecting a plurality of base stations to position a mobile device is provided. The method includes selecting a plurality of base station sets from the plurality of base stations, wherein each of the plurality of base station sets corresponds to a distance matrix, utilizing a first artificial neural network (ANN) unit to select a predefined number of the plurality of base station sets from the plurality of base station sets according to a plurality of distance matrixes corresponding to the plurality of base station sets; and utilizing a second ANN unit to position the mobile device according to the predefined number of the plurality of base station sets. | 12-19-2013 |
20130337846 | LOCATION DETERMINATION FOR CALLS WITHIN A FEMTOCELL - When a call is placed within a femtocell area of coverage, the location of the femtocell is used as the location of the mobile device. The location of the femtocell is stored in the network, and if the call is placed through the femtocell, the location of the femtocell is used to determine the location of the mobile device. | 12-19-2013 |
20130344900 | ESTIMATING THE LOCATION OF A WIRELESS TERMINAL DESPITE APPARENTLY REASONABLE BUT MISLEADING OR ERRONEOUS EMPIRICAL DATA - A location engine is disclosed that estimates the location of a wireless terminal using (i) cell ID, (ii) triangulation, (iii) GPS, (iv) RF pattern-matching, or (v) any combination of them. The location engine is adept at discounting the contribution of apparently reasonable but erroneous data. The location engine receives data that are evidence of the location of a wireless terminal at each of a plurality of different times. The location engine then generates an initial hypothesis for the location of the wireless terminal at each time assuming that all of the data is correct and equally probative. Next, the location engine generates one alternative hypothesis for each initial hypothesis and each datum assuming that the datum is erroneous. Finally, the location engine generates the estimate for the location of the wireless terminal at each time by determining which combination of initial hypotheses and alternative hypothesis is the most self-consistent. | 12-26-2013 |
20140018110 | PROVIDING MOBILE DEVICE LOCATION AS A PROXY LOCATION FOR AN ACCESS POINT IN RESPONSE TO MOBILE DEVICE ASSOCIATION WITH THE ACCESS POINT, AND RELATED METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS - Providing mobile device location as a proxy location for an access point in response to mobile device association with the access point, and related methods, devices, and systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a mobile device receives signals from a transmitter(s). Based on the received signals, the mobile device determines its current location. The mobile device also establishes an association with an access point device. In response to the association, the mobile device transmits to a location server an identification of the access point device and the current location of the mobile device as a proxy location for the access point device. In this manner, the location server may determine a location of the access point device while maintaining the privacy of user(s) of the mobile device(s). The location server may provide the access point device location to user device(s) to allow the user device(s) to determine its location. | 01-16-2014 |
20140045536 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERVICE SET IDENTIFIER-BASED LOCATION DETECTION - Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying a location based at least in part on identifying a wireless access point and at least one service set identifier associated with the wireless access point. | 02-13-2014 |
20140057664 | MEASUREMENT COMPENSATION METHOD, APPARATUS, SERVER, AND SYSTEM IN BASE STATION POSITIONING - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a measurement compensation method, apparatus, server, and system in base station positioning. The method includes: receiving a reference signal time difference RSTD measurement value between different base stations that is reported by a mobile terminal; acquiring an RSTD measurement compensation value corresponding to a positioning aid device, where the positioning aid device is pre-deployed in a fixed position, the mobile terminal is positioned in a range corresponding to the fixed position, and the RSTD measurement compensation value is used to compensate RSTD measurement within the range; and compensating the RSTD measurement value according to the RSTD measurement compensation value to obtain an RSTD compensation result. By adopting the present invention, the RSTD measurement value reported by the mobile terminal can be compensated, so as to improve the positioning precision of the mobile terminal. | 02-27-2014 |
20140073363 | CONTEXT AND MAP AIDING FOR SELF-LEARNING - A system and method for determining locations of a plurality of radio frequency (RF) signal sources. The method includes receiving RF signals from the RF signal sources, and determining locations of the RF signal sources based on the received RF signals. The method also includes determining an anchor having an absolute location identified by map data, and then adjusting the determined locations of the RF signal sources based on the anchor. | 03-13-2014 |
20140094199 | TECHNIQUES FOR FASTER TIME-TO-FIRST-FIX - Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate or support one or more operations or techniques for a relatively faster time-to-first-fix, such as for use in or with a mobile communication device. Briefly, in accordance with at least one implementation, a method may include transmitting a first message to a mobile device, the first message comprising abbreviated positioning assistance data; receiving a second message from the mobile device, the second message comprising an indication of a coarse location of the mobile device; and transmitting a third message to the mobile device, the third message comprising a detailed tiled radio heat map obtained based, at least in part, on the received indication of the coarse location of the mobile device. | 04-03-2014 |
