Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for determining the position of a base station in a cellular communication network
- Patent Title (中): 用于确定蜂窝通信网络中的基站的位置的方法和装置
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Application No.: US12144553Application Date: 2008-06-23
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Publication No.: US08934919B2Publication Date: 2015-01-13
- Inventor: Nathan Edward Tenny
- Applicant: Nathan Edward Tenny
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Main IPC: H04W24/00
- IPC: H04W24/00 ; H04W64/00 ; G01S5/02 ; G01S5/14 ; H04W84/04

Abstract:
Techniques for performing positioning in a cellular network are described. In one design, a first base station (e.g., a home base station) determines its position based on position information for at least one user equipment (UE) within radio coverage of the first base station and a second base station. The first base station sends at least one position request for the at least one UE to the second base station, receives position information for the at least one UE from the second base station, and determines a position estimate for itself based on the position information. In another design, the second base station receives a position request for the first base station, obtains position information for at least one UE, determines a position estimate for the first base station based on the position information, and sends the position estimate to the first base station.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080318596A1 Method and Apparatus for Determining the Position of a Base Station in a Cellular Communication Network Public/Granted day:2008-12-25
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