Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determining a position of the terminal device in a wireless communication system
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Application No.: US16312678Application Date: 2016-07-01
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Publication No.: US10983189B2Publication Date: 2021-04-20
- Inventor: Svante Alnås , Johan Wadman , Peter Ljung , Anders Berggren , Lars Nord
- Applicant: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Tucker Ellis LLP
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/065532 WO 20160701
- International Announcement: WO2018/001518 WO 20180104
- Main IPC: G01S5/00
- IPC: G01S5/00

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for determining a position of a terminal device (110) in a wireless communication system (100). According to the method, a first message (130-133) is broadcasted by the terminal device (110). The first message (130-133) comprises a positioning request and a terminal identifier identifying the terminal device (110). The first message (130-133) is received at a group of neighboring devices (120-123). Each neighboring device of the group of neighboring devices (120-123) is located within a wireless radio communication range of the terminal device (110). From one or more neighboring devices (120, 121) of the group of neighboring devices (120-123) a corresponding second message (140, 141) is transmitted to location server (103) of the wireless communication system (100). The second message (140, 141) comprises the terminal identifier and an indication that the terminal device (110) requested a positioning. For each neighboring device (120, 121) of the one or more neighboring devices a corresponding position information is determined. The position of the terminal device (110) is determined at the location server (103) based on the position of the one or more neighboring devices (120, 121).
Public/Granted literature
- US20190324109A1 DETERMINING A POSITION OF THE TERMINAL DEVICE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2019-10-24
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