20140099976 | Measurement Systems and Methods for Fingerprinting Positioning - A system, computer software and method for collecting, in addition to position data, additional positioning data in a user terminal served by a communication network. The method includes initiating, by generating a message within the user terminal, collection of the positioning data, where the positioning data includes information based on which a physical location of the user terminal is determined; measuring, by the user terminal, at least one parameter related to the physical location of the user terminal in response to the message; producing, within the user terminal, measurement reports that include the at least one parameter; selecting, within the user terminal, one or more measurement reports that were generated in response to the message generated by the user terminal; reporting the selected one or more measurement reports to an interface within the user terminal; and transmitting, from the interface, the reported one or more measurement reports to an external server or to the communication network. | 04-10-2014 |
20140099977 | Self Positioning Of A Wireless Station - A self-positioning mechanism is provided that determines and tracks the position of an access point in real time. A location unaware access point determines its location from the locations of location aware stations. The location is determined based on a predicted estimate which is updated based on measured values of the locations of the location aware stations over a time period. The movement of the location is then tracked based on the differences between range measurements of the location aware stations. | 04-10-2014 |
20140141815 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATING A MOBILE DEVICE WITHIN A CELLULAR SYSTEM - A system for determining location and timing information in a cellular network includes a space-time calibration unit (SCU) and a plurality of nodes in communication with the SCU. Each node includes a node ping driver that receives frame synchronization information from a respective subset of cell sites, and associates the frame synchronization information with respective receive count stamps generated using a local node clock. The system also includes a user handset that includes a handset ping driver that receives the frame synchronization information from a serving cell site and one or more neighbor cell sites, and associates the frame synchronization information with respective receive count stamps generated using a local handset clock. The SCU uses the information from the node and handset ping drivers to determine a handset location. | 05-22-2014 |
20140155104 | INDOOR POSITIONING USING CAMERA AND OPTICAL SIGNAL - A method for detecting a collector device in an indoor area associated with imaging devices covering the area includes a plurality of collector devices emitting markers to the imaging devices coupled to a server. The imaging devices capture the images of the collector devices including the markers. The images are processed in order to determine the current positions of the collector devices corresponding to the markers. The server and the collector device communicate with each other and match a current position corresponding to the collector device among the plurality of collector devices. | 06-05-2014 |
20140155105 | Aggregate Location Dynometer (ALD) - An Aggregate Location Dynometer (ALD) in a physical wireless network alerts to a problematic crowd risk using location based services (LBS). An Aggregate Location Dynometer (ALD) comprises a Network Monitor, a Crowd Risk Determinant and an Alert Module. The Network Monitor monitors wireless traffic for a potential viral event, associated with a formation of a plurality of wireless devices. The Crowd Risk Determinant requests location information associated with a plurality of wireless devices in a given area regarding a respective viral event. The Crowd Risk Determinant determines if the viral event also indicates a crowd safety risk, based on the shape and movement of observed wireless devices. The Alert Module triggers an alert of an impending crowd problem when crowd risk is above a given threshold. Historical databases are empirically determined and maintained in the Aggregate Location Dynometer (ALD) for use in viral event and crowd risk assessment. | 06-05-2014 |
20140162700 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGISTRATION OF LOCATION INFORMATION OF WIRELESS DEVICES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK SUPPORTING MULTICAST CALLS - An apparatus and method for transmitting push-to-talk (PTT) communications through multicast channels to a plurality of wireless devices. The PTT server uses the unicast approach to deliver the PTT communication to a group of PTT clients when it does not have the location information of the PTT clients in the group. In one embodiment, the wireless devices report their location to a PTT server after receiving a PTT communication for a group and a timer is started. The wireless devices continue to report their location when moving from an area served by one base station to an area served by another before the timer expires. The PTT server also starts the timer for that PTT group with the same value after initiating the PTT group communication. The PTT server uses the location information to determine if multicast channels can be used when transmitting PTT communications to the wireless devices. | 06-12-2014 |
20140187272 | CELLULAR NETWORK SCANNING CONTROL BASED ON AMBIENT IDENTIFIABLE WIRELESS SIGNAL SOURCES - Described herein are techniques related to reducing scanning in a cellular network. A mobile device reduces scanning of the cellular network when coverage holes are detected and/or predicted along a route traveled by or a place visited by the mobile device. A mobile device also reduces scanning of the cellular network when the mobile device is stationary. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope and meaning of the claims. | 07-03-2014 |
20140274160 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING USER EQUIPMENT - Provided is a method for positioning a user equipment (UE). In the method, a positioning server determines that a UE is in a coordinated multi-point transmission (CoMP) state; requests a plurality of serving base stations in a CoMP set of the UE and the UE to measure a parameter related to positioning of the UE; receives the parameter related to the positioning of the UE from the plurality of serving base stations and the UE; and determines a location of the UE according to the received parameter. | 09-18-2014 |
