METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USER EQUIPMENT LOCATION DETERMINATION ON A WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:EP3334226A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-13

    申请号:EP18152994.2

    申请日:2010-02-05

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04W64/00

    摘要: Neighbor cell hearability can be improved by including an additional reference signal that can be detected at a low sensitivity and a low signal-to-noise ratio, by introducing non-unity frequency reuse for the signals used for a time difference of arrival (TDOA) measurement, e.g., orthogonality of signals transmitted from the serving cell sites and the various neighbor cell sites. The new reference signal, called the TDOA-RS, is proposed to improve the hearability of neighbor cells in a cellular network that deploys 3GPP EUTRAN (LTE) system, and the TDOA-RS can be transmitted in any resource blocks (RB) for PDSCH and/or MBSFN subframe, regardless of whether the latter is on a carrier supporting both PMCH and PDSCH or not. Besides the additional TDOA-RS reference signal, an additional synchronization signal (TDOA-sync) may also be included to improve the hearability of neighbor cells.