APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A POSITION OF A COMPACT BASE STATION BY USING USER SUPPLIED LOCATION INFORMATION IN A BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20090325592A1
• Filed: 04/18/2008
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KANG, Hyon-Goo, JANG, Byoung-Gi
• Application Number:
  US12/106,022
• Publication Number:
  US 20090325592A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/48 by combining or switching between position solutions derived from the satellite radio beacon positioning system and position solutions derived from a further system
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/003 locating network equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B

Abstract

An apparatus and method for determining a position of a compact Base Station (BS) by using user supplied location information in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving a Global Positioning System (GPS) signal using a GPS receiver, receiving location information supplied by a user, comparing a strength of the GPS signal with a threshold, if the strength of the GPS signal is greater than the threshold, obtaining position information of the BS using the GPS signal, and if the strength to the GPS signal is less than or equal to the threshold, obtaining the position information of the BS using the location information.

Claims

1. A method of obtaining position information of a Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a Global Positioning System (GPS) signal using a GPS receiver;

receiving location information supplied by a user;

comparing a strength of the GPS signal with a threshold;

if the strength of the GPS signal is greater than the threshold, obtaining position information of the BS using the GPS signal; and

if the strength to the GPS signal is less than or equal to the threshold, obtaining the position information of the BS using the location information.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing system initialization when the BS is powered on.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the location information is at least one of directly received from the user and received from a BS management server.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing channel selection by using the obtained position information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining of the position information of the BS by using the received GPS signal comprises:

calculating a Horizontal Dilution Of Precision (HDOP) of the GPS signal and determining whether the calculation result is less than a threshold for the HDOP;

if the HDOP of the GPS signal is less than the threshold, obtaining horizontal position information by using the GPS signal; and

if the HDOP of the GPS signal is greater than or equal to the threshold, obtaining the horizontal position information by using the location information.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

calculating a Vertical Dilution Of Precision (VDOP) of the GPS signal and determining whether the calculation result is less then a threshold for the VDOP;

if the VDOP of the GPS signal is less than the threshold, obtaining vertical position information by using the GPS signal; and

if the VDOP of the GPS signal is greater than or equal to the threshold, obtaining the vertical position information by using the location information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining the position information by using the location information comprises:

transmitting a position information request message, which includes a BS identifier and information corresponding to the location information, to a database; and

receiving a position information response message including position information mapped to the location information from the database.

8. An apparatus for obtaining position information of a Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver for receiving a GPS signal;

an input unit for receiving location information supplied by a user; and

a position information obtaining unit for comparing a strength of the received GPS signal with a threshold, for obtaining position information of the BS using the GPS signal if the strength of the GPS signal is greater than the threshold, and for obtaining the position information of the BS using the received location information if the strength to the GPS signal is less than or equal to the threshold.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the input unit at least one of directly receives the location information from the user and receives the location information from a BS management server.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the position information obtaining unit comprises:

means for calculating Horizontal Dilution Of Precision (HDOP) of the GPS signal and for determining whether the calculation result is less than a threshold for the HDOP;

means for obtaining horizontal position information by using the GPS signal if the HDOP of the GPS signal is less than the threshold; and

means for obtaining the horizontal position information by using the location information if the HDOP of the GPS signal is greater than or equal to the threshold.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the position information obtaining unit comprises:

means for calculating Vertical Dilution Of Precision (VDOP) of the GPS signal and for determining whether the calculation result is less then a threshold for the VDOP;

means for obtaining vertical position information by using the GPS signal if the VDOP of the GPS signal is less than the threshold; and

means for obtaining the vertical position information by using the location information if the VDOP of the GPS signal is greater than or equal to the threshold.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the position information obtaining unit comprises:

means for transmitting a position information request message, which includes a BS identifier and information on the location information, to a database; and

means for obtaining position information by receiving a position information response message including position information mapped to the location information from the database.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising a channel selector for performing channel selection by using the obtained position information.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the channel selector comprises:

means for transmitting the obtained position information to the BS management server; and

means for receiving a value, which is set for the BS and is determined by using the position information, from the BS management server.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the value set for the BS comprises at least one of a frequency and a transmission power.

16. A method of obtaining position information of a Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving location information supplied by a user;

obtaining position information of the BS using the location information; and

transmitting the obtained position information to a BS management server.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising receiving a value which is set for the BS from the BS management server.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the value set for the BS comprises at least one of a frequency and a transmission power.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the location information is at least one of directly received from the user and received from the BS management server.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the obtaining of the position information comprises:

transmitting a position information request message, which includes a BS identifier and information on the location information, to a database; and

receiving a position information response message including position information mapped to the location information from the database.

21. The method of claim 16, further comprising performing system initialization when power is on.

22. An apparatus for determining a position of a Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

the BS for obtaining position information of the BS using location information after receiving the location information from a user, and for transmitting the obtained position information to a BS management server; and

the BS management server for determining a value which is set for the BS using the position information and for transmitting the value to the BS.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the value set for the BS comprises at least one of a frequency and a transmission power.

24. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising

a database for receiving a position information request message from the BS, for searching for position information mapped to the location information, and for transmitting a position information response message including the position information to the BS,

wherein the BS transmits the position information request message, which includes a BS identifier and information corresponding to the location information, to the database and obtains the position information from the database.

25. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the BS at least one of directly receives the location information from the user and receives the location information from the BS management server.