20140364154 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An information processing device, includes: a memory configured to store data of one or more indices of radio quality at a plurality of points; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: identify one or more points among the plurality of points other than a current location of a mobile terminal that requests communication, and determine whether to permit the communication based on statistical information obtained from the one or more indices of the radio quality at the one or more points. | 12-11-2014 |
20150018017 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING POSITIONS OF DEVICES IN WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEMS SUPPORTING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEVICES, AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SAME - The present invention relates to a method for estimating the positions of devices in direct communication with each other, to a method for estimating the structure of a network, and to apparatuses for supporting the methods. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the method for estimating the positions of devices in a wireless access system which supports direct D2D communication between the devices includes the steps of: obtaining information on distance estimation to an adjacent D2D device (for example, a second D2D device) by a D2D device having two reference points (for example, a first D2D device); and estimating the position of the D2D device by using the information on distance estimation and the position information on the two reference points, at which time the information on distance estimation can be obtained through direct D2D communication between the D2D device and the adjacent D2D device. | 01-15-2015 |
20150024788 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING LOCATION INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SAME - Provided is a method for processing location information performed by a network node in a wireless communication system. The method comprises acquiring location information on a terminal, acquiring a log identifier for identifying a logged measurement relating to the location information on the terminal, determining the type of location information, and transmitting, if the location information is a first type, the location information of the first type and the log identifier to a location information calculating node. | 01-22-2015 |
20150057030 | Method of Using a Ranging System to Determine the Location of a Node Relative to a Beacon - A method of using a ranging system for communicating between an end user node and controller to determine the location of the end user node relative to a beacon. The controller transmits an inquiry message to the end user node with a minimum received signal strength indicator (RSSI) message that includes a threshold for transmitting a reply message. When the measured RSSI of the inquiry message exceeds the RSSI threshold, the controller receives a reply message from the end user node, including the measured RSSI. | 02-26-2015 |
20150057031 | CONTEXT AND MAP AIDING FOR SELF-LEARNING - A system and method for determining locations of a plurality of radio frequency (RF) signal sources. The method includes receiving RF signals from the RF signal sources, and determining locations of the RF signal sources based on the received RF signals. The method also includes determining an anchor having an absolute location identified by map data, and then adjusting the determined locations of the RF signal sources based on the anchor. | 02-26-2015 |
20150087340 | BASE STATION POSITIONING APPARATUS, BASE STATION POSITIONING METHOD, AND BASE STATION POSITIONING PROGRAM - There is provided a base station positioning apparatus, a base station positioning method, and a base station positioning program for reducing an error in a transverse direction with respect to a direction from a base station toward a barycentric position of a cell of the base station when a position of a mobile terminal is estimated in the time-of-arrival positioning method. A correction candidate area specifying unit ( | 03-26-2015 |
20150087341 | HOME NODE B (HNB) LOCATION SERVICES - System and method for determining location on a Home Node B (HNB). In one embodiment, a method of supporting determining a location of an HNB includes sending a Positioning Calculation Application Part (PCAP) position initiation request towards a Standalone Serving Mobile Location Center (SAS) for positioning including a HNB identification value, receiving a PCAP position activation request for A-GNSS, obtaining GNSS measurements at the HNB, sending a PCAP position activation response for A-GNSS, receiving a PCAP position initiation response, and storing a location of the HNB based on the PCAP position initiation response. | 03-26-2015 |
20150094100 | BASE STATION POSITIONING USING DOPPLER OBSERVABLES, POSITION, AND VELOCITY - Methods, devices, and systems are described for using multiple measurements including Doppler measurements from a mobile device to identify the position of the base station. Repeated Doppler and velocity measurements from different locations, with measurement groups taken at the same time or within a certain time frame, may be used to identify the location of a base station with which the mobile device is communicating. | 04-02-2015 |
20150094101 | Network System and Communication Log Analyzer - This invention provides an apparatus that associates a location where a terminal uses communication or travel route in use of the communication, with a connection destination of the terminal. The apparatus includes a communication log analyzer that aggregates communication logs collected by network apparatuses that constitute the mobile network and analyzes it. The communication log analyzer estimates travel route of the terminal connected the network using: log information generated by a base station to be connected to the terminal at the time of starting the connection, log information generated by a base station to be connected to the terminal at the time of a handover of the connection, and log information generated by a base station connected to the terminal at the time of detaching the connection. | 04-02-2015 |
