Positioning parameter coordination apparatus, system, and method

• US 10,299,240 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2017
• Issued: 05/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Cui, Jie, Li, Anjian, Han, Jing, Li, Hong
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Justin Y
• Application Number:
  US15/677,819
• Publication Number:
  US 20170347332A1
• Time in Patent Office: 644 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1273 of downlink data flows
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

The present invention provides a positioning parameter coordination apparatus, system, and method. A single positioning controller (SPC) receives a positioning request message sent by a positioning request device, obtains capability information of a user equipment (UE) according to an identifier of the UE, and determines at least one first access network device to complete positioning configuration. The SPC positions the UE according to a positioning parameter of the UE.

Claims

1. A single positioning controller (SPC), comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for execution by the processor, the program including instructions to;

receive a positioning request message sent by a positioning request device, wherein the positioning request message comprises an identifier of a to-be-positioned user equipment (UE);

obtain capability information of the to-be-positioned UE according to the identifier of the to-be-positioned UE, wherein the capability information of the to-be-positioned UE indicates radio standards supported by the UE;

determine a first access network device according to the capability information of the to-be-positioned UE, wherein the first access network device is located in a neighboring cell of the to-be-positioned UE, a server cell of the to-be-positioned UE belongs to a second access network device different from the first access network device, and the first access network device supports one of the radio standards supported by the to-be-positioned UE;

perform positioning configuration according to the first access network device;

obtain a positioning measurement report of the to-he-positioned UE from the to-be-positioned UE, wherein the positioning measurement report comprises;

a positioning measurement result parameter of the to-be-positioned UE, wherein the to-be-positioned UE obtains the positioning measurement result parameter by performing positioning measurement of a downlink position reference signal received, by the to-be-positioned UE, from the first access network device; and

a second positioning measurement result parameter, wherein the to-be-positioned UE obtains the second positioning measurement result parameter by performing position measurement of a second downlink positioning reference signal received, by the to-be-positioned UE, from the second access network device;

position the to-be-positioned UE according to the positioning measurement result parameter of the to-be-positioned UE and the second positioning measurement result parameter of the to-be-positioned UE.

2. The SPC according to claim 1, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to:

send a second UE capability query message to the to-be-positioned UE according to the identifier of the to-be-positioned UE; and

receive a second UE capability query response message sent by the to-be-positioned UE, wherein the second UE capability query response message comprises the capability information of the to-be-positioned UE.

3. The SPC according to claim 1, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to:

send a first UE capability query message to the second access network device according to the identifier of the to-be-positioned UE; and

receive a first UE capability query response message sent by the second access network device, wherein the first UE capability query response message comprises the capability information of the to-be-positioned UE.

4. The SPC according to claim 3, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to:

configure downlink positioning signal configuration information of the first access network device;

configure downlink positioning signal configuration information of the second access network device; and

send the downlink positioning signal configuration information of the first access network device and the downlink positioning signal configuration information of the second access network device to the to-be-positioned UE.

5. The SPC according to claim 4, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to:

send a first query message to the first access network device;

send a second query message to the second access network device;

send the downlink positioning signal configuration information of the first access network device and the downlink positioning signal configuration information of the second access network device to the to-be-positioned UE;

receive a first query response message sent by the first access network device, wherein the first query response message comprises the downlink positioning signal configuration information of the first access network device; and

receive a second query response message sent by the second access network device, wherein the second query response message comprises the downlink positioning signal configuration information of the second access network device.

6. The SPC according to claim 4, wherein the downlink positioning signal configuration information of the first access network device comprises at least one of:

a sending period of a downlink positioning signal, a scheduled sending time of a downlink positioning signal, a sending frequency channel number of a downlink positioning signal, or a sending sequence of a downlink positioning signal; and

wherein the downlink positioning signal configuration information of the second access network device comprises at least one of;

a sending period of a downlink positioning signal, a scheduled sending time of a downlink positioning signal, a sending frequency channel number of a downlink positioning signal, or a sending sequence of a downlink positioning signal.

7. The SPC according to claim 3, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to:

use the second access network device to configure the to-be-positioned UE to send an uplink reference signal, before performing positioning configuration;

send uplink reference signal configuration information of the to-be-positioned UE to the first access network device and to the second access network device; and

receive positioning measurement reports of the to-be-positioned UE that are separately sent by the first access network device and by the second access network device.

8. The SPC according to claim 1, wherein the positioning request device is the to-be-positioned UE, an access network device, a core network device, or a third party application server.

9. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a single positioning controller (SPC), a positioning request message sent by a positioning request device, wherein the positioning request message comprises an identifier of a to-be-positioned user equipment (UE);

obtaining, by the SPC, capability information of the to-be-positioned UE according to the identifier of the UE, wherein the capability information of the to-be-positioned UE indicates radio standards supported by the UE;

determining, by the SPC, a first access network device according to the capability information of the to-be-positioned UE, wherein the first access network device is located in a neighboring cell of the to-be-positioned UE, a server cell of the to-be-positioned UE belongs to a second access network device different from the first access network device, and wherein the first access network device supports one of the radio standards supported by the to-be-positioned UE;

performing, by the SPC, positioning configuration according to the first access network device;

obtaining, by the SPC, a positioning measurement report of the to-be-positioned UE, wherein the positioning measurement report comprises;

