Methods and Systems for Enabling User Activity-Aware Positioning
First Claim
1. A method for using user equipment, UE, activity information by a network node in a communications network, the method comprising:
- obtaining the UE activity information, wherein the UE activity information indicates a pattern of at least one of transmission activity and reception activity for a UE, andusing the obtained UE activity information to perform at least one of;
estimating at least one of an expected response time and a positioning quality associated with each of a plurality of positioning methods that can be selected for determining a position of the UE;
selecting a positioning method to determine a position for the UE;
adaptive enhanced cell identification, AECID, andfingerprinting positioning of the UE.
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Abstract
Techniques for using user equipment, UE, activity information, e.g., by a network node in a communications network are described. The network node can obtain the UE activity information, i.e., information associated with at least one of transmission activity and reception activity for a UE, and then use the UE activity information to configure a positioning function. Some examples of the positioning function are positioning method selection, measurement configuration and assistance data provisioning, reserving positioning resources, stopping the positioning session, delaying handover of the UE, deciding on a position session organization such as number of parallel measurements to be performed, and estimating an impact on battery lifetime.
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65 Claims
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1. A method for using user equipment, UE, activity information by a network node in a communications network, the method comprising:
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obtaining the UE activity information, wherein the UE activity information indicates a pattern of at least one of transmission activity and reception activity for a UE, and using the obtained UE activity information to perform at least one of; estimating at least one of an expected response time and a positioning quality associated with each of a plurality of positioning methods that can be selected for determining a position of the UE; selecting a positioning method to determine a position for the UE; adaptive enhanced cell identification, AECID, and fingerprinting positioning of the UE. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A network node comprising:
a processor configured to obtain user equipment, UE, activity information, wherein the UE activity information is associated with at least one of transmission activity and reception activity for a UE, and configured to use the obtained UE activity information to perform at least one of; estimating at least one of an expected response time and a positioning quality associated with each of a plurality of positioning methods that can be selected for determining a position of the UE; selecting a positioning method to determine a position for the UE; adaptive enhanced cell identification, AECID; and fingerprinting positioning of the UE. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A device comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit a message which includes information associated with a user equipment'"'"'s, UE'"'"'s, activity level, wherein the UE'"'"'s activity level information indicates a pattern of at least one of transmission and reception activity by the UE. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65)
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