20150099551 | METHOD FOR USING A FEMTOCELL BASE STATION AND A USER EQUIPMENT IN A PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK, FEMTOCELL BASE STATION, PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK, PROGRAM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method for using a femtocell base station and a user equipment in a public land mobile network includes: initiating a location update signalling procedure between the femtocell base station and the user equipment, wherein at least one previous location information of the user equipment is transmitted from the user equipment to the femtocell base station, the at least one previous location information being derived from or being a part of an indication regarding a last successfully visited location of the user equipment; determining whether the at least one previous location information matches at least one permission information; and continuing the location update signalling procedure in response to determining that the at least one previous location information matches the at least one permission information. | 04-09-2015 |
20150133170 | LOCATOR BEACON AND RADAR APPLICATION FOR MOBILE DEVICE - A method of transmission and locator beacon including: (a) a wireless communication component disposed on a substrate, the wireless communication component configured to transmit and receive radio frequency signals; and (b) a plurality of directional antennae disposed on the substrate and electrically coupled to the wireless communication component, the wireless communication component configured to transmit a unique MAC address for each of the plurality of directional antenna, each unique MAC address respectively identifying each directional antenna as a separate physical network entity. | 05-14-2015 |
20150296474 | Method and System for Positioning Mobile Terminal in LTE System - Provided is a method for positioning a mobile terminal in an LTE system, wherein the method comprises: a serving cell/base station sends respectively resource reservation notification messages to multiple neighbouring cells/base stations thereof, to notify the neighbouring cells/base stations to reserve measurement resources for SRS measurement of a mobile terminal; the mobile terminal sends SRSs to the serving cell/base station and the neighbouring cells/base stations by using the measurement resources respectively, so that the serving cell/base station and the neighbouring cells/base stations perform SRS measurement; and the serving cell/base station positions the mobile terminal according to results of the SRS measurement. Also provided is a corresponding system. | 10-15-2015 |
20150312719 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING LOCATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device apparatus and method are disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a processor. The processor may execute the method, which includes detecting a first location and a movement velocity of the electronic device, estimating a second location of the electronic device based on the detected movement velocity of the electronic device, comparing the first location of the electronic device and the estimated second location of the electronic device to determine a location measurement error, and correcting the detected first location of the electronic device based on the determined location measurement error. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312877 | DETECTING MOVEMENT IN A PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT - The present disclosure discloses a method and network device for detecting movement in a physical environment. Specifically, a network device obtains a first feedback information for a first set of wireless signals transmitted by a first device in a physical environment and received by a second device in the physical environment. Moreover, the network device obtains a second feedback information for a second set of wireless signals transmitted by the first device and received by the second device. The network device then compares the first feedback information to the second feedback information to identify a first set of one or more difference values. Based on the first set of one or more difference values, the network device determines that one or more physical entities within the physical environment have moved. | 10-29-2015 |
20150323674 | MOBILE STATION LOCATING METHOD AND DEVICE AND LOCATION INFORMATION UPLOADING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLUSTER SYSTEM - The present invention relates to the technical field of communications, and disclosed are a mobile station locating method and device for a cluster system. The method includes: through a control channel, activating a location information uploading function of a mobile station which needs location tracking; over a location tracking data service channel, sending a location information request message to the mobile station, the location tracking data service channel being a service channel with the same frequency as and a different time slot from the control channel; over the location tracking data service channel, receiving a location information response message sent by the mobile station, the location information about the mobile station being carried in the location information response message; and according to the location information about the mobile station, determining the current location of the mobile station. | 11-12-2015 |
20150331085 | DESTINATION PREDICTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed is a destination prediction apparatus and destination prediction method. The destination prediction apparatus includes a significant location identifier configured to identify a significant location based on tracking data of a user, a semantic place classifier configured to generate semantic place tracking data by classifying the identified significant location as a semantic place based on semantics, a significant location profiler configured to profile visit data of significant locations of each of the semantic places to generate a significant location profile, and a predictor configured to predict a destination of the user based on the generated semantic place tracking data, the generated significant location profile, and a mobility profile of user groups clustered according to mobility patterns. | 11-19-2015 |
