LOCATION MEASUREMENT METHOD

• US 20120190383A1
• Filed: 09/29/2010
• Published: 07/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Kim, Kanghee, Yeo, Geon Min
• Application Number:
  US13/499,078
• Publication Number:
  US 20120190383A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/01 Determining conditions which influence positioning, e.g. radio environment, state of motion or energy consumption
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• 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 8/24 Transfer of terminal data

Abstract

In a method for a terminal to measure a location by using a public safety monitoring system, when a public safety mode available for tracking a location while a terminal is turned off is set, the terminal acquires location measurement information and transmits it to the public safety monitoring system. In a method for measuring a location of a terminal to which plural stages of public safety modes are set, when a stage for performing a location measurement process is set, the terminal acquires location measurement information, transmits location measurement information to the public safety monitoring system, and enters the next stage when the public safety mode is not cancelled after a predetermined time. In a method for measuring a location of a terminal in a public safety monitoring system, a public safety mode setting request message including control information is transmitted to the terminal to which a public safety mode setting is requested, location measurement information is received from the terminal, and the location of the terminal is tracked.

Claims

1. A method for a terminal to measure a location by using a public safety monitoring system, comprising:

acquiring location measurement information of the terminal when a public safety mode available for tracking the location while the power is turned off is set; and

transmitting the location measurement information to the public safety monitoring system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further includes

receiving a public safety mode setting request message including information for controlling the terminal from the public safety monitoring system, and

the terminal is set with the public safety mode in response to the public safety predetermined request message.

3. The method of claim 1, further including

transmitting a setting finish message of the public safety mode to the public safety monitoring system when the public safety mode is set.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein

the acquiring of location measurement information includes:

acquiring information for location measurement in cooperation with at least one reference node; and

calculating a location of the terminal by using the information for location measurement,

wherein the location measurement information includes information on the calculated location.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein

the acquiring of location measurement information includes acquiring information for location measurement in cooperation with at least one reference node, and

the location measurement information includes information for the location measurement.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein

the transmitting includes

transmitting the location measurement information according to a transmission period that is set to the public safety mode.

7. The method of claim 6, further including

changing the transmission period according to residual battery power information of the terminal.

8. The method of claim 1, further including

increasing a sleep cycle of the terminal when the public safety mode is set.

9. The method of claim 1, further including

changing to inner power of the terminal when the battery is eliminated from the terminal or the battery has no residual power in the public safety mode.

10. A method for a terminal to which a plurality stages of public safety modes are set to measure a location, comprising:

acquiring location measurement information of the terminal when a first stage for performing a location measurement process from among the plurality stages of public safety mode is set;

transmitting the location measurement information to a public safety monitoring system; and

entering a second stage next to the first stage when the public safety mode is not cancelled after a predetermined time.

11. The method of claim 10, further including

entering the most dangerous stage from among the stages when the terminal is turned off in the public safety mode.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein

the acquiring of location measurement information includes:

acquiring information for location measurement in cooperation with at least one reference node; and

calculating the location of the terminal by using the information for location measurement,

wherein the location measurement information includes information on the calculated location.

13. A method for measuring a location of a terminal in a public safety monitoring system, comprising:

transmitting a public safety mode setting request message including information for controlling a terminal to the terminal from which a public safety mode setting is requested;

receiving location measurement information of the terminal from the terminal; and

tracking the location of the terminal by using the received location measurement information.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein

the tracking includes calculating the location of the terminal by using the location measurement information.

15. The method of claim 13, further including

retransmitting the public safety mode predetermined request message when failing to receive the location measurement information from the terminal.

16. The method of claim 15, further including:

notifying a communication system that a public safety mode setting is requested to the terminal; and

receiving a registration state of the terminal from the communication system.