公开(公告)号：US09628955B1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-18

申请号：US15233484

申请日：2016-08-10

Applicant: Sprint Communications Company L.P.

Inventor： Walter F. Rausch ,  William Manwaring ,  Udit A. Thakore ,  Yu Wang

IPC: H04B7/185 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W40/22 ,  H04H20/02 ,  H04W4/22 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04W84/04 ,  H04W92/20 ,  H04W88/04 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W40/02 ,  H04B7/155

CPC classification number: H04W4/023 ,  H04B7/155 ,  H04B7/18513 ,  H04B7/2606 ,  H04H20/02 ,  H04W4/90 ,  H04W8/26 ,  H04W36/0016 ,  H04W40/02 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W64/00 ,  H04W84/047 ,  H04W88/04 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04W92/20

Abstract: A wireless communication network comprising a donor base station (BS) and a repeater chain wherein a location controller stores a repeater chain BS identifier (ID) associated with a repeater chain location. The donor BS broadcasts a BS ID and serves a repeater chain. The repeater chain broadcasts the donor BS ID and the repeater chain BS ID. The communication server system receives a location request for a User Equipment (UE) and establishes data connectivity between the UE and the location controller over the donor BS and the repeater chain. The UE transfers the repeater chain BS ID to the location controller, and the PDE translates the repeater chain BS ID to the repeater chain location and transfers the repeater chain location.