20150346318 | LINE OF SIGHT (LOS) DETECTION IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Systems and methods for detecting a Line of Sight (LOS) in a cellular communications network are provided. In one embodiment, a network node in the cellular communications network determines whether a wireless device is within LOS of a base station. In order do so, the network node compares a Ricean factor of a wireless communications channel between the base station and the wireless device and a predetermined Ricean factor threshold for LOS detection. In addition, the network node compares a Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) between a Rayleigh probability density function and samples of received signal strength for radio signals transmitted between the base station and the wireless device and a predetermined RMSE threshold for LOS detection. The network node then determines whether the wireless device is within LOS of the base station based on results of the comparisons. | 12-03-2015 |
20150351070 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION THROUGH WIRELESS LAN AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Disclosed is a method of determining, by an access point (AP), a location of a terminal by use of a wireless local area network (LAN). The method may include detecting a probe request frame transmitted by a terminal searching for a wireless LAN through active scanning, obtaining a MAC address of the terminal from a configuration value of an SA field of the probe request frame regardless of a configuration value of a BSSID field of the probe request frame, and transmitting the MAC address of the terminal and ID information of the AP to a server. | 12-03-2015 |
20150365798 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING BROADCAST OR MULTICAST OF DIGITAL CONTENT IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method in and a communication node for providing a digital content to at least one wireless device in a cellular communications network. The communication node obtains information identifying the digital content. The digital content is associated with a moving demand area being an area that changes location over time according to a movement pattern and in which area a demand for the digital content has been identified to move with the area. The communication node provides, based on the obtained information, a broadcast or multicast of the digital content in a provision area comprising the moving demand area. The provision area corresponds to one or more cells served by one or more base stations broadcasting or multicasting the digital content. The provided broadcast or multicast is adapted based on the movement pattern. | 12-17-2015 |
20150369901 | METHOD FOR LOCATING A COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - The present invention concerns, inter alia, a method for generating location data for locating a mobile communication terminal ( | 12-24-2015 |
20150373664 | ARRIVAL-DELTA POSITION DETERMINATION - Embodiments provide an indoor position system that can be used by an mobile device (legacy or non-legacy) without changes at the mobile device. In an embodiment, to use the indoor position system, a user of the mobile device downloads an application to the mobile device, which interfaces with the mobile device's existing wireless radio technology circuitry or module (e.g., WLAN chip) to obtain the position of the mobile device. In one embodiment, the indoor position system includes a plurality of wireless anchors with known positions that are each configured to receive a packet transmitted by the mobile device, time-stamp the packet per the arrival time of the packet, and forward the time-stamped packet to a pre-defined site. At the pre-defined site, the position of the mobile device is computed and sent to the application running on the mobile device. | 12-24-2015 |
20150382318 | POSITION CALCULATION METHOD AND APPARATUS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of positioning a mobile station (MS) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method is performed by the MS. The method includes receiving information on a reference signal for positioning from a serving base station, measuring the reference signal, comparing a transmission polarization characteristic and reception polarization characteristic of the measured reference signal and determining whether a light of sight (LOS) link between a base station for transmitting the reference signal and the MS is present or not, when the information on the reference signal includes information on the transmission polarization characteristic of the reference signal, and transmitting information on whether the LOS link is present or not to the serving base station. | 12-31-2015 |
20160007161 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION AND TRACKING OF WIRELESS ENABLED OBJECTS - Disclosed is a system for detection and tracking of wireless enabled objects. The system comprises: a plurality of detectors; and a central server in operative communication with the plurality of detectors. Each of the plurality of detectors is capable of: detecting one or more wireless enabled objects; collecting associated information about the wireless enabled objects; and sending the associated information to the central server. The central server is capable of processing the associated information to produce analyzed data. | 01-07-2016 |
20160029177 | DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR RECORDING VISIT DATA OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Confusion between service providers due to the technical limitation of a GPS sensor included in a wireless communication device of a service user is avoided. A data transmission device connected to a server and for transmitting visit data to a wireless communication device is disclosed. The data transmission device may include a button part, when pressed, for transmitting to the server visit data of the wireless communication device; and touch screen touching parts connected to the button part so as to input an electrical signal to a touch screen of the wireless communication device. The visit data may be transmitted to the wireless communication device from the server when the button is pressed and an electric signal is input to the touch screen. The at least one touch screen touching part may include a plurality of touch screen touching parts, and each of the data transmission devices in a predetermined area may have different layouts of the touch screen touching parts. | 01-28-2016 |
