METHOD FOR PROCESSING LOCATION INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SAME

• US 20150024788A1
• Filed: 01/17/2013
• Published: 01/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jung, Sung Hoon, Lee, Young Dae, Park, Sung Jun, Yi, Seung June, Lee, Jae Wook
• Application Number:
  US14/372,184
• Publication Number:
  US 20150024788A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.5
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

Provided is a method for processing location information performed by a network node in a wireless communication system. The method comprises acquiring location information on a terminal, acquiring a log identifier for identifying a logged measurement relating to the location information on the terminal, determining the type of location information, and transmitting, if the location information is a first type, the location information of the first type and the log identifier to a location information calculating node.

Claims

1. A method for processing location information performed by a network node in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

acquiring location information of a user equipment;

acquiring a log identifier which identifies a logged measurement which is related to the location information of the user;

determining a type of the location information; and

if the location information is a first type, transmitting the location information of the first type and the log identifier to a location information calculation node.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising,

if the location information is a second type, transmitting the location information of the second type and the log identifier to a log collecting node,

wherein the location information of the first type is the information type that a specific process is required to identify the location of the user equipment, and

wherein the location information of the second type is the information type that directly indicates the location of the user equipment.

3. The method of claim 2,

wherein the location information of the first type is processed by the location information calculation node based on additional information, and

wherein the location information of the first type and the log identifier are transmitted from the location information calculation node to the log collecting node.

4. The method of claim 3,

wherein the location information of the second type is correlated with the logged measurement which is identified by the log identifier.

5. The method of claim 4,

wherein the location information of the first type which is processed is correlated with the logged measurement which is identified by the log identifier.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the network node is a serving base station of the user equipment.

7. The method of claim 6,

wherein the location information of the first type is acquired based on a uplink positioning method, which is a technique that measures the location of the user equipment based on a measurement timing of an uplink signal which is transmitted by the user equipment.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the network node is the user equipment.

9. The method of claim 8,

wherein the location information of the first type is acquired based on a uplink positioning method, which is a technique that measures the location of the user equipment based on a measurement timing of a downlink signal which is received by multiple base station.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the location information of the second type is acquired through global navigation satellite system (GNSS).

11. A radio apparatus performing method for processing location information in a wireless communication system, the radio apparatus comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit that transmits and receives a radio signal; and

a processor operating functionally connected with the RF unit,

wherein the process is configured to perform,

acquiring location information of a user equipment;

acquiring a log identifier which identifies a logged measurement which is related to the location information of the user;

determining a type of the location information; and

if the location information is a first type, transmitting the location information of the first type and the log identifier to a location information calculation node.

12. The radio apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured,

if the location information is a second type, to transmit the location information of the second type and the log identifier to a log collecting node,

wherein the location information of the first type is the information type that a specific process is required to identify the location of the user equipment, and

wherein the location information of the second type is the information type that directly indicates the location of the user equipment.

13. The radio apparatus of claim 12,

wherein the location information of the first type is processed by the location information calculation node based on additional information, and

wherein the location information of the first type and the log identifier are transmitted from the location information calculation node to the log collecting node.

14. The radio apparatus of claim 13,

wherein the location information of the second type is correlated with the logged measurement which is identified by the log identifier.

15. The radio apparatus of claim 14,

wherein the location information of the first type which is processed is correlated with the logged measurement which is identified by the log identifier.

16. The radio apparatus of claim 12, wherein the network node is a serving base station of the user equipment.

17. The radio apparatus of claim 16,

wherein the location information of the first type is acquired based on a uplink positioning method, which is a technique that measures the location of the user equipment based on a measurement timing of an uplink signal which is transmitted by the user equipment.

18. The radio apparatus of claim 12, wherein the network node is the user equipment.

19. The radio apparatus of claim 18,

wherein the location information of the first type is acquired based on a uplink positioning method, which is a technique that measures the location of the user equipment based on a measurement timing of a downlink signal which is received by multiple base station.

20. The radio apparatus of claim 12, wherein the location information of the second type is acquired through global navigation satellite system (GNSS).