APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES
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Abstract
An apparatus, system and method for determining a location of a wireless communication device employing machine-to-machine devices in a communication system. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a processor 920 and memory 950 including computer program code. The memory 950 and the computer program code are configured to, with the processor 920, cause the apparatus to receive a list of machine-to-machine device identifiers for machine-to-machine devices, produce machine-to-machine measurement reports based of reference signals from the machine-to-machine devices on the list, and prepare the machine-to-machine measurement reports for transmission to a base station to determine a position of the apparatus.
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65 Claims
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46. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; and memory including computer program code; said memory and said computer program code configured to, with said processor, cause said apparatus to perform at least the following; receive a list of machine-to-machine device identifiers for machine-to-machine devices; produce machine-to-machine measurement reports based of reference signals from said machine-to-machine devices on said list; and prepare said machine-to-machine measurement reports for transmission to a base station to determine a position of said apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A computer program product comprising a program code stored in a computer readable medium configured to:
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receive a list of machine-to-machine device identifiers for machine-to-machine devices; produce machine-to-machine measurement reports based of reference signals from said machine-to-machine devices on said list; and prepare said machine-to-machine measurement reports for transmission to a base station to determine a position of said apparatus.
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52. A method, comprising:
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receiving a list of machine-to-machine device identifiers for machine-to-machine devices; producing machine-to-machine measurement reports based of reference signals from said machine-to-machine devices on said list; and preparing said machine-to-machine measurement reports for transmission to a base station to determine a position of a user equipment. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54)
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55. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; and memory including computer program code; said memory and said computer program code configured to, with said processor, cause said apparatus to perform at least the following; compute a location estimate for a user equipment by performing an initial angle of arrival and timing advance location calculation therefor; receive a list of machine-to-machine device identifiers for machine-to-machine devices dependent on said location estimate for transmission to said user equipment; enable resources for reference signals to be transmitted between said machine-to-machine devices and said user equipment for preparation of machine-to-machine measurement reports; and provide said machine-to-machine measurement reports received from said user equipment to a serving mobile location center to determine a position of said user equipment. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57)
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58. A computer program product comprising a program code stored in a computer readable medium configured to:
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compute a location estimate for a user equipment by performing an initial angle of arrival and timing advance location calculation therefor; receive a list of machine-to-machine device identifiers for machine-to-machine devices dependent on said location estimate for transmission to said user equipment; enable resources for reference signals to be transmitted between said machine-to-machine devices and said user equipment for preparation of machine-to-machine measurement reports; and provide said machine-to-machine measurement reports received from said user equipment to a serving mobile location center to determine a position of said user equipment.
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59. A method, comprising:
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computing a location estimate for a user equipment by performing an initial angle of arrival and timing advance location calculation therefor; receiving a list of machine-to-machine device identifiers for machine-to-machine devices dependent on said location estimate for transmission to said user equipment; enabling resources for reference signals to be transmitted between said machine-to-machine devices and said user equipment for preparation of machine-to-machine measurement reports; and providing said machine-to-machine measurement reports received from said user equipment to a serving mobile location center to determine a position of said user equipment.
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60. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; and memory including computer program code; said memory and said computer program code configured to, with said processor, cause said apparatus to perform at least the following; construct a list of machine-to-machine device identifiers for machine-to-machine devices dependent on a location estimate for a user equipment; prepare said list of machine-to-machine device identifiers for transmission to said user equipment; and construct a refined location estimate for said user equipment based on machine-to-machine measurement reports dependent on reference signals from said machine-to-machine devices on said list at said user equipment. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63)
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64. A computer program product comprising a program code stored in a computer readable medium configured to:
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construct a list of machine-to-machine device identifiers for machine-to-machine devices dependent on a location estimate for a user equipment; prepare said list of machine-to-machine device identifiers for transmission to said user equipment; and construct a refined location estimate for said user equipment based on machine-to-machine measurement reports dependent on reference signals from said machine-to-machine devices on said list at said user equipment.
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65. A method, comprising:
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constructing a list of machine-to-machine device identifiers for machine-to-machine devices dependent on a location estimate for a user equipment; preparing said list of machine-to-machine device identifiers for transmission to said user equipment; and constructing a refined location estimate for said user equipment based on machine-to-machine measurement reports dependent on reference signals from said machine-to-machine devices on said list at said user equipment.
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Specification