20160029339 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE(S) IN A DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM(S) - Distributed antenna systems provide location information for client devices communicating with remote antenna units. The location information can be used to determine the location of the client devices relative to the remote antenna unit(s) with which the client devices are communicating. A location processing unit (LPU) includes a control system configured to receive uplink radio frequency (RF) signals communicated by client devices and determines the signal strengths of the uplink RF signals. The control system also determines which antenna unit is receiving uplink RF signals from the device having the greatest signal strength. | 01-28-2016 |
20160033616 | LOCATION DETERMINATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE - A signal transmitted from a mobile device is received at an antenna array of a device. Motion information of the mobile device is received from a sensor of the mobile device. A change in the AoA of the signal is computed when the mobile device moves from a first position to a second position. The location of the mobile device relative to the antenna array is determined based on the change in AoA of the signal and the motion information of the mobile device. | 02-04-2016 |
20160037479 | TRANSMITTING LOCATION DATA IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A wireless access point in a wireless network that may be adapted to transmit location data indicating its location to other devices within range, including other wireless access points and client devices. In some embodiments of the invention, the location data may be embedded in a control message or announcement transmission transmitted by the wireless access point, or other message conventionally used to broadcast network characteristics necessary for a client device to establish a connection to the wireless access point. In terms of the Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) layered model of a network, layer 2 control messages, including beacons, probe responses, or other suitable transmissions may be used for control messages or announcement transmissions. The other wireless access points and client devices may receive the location data broadcast by the wireless access point without establishing a connection to the client device. Devices receiving the location data may use the received location data to determine their own locations, and may provide the determined locations to consumers of location data. | 02-04-2016 |
20160044458 | System and Method for Determining a Location Area of a Mobile User - Systems and methods are provided for determining a location area of a user using a mobile communication terminal in a geographical area covered by a mobile radio network. Antenna probabilities, corresponding to a plurality of antennas located in the geographical area, may be determined for a plurality of sub-areas of the geographical area. The antenna probabilities may be determined based on expected field strengths for the plurality of antennas in each of the plurality of sub-areas, and may indicate for each particular antenna, in each of the plurality of sub-areas, the probability that a mobile communication terminal uses that particular antenna when located in that sub-area. The location area for the user may be determined based on the antenna probabilities and determination of one or more antennas used by the mobile communication termination the user is using, without requiring measuring signal properties at the particular mobile communication terminal. | 02-11-2016 |
20160044461 | Aggregate Location Dynometer (ALD) - An Aggregate Location Dynometer (ALD) in a physical wireless network alerts to a problematic crowd risk using location based services (LBS). An Aggregate Location Dynometer (ALD) comprises a Network Monitor, a Crowd Risk Determinant and an Alert Module. The Network Monitor monitors wireless traffic for a potential viral event, associated with a formation of a plurality of wireless devices. The Crowd Risk Determinant requests location information associated with a plurality of wireless devices in a given area regarding a respective viral event. The Crowd Risk Determinant determines if the viral event also indicates a crowd safety risk, based on the shape and movement of observed wireless devices. The Alert Module triggers an alert of an impending crowd problem when crowd risk is above a given threshold. Historical databases are empirically determined and maintained in the Aggregate Location Dynometer (ALD) for use in viral event and crowd risk assessment. | 02-11-2016 |
20160077184 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR A LOW-POWER LOCATION MEASUREMENT RESPONDER - In accordance with some embodiments, one or more low-power responder nodes may be utilized to provide better and lower cost coverage for fine timing measurement (FTM) requests. By advertising its availability to receive and respond to FTM requests, a low-power responder node may enter a low-power or deep sleep mode during times of unavailability. A low-power responder node may be powered by a battery, reducing the cost and deployment of nodes in a location determination network. | 03-17-2016 |
20160088462 | Location Area Management Method and Device - Embodiments of the present invention provide a location area management method and a device, where the location area management method includes: receiving, by a single radio controller, a first request message, where the first request message is used by user equipment UE to request a location update; generating, by the single radio controller, a paging area list of the UE according to the first request message, where the paging area list includes a location area identity of a location area of at least one network standard; and adding, by the single radio controller, the paging area list of the UE to a first response message, and sending the first response message to the UE. According to the location area management method and the device provided in the embodiments of the present invention, location areas of different network standards are managed together, and a location area management effect is improved. | 03-24-2016 |