a positioning measurement result parameter of the to-be-positioned UE, wherein the to-be-positioned UE obtains the positioning measurement result parameter by performing positioning measurement of a downlink position reference signal received, by the to-be-positioned UE, from the first access network device; and

a second positioning measurement result parameter, wherein the to-be-positioned UE obtains the second positioning measurement result parameter by performing position measurement of a second downlink positioning reference signal received, by the to-be-positioned UE, from the second access network device; and

positioning, by the SPC, the to-be-positioned UE according to the positioning measurement result parameter of the to-be-positioned UE and the second positioning measurement result parameter of the to-be-positioned UE.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein obtaining the capability information of the to-be-positioned UE comprises:

sending, by the SPC, a first UE capability query message to the second access network device according to the identifier of the to-be-positioned UE; and

receiving, by the SPC, a first UE capability query response message sent by the second access network device, wherein the first capability query response message comprises the capability information of the to-be-positioned UE.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein obtaining the positioning measurement report of the to-be-positioned UE comprises:

receiving, by the SPC, the positioning measurement report sent by the to-be-positioned UE, wherein the positioning measurement report comprises a positioning measurement result of downlink positioning reference signals based on multiple access networks.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the downlink positioning signal configuration information of the first access network device comprises at least one of:

a sending period of a downlink positioning signal, a scheduled sending lime of a downlink positioning signal, a sending frequency channel number of a downlink positioning signal, or a sending sequence of a downlink positioning signal; and

wherein the downlink positioning signal configuration information of the second access network device comprises at least one of;

a sending period of a downlink positioning signal, a scheduled sending time of a downlink positioning signal, a sending frequency channel number of a downlink positioning signal, or a sending sequence of a downlink positioning signal.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein performing positioning configuration comprises:

sending, by the SPC, a first query message to the first access network device;

sending, by the SPC, a second query message to the second access network device;

receiving, by the SPC, a first query response message sent by the first access network device, wherein the first query response message comprises the downlink positioning signal configuration information of the first access network device;

receiving, by the SPC, a second query response message sent by the second access network device, wherein the second query response message comprises the downlink positioning signal configuration information of the second access network device; and

sending, by the SPC, the downlink positioning signal configuration information of the first access network device and the downlink positioning signal configuration information of the second access network device to the to-be-positioned UE.

14. The method according to claim 10, wherein performing positioning configuration comprises:

configuring, by the SPC, downlink positioning signal configuration information of the first access network device;

configuring, by the SPC, downlink positioning signal configuration information of the second access network device; and

sending, by the SPC, the downlink positioning signal configuration information of the first access network device and the downlink positioning signal configuration information of the second access network device to the to-be-positioned UE.

15. The method according to claim 10, wherein the method comprises:

configuring, by the SPC using the second access network device, that the to-be-positioned UE sends an uplink reference signal, before performing positioning configuration according to the first access network device;

wherein performing positioning configuration comprises sending, by the SPC, uplink reference signal configuration information of the to-be-positioned UE to the first access network device and to the second access network device; and

wherein obtaining the positioning measurement report of the to-be-positioned UE comprises receiving, by the SPC, positioning measurement reports of the to-be-positioned UE that are separately sent by the first access network device and sent by the second access network device.

16. The method according to claim 10, wherein obtaining the capability information of the to-be-positioned UE comprises:

sending, by the SPC, a second UE capability query message to the to-be-positioned UE according to the identifier of the to-be-positioned UE; and

receiving, by the SPC, a second UE capability query response message sent by the to-be-positioned UE, wherein the second UE capability query response message comprises the capability information of the to-be-positioned UE.

17. The method according to claim 9, wherein the positioning request device is the to-be-positioned UE, an access network device, a core network device, or a third party application server.

18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for execution by a processor of a single positioning controller (SPC), the program including instructions for:

receiving a positioning request message sent by a positioning request device, wherein the positioning request message comprises an identifier of to-be-positioned user equipment (UE);

obtaining capability information of the to-be-positioned UE according to the identifier of the to-be-positioned UE, wherein the capability information of the to-be-positioned UE indicates radio standards supported by the UE;

determining a first access network device according to the capability information of the to-be-positioned UE, wherein the first access network device is located in a neighboring cell of the to-be-positioned UE, a server cell of the to-be-positioned UE belongs to a second access network device different from the first access network device, and the first access network device supports one of the radio standards supported by the to-be-positioned UE;

performing positioning configuration according to the first access network device;

obtain a positioning measurement report of the to-be-positioned UE from the to-be-positioned UE, wherein the positioning measurement report comprises;

a positioning measurement result parameter of the to-be-positioned UE, wherein the to-be-positioned UE obtains the positioning measurement result parameter by performing positioning measurement of a downlink position reference signal received, by the to-be-positioned UE, from the first access network device; and

second positioning measurement result parameter, wherein the to-be-positioned UE obtains the second positioning measurement result parameter by performing position measurement of a second downlink positioning reference signal received, by the to-be-positioned UE, from the second access network device; and

positioning the to-be-positioned UE according to the positioning measurement result parameter of the to-be-positioned UE and the second positioning measurement result parameter of the to-be-positioned UE.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the instructions comprise further instructions to:

send a first UE capability query message to the second access network device according to the identifier of the to-be-positioned UE; and

receive a first UE capability query response message sent by the second access network device, wherein the first UE capability query response message comprises the capability information of the to-be-positioned UE.