Methods and systems for determining a position of a user equipment device in a multi-band wireless communication system
US9392533B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 3, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 13, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W64/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods and systems for determining how much time a user equipment (UE) device should spend scanning for base station signals and how often the UE device should provide reports to a position determining equipment (PDE) device regarding the scanned base station signals so as to determine an accurate position of the UE device, especially while the UE device is in motion or within areas of low base station density, are described. Selecting the rate to scan base station signals for a given frequency band can be based, at least in part, on the availability of the given frequency band in proximity to the UE device and to a throughput value associated with an application executing on the UE device. Selecting the rate to provide scanning reports can be based, at least in part, on a speed of the UE device and a network topology, such as base station density.
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