20160088585 | Radio Operation Switch Based on GPS Mobility Data - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a radio operation switch based on mobility data. In one embodiment, a mobile base station is disclosed, comprising: a global positioning system (GPS) module for determining a current location of the mobile base station; a velocity module coupled to the output of the GPS module for determining a current velocity of the mobile base station; and a controller, the controller configured to perform steps comprising: determining the current velocity of the mobile base station using the velocity module; comparing the current velocity to a threshold; and switching, based on the comparison, from a first radio band to a second radio band. | 03-24-2016 |
20160100289 | Location System - A location system includes a mobile wireless device and a wireless receiver. The wireless receiver is configured to receive wireless transmissions from the mobile wireless device and to transmit bursts of device reports concerning the wireless transmissions to a report processor. The report processor is configured to receive the bursts of device reports from the wireless receiver, each burst being received by the report processor during a respective burst reception time window. The report processor may vary the duration of the burst reception time window during use, in dependence at least upon: (i) a determination of a type of burst of device reports; and/or (ii) a measured duration of a previous burst of device reports. | 04-07-2016 |
20160100378 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND USER TERMINAL - A communication control method according to a first aspect includes: a step A of acquiring, by a user terminal that supports a cellular communication and a WLAN communication, access point location information on a geographical location of a WLAN access point; a step B of transmitting, from the user terminal to a cellular network, the access point location information; and a step C of acquiring, by a cellular base station included in the cellular network, the access point location information. | 04-07-2016 |
20160105866 | A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING INFORMATION FROM A PLURALITY OF MOBILE DEVICES IN AN AREA - A method and apparatus for recording information from a plurality of mobile devices in an area, the method comprising listening for data packets from the plurality of mobile devices in a predetermined time period, creating a record for containing addresses and signal strength readings associated with the plurality of mobile devices, determining whether a data packet received during the predetermined time period is from a mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices, determining whether an address associated with the mobile device is recorded in the record, updating the record with the address and a signal strength reading associated with the mobile device, and updating the signal strength reading associated with the mobile device updating the record depending upon the number of times the record has been updated with a signal strength reading associated with the mobile device during the predetermined time period. | 04-14-2016 |
20160109555 | TIME OF ARRIVAL INFORMATION PASSING IN A DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM - Embodiments described herein provide for a method for obtaining location information regarding a wireless unit in a distributed antenna system (DAS). The method includes identifying a first time of arrival of a wireless signal in a time and frequency unit at a first active antenna unit (AAU). A second time of arrival of the wireless signal in the time and frequency unit at a second AAU is also identified. A location of a wireless unit transmitting the wireless signal is estimated based on a location of the first AAU, a location of the second AAU, and a difference between the first time of arrival and the second time of arrival. The location of the wireless unit and an indication that the location corresponds to the time and frequency unit is sent to a baseband unit or serving mobile location center (SMLC). | 04-21-2016 |
20160112841 | LOCATOR SYSTEM - A locator system and method of use is disclosed. The locator system may be used to receive radiolocation signals, calculate location data based on the radiolocation signals, and send the current location data over a telecommunication network to a server computer. A client may request the location data from the server computer and the server may send the location data to the client. | 04-21-2016 |
20160112983 | POSITIONING LOCATION FOR REMOTE RADIO HEADS (RRH) WITH SAME PHYSICAL CELL IDENTITY (PCI) - A method of wireless communication includes receiving position location reference signals (PRSs) from multiple remote radio heads (RRHs) and a macro eNodeB having a same physical cell identity (PCI). Each PRS is a same PRS. Additionally, the PRSs from the multiple RRHs are received on subframes that are different from subframes used by the macro eNodeB. Furthermore, each PRS does not indicate a source of transmission. The method also includes determining a time difference between the received PRSs. | 04-21-2016 |
20160119758 | Positioning Database Management Applied to Server-based Positioning System - Systems and methods are provided for positioning determination for mobile devices. A system includes: a database configured to store positioning data associated with one or more base stations in a network, and a data management component configured to compare the parameters with one or more parameter thresholds, and update the positioning data based at least in part on the comparison of the parameters and the parameter thresholds. The updated positioning data is used for positioning determination of a mobile device. | 04-28-2016 |
20160124072 | Real-Time Location Estimation of a Mobile Station in a Wireless Communication System - An apparatus and method is provided for real-time location estimation of a mobile station (MS) on a map of roads using non-Global Positioning Satellite location data of the MS and includes a step of determining that the MS is stationary. A next step includes assigning each raw location datum with an initial mass such that the data exhibit an attractive force therebetween. A next step includes calculating a net attractive force for all data using a distance between the data. A next step includes moving each datum a normalized step on the map in response to the net attractive force. A next step includes merging any data that are within a predefined distance on the map and adding their masses. A next step includes repeating the calculating, moving, and merging steps until there are no consecutive merges for a predetermined number of iterations. A next step includes removing any datum with a mass less than a threshold. If there is more than one merged datum left, and a total number of iterations is less than a predefined number, going to the calculating step. Otherwise, using a mean of the locations of any remaining data as a location of the mobile station. | 05-05-2016 |
