Abstract:
There is provided a method implemented by an electronic processing apparatus for responding to a request for a mobile terminal's geographic position. The method comprises computing (310) a joint QoS metric for the request, wherein the joint QoS metric is a single metric that jointly depends on two or more individual positioning QoS parameters associated with the request, by: determining a service type of the request; determining weighting values based on the service type; and computing the joint QoS metric as a weighted combination of the two or more individual positioning QoS parameters according to said weighting values. The method further comprises sending (320) the request and the joint QoS metric to another apparatus for selection of a positioning method, or a sequence of positioning methods, based on the joint QoS metric.
Abstract:
A composite measurement may be used to determine a position of a target wireless device. The composite measurement may include a result of at least two measurement components. The two measurement components may be measurements performed on physical signal and/or channels transmitted from a same transmitting node and measured by a measuring node. Each measurement component includes one or more measurement configurations, where each configuration is of a resource, signal, transmitter, and receiver configuration types. The two measurement components have configurations of at least one common configuration type in which the configurations of the common type are different for the two measurement components.
Abstract:
Network sharing allows different core network operators to connect to a shared radio access network. The operators may share the radio network elements, and may also share the radio resources themselves. Examples of radio access sharing architectures include GWCN and MOCN. In such multi-PLMN deployment scenarios, operators are also interested in sharing measuring nodes due to their expense. To enable sharing, method(s), apparatus(es), and/or system(s) are proposed in which network nodes may perform joint selection of positioning nodes and PLMNs; in which positioning nodes of different PLMNs may communicate; in which a positioning node may obtain and use assistance data associated with a PLMN different from that of the positioning node; and to coordinate positioning measurement.
Abstract:
A coordinating node, such as a positioning node and a radio base station, and a related method of maintaining timing characteristics of radio base stations connected to the coordinating node are disclosed. The method includes receiving timing information from a plurality of radio base stations, determining a respective timing characteristic of each of the plurality of radio base stations based on the received timing information, and maintaining the determined respective timing characteristics for support of network operations and services such as positioning.
Abstract:
A coordinating node, such as a positioning node and a radio base station, and a related method of maintaining timing characteristics of radio base stations connected to the coordinating node are disclosed. The method includes receiving timing information from a plurality of radio base stations, determining a respective timing characteristic of each of the plurality of radio base stations based on the received timing information, and maintaining the determined respective timing characteristics for support of network operations and services such as positioning.
Abstract:
Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards a first radio node (400), and corresponding methods therein, for determining a bandwidth of a second radio node (402). The first and second radio nodes are configured for use in a communications network. The bandwidth is determined based on a correlation between a signal received form the second radio node and at least one known signal which are transmittable on one or more known radio resources. Such bandwidth determination eliminates the need for the wireless terminal to receive such information via system information broadcasted from a cell.