Computing and reporting a relevance metric for a positioning beacon beam

US11588563B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Bilal Sadiq · Berkeley Heights, US
• Naga Bhushan · San Diego, US
• Junyi Li · Mount Olive, US
• Vasanthan Raghavan · Princeton Colonial Park, US
• Tianyang Bai · Mountain View, US
• Joseph Binamira Soriaga · San Diego, US
• Alexandros MANOLAKOS · San Diego, US
• Pavan Kumar Vitthaladevuni · San Diego, US
• Juergen Cezanne · Ocean Township, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 2, 2021
• Grant date: Feb 21, 2023
• Expiry date: Feb 2, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W16/28
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed are techniques for computing and reporting a relevance metric for a positioning beacon beam. In an aspect, a first node receives, from a second node, a plurality of beams, determines a relevance metric for each of one or more beams of interest from the plurality of beams, wherein the relevance metric for each beam of the one or more beams of interest is based on a time of arrival at the first node of the beam and a signal strength of the beam, and sends, to the second node, a report identifying each of the one or more beams of interest and including the relevance metric for each of the one or more beams of interest.