20160128017 | LOCATION TRUST SCORE - A gateway can be configured to receive measurement data that can characterizes measurements taken at a mobile device. The measurement data can include location information for the mobile device. The gateway can also be configured to calculate a location trust score for the mobile device. The location trust score can characterize the likelihood that the location information is at least one of accurate and trustworthy. The gateway can be further configured to generate trusted location information that characterizes a location of the mobile device based on the location trust score. | 05-05-2016 |
20160142868 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ASSET STATUS DETERMINATION - A system for managing data related to at least one leaf node device, the system including a location processing engine located on a server that is remote from the at least one leaf node device; at least one point of interest (POI) device for collecting data relating to at least one leaf node device and transmitting the collected data with a timestamp using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE); at least one reader node device for receiving the collected data from the point of interest (POI) device using BLE and transmitting the collected data to the location processing engine; and a database of the known locations of POI devices, wherein the known locations are used as a basis for determining the location of the at least one leaf node device that communicated with the POI device. | 05-19-2016 |
20160142921 | WI-FI TILE TRANSFER - Various technologies described herein pertain to transferring geospatial tiles for Wi-Fi networks. A geospatial tile specifies a geographic region and includes data pertaining to a plurality of Wi-Fi networks having respective geographic coverage areas within the geographic region. A mobile device can receive an indicator that corresponds to a geospatial tile for retrieval by the mobile device. Further, the mobile device can request the geospatial tile from a tile management system based upon the indicator. Upon receiving the geospatial tile from the tile management system, the mobile device stores the geospatial tile in a tile cache. Further, the mobile device can automatically connect to a particular Wi-Fi network from the plurality of Wi-Fi networks utilizing data for the particular Wi-Fi network included in the geospatial tile when the mobile device is positioned within a geographic coverage area of the particular Wi-Fi network. | 05-19-2016 |
20160142971 | NON-CELLULAR LINK INTEGRATION WITH CELLULAR NETWORKS - Improved non-cellular (e.g., Wi-Fi) link integration with a cellular (e.g., LTE) network is described. The improved link integration can relate to utilizing an eNodeB device (e.g., residing in a radio access network portion of a cellular network) as an anchor point rather than a packet data network gateway device (e.g., residing in a core network portion of the cellular network) utilized by other approaches. The improved link integration can maintain full compliance with or support for other approaches, and can reduce signaling overhead, simplify quality-of-service management, and/or provide a more rapid reaction to changes of access, particularly in cases where the eNodeB device and a non-cellular access point device are co-located. | 05-19-2016 |
20160165397 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING LOCATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus of calculating a location of an electronic device. The present invention comprises receiving a common packet from a host device, the common packet containing at least any one of frequency-related information or information on a time when a data packet is transmitted; receiving the data packet based on the information contained in the common packet, the data packet containing at least any one of location-related information or antenna-related information of the host device; obtaining angle information indicating a location relation with the host device using at least any one of the location-related information or the antenna-related information of the received data packet; and calculating the location of the electronic device based on the angle information. | 06-09-2016 |
20160165413 | GROUP COMMUNICATION WITH CONFIGURABLE GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE AREA - A Group Communication Service Enabler (GCSE) controls the formation of a group service and access by mobile devices to the group service based of geographic region restriction associated with the group service. A mobile device may be able to override the geographic restriction. As mobile devices join and leave the group service and roam from cell to cell, the wireless resources used by the group service are adjusted by creating or modifying transmission the associated multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS). | 06-09-2016 |
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20160187459 | DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A MOBILE DEVICE WITHIN A STRUCTURE - Examples of determining the position of a mobile device within a structure are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computing device may include a processor and a memory. The computing device may further include an extraction module stored in the memory and executing on the processor to extract from a location-based service data stream a signal measurement of the path loss between a mobile device and a plurality of radio nodes distributed throughout a structure. The computing device may also include a positioning determining module stored in the memory and executing on the processor to determine the position of the mobile device within the structure using a known location for each of the plurality of radio nodes distributed throughout the structure by performing a linear optimization using the extracted signal measurement of the path loss. | 06-30-2016 |
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