Sounding Signals for Sub-Meter Base Station Localization

    公开(公告)号:US20210360552A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-18

    申请号:US17323772

    申请日:2021-05-18

    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing base station localization. In one embodiment the system includes a network including a base station such as a 5G gNodeB (gNB); a Hetnet Gateway (HNG) in communication with the gNB, wherein the HNG includes a location server and wherein the HNG virtualizes and abstracts a collection of base stations and provides a complex network under its purview as a simple base station to a mobile packet core network; a plurality of Hyper Sync Network (HSN) nodes in communication with the gNB and the HNG, wherein the plurality of HSN nodes listen to User Equipments (UEs) to locate the UEs and to synchronize clocks on the gNB with the collection of HSN nodes or other gNBs; and an Evolved Serving Mobile Location Center (E-SMLC) server in communication with the HNG and for reporting the location of a UE.

    Hierarchical Beamformer
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240007160A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-04

    申请号:US18346192

    申请日:2023-06-30

    CPC classification number: H04B7/0617 H04B7/086

    Abstract: An apparatus and method for uplink and/or downlink beamforming operation are disclosed. In one embodiment, each of a plurality of distributed secondary beamformer processors is associated with a respective region of an antenna array and associated with a respective beamforming submatrix. Each transmit or receive beamforming submatrix contains beamforming combining weights associated with antenna elements in the respective region of the antenna array. Further, each secondary beamformer processor uses the respective beamforming submatrix and a respective set of frequency-domain IQ data points (representing user data layers for transmission, or received FDIQ data from a corresponding set of transceiver ICs) to form a respective plurality of sets of beamformed frequency-domain IQ data points.

    Two-Factor Authentication in a Cellular Radio Access Network

    公开(公告)号:US20220086155A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-17

    申请号:US17539038

    申请日:2021-11-30

    Abstract: A method for authenticating radio access network devices is disclosed, comprising: authenticating, at a coordination server, a base station in a radio access network using a first authentication factor; selecting, following successful authentication of the base station using the first authentication factor, a challenge question based on historical information of the base station stored within a database; sending, from the coordination server to the base station, a request containing the challenge question to further authenticate the base station based on the historical information of the base station; receiving, from the base station at the coordination server, a response to the challenge question; verifying, at the coordination server, the correctness of the response using a key derived from the historical information; and granting the base station access to a core network of a mobile operator, thereby addressing security issues unsolved by one-factor authentication.

    Antenna Integrated Radio With Wireless Fronthaul

    公开(公告)号:US20220060213A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-24

    申请号:US17517602

    申请日:2021-11-02

    Abstract: A system is disclosed, comprising: a wireless fronthaul access point coupled to a radio mast and in communication with a remote baseband unit, the wireless fronthaul access point further comprising a first millimeter wave wireless interface; and an antenna-integrated radio for providing access to user equipments (UEs), mounted within line of sight on the radio mast with the wireless fronthaul access point, the antenna-integrated radio further comprising: a second millimeter wave wireless interface configured to receive the digital I and Q signaling information from the remote baseband unit wirelessly via the wireless fronthaul access point, wherein the wireless fronthaul access point thereby wirelessly couples the remote baseband unit and the antenna-integrated radio.

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