Invention Grant
- Patent Title: User equipment location determination using different coverage types
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Application No.: US17018631Application Date: 2020-09-11
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Publication No.: US11044694B2Publication Date: 2021-06-22
- Inventor: Sharath Ananth
- Applicant: LOON LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: LOON LLC
- Current Assignee: LOON LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Botos Churchill IP Law LLP
- Main IPC: H04W64/00
- IPC: H04W64/00 ; H04W16/28 ; H04B7/06 ; H04W8/24 ; H04W24/10

Abstract:
Determining a location of a user equipment includes transmitting, by one or more processors from a network node, a first beam having a first frequency range in a first area and a second beam having a second frequency range in a second area. The first area is larger than and encompasses the second area. A request for determining the location of the user equipment is received. The one or more processors may then cause the second beam to sweep within the first area, receive a second signal from the user equipment indicating when the second beam is swept over the location of the user equipment and data related to signal measurements of the second beam at the user equipment, and determine the location of the user equipment based on a pointing direction of the second beam relative to a position of the node of the network and the received data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210084614A1 USER EQUIPMENT LOCATION DETERMINATION USING DIFFERENT COVERAGE TYPES Public/Granted day:2021-03-18
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