Method of providing location information in wireless communication system

• US 8,494,562 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2010
• Issued: 07/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Kim, Eunkyung, Cha, Jae Sun, Kim, Juhee, Jung, Soojung, Lee, Hyun, Lim, Kwang Jae, Yoon, Chul Sik
• Primary Examiner(s): WANG-HURST, KATHY W
• Application Number:
  US12/870,323
• Publication Number:
  US 20110059755A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,061 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.1, 455/456.2, 455/456.3, 455/404.2, 455/456.4, 455/456.5, 455/456.6
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A method of providing location information in a wireless communication system includes receiving a location information request message, including Location Based Service (LBS) control information, from a Base Station (BS), the LBS control information being information about a condition in which location information is reported, performing LBS measurement, and if the condition is satisfied, transmitting a location information response message, including location information collected through the LBS measurement, to the BS. In accordance with the present invention, in a wireless access system supporting LBS, LBS-related information can be reported irrespective of the state of a User Equipment (UE). In particular, in the case in which a UE is in an idle state, location information can be provided efficiently and rapidly.

Claims

1. A method of providing location information in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a location information request message, including Location Based Service (LBS) control information, from a Base Station (BS), the LBS control information being information about a location constraint condition in which location information is reported, wherein a format of the location information request message is determined depending on a state of a User Equipment (UE), wherein in case where the state of the UE is in a connected state, the location information request message is an LBS-REQ message;

performing LBS measurement; and

transmitting a location information response message which includes location information collected through the LBS measurement, to the BS, if the condition is satisfied.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the LBS control information includes a threshold, and

the condition corresponds to a case in which a difference between location information at a past time and location information at a current time, of a User Equipment (UE), is greater than or equal to the threshold.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the LBS control information includes a timer, and

the condition corresponds to a case in which the timer expires.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein in case where the state of the UE is in an idle state, the location information request message is a ranging response message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein in case where the state of the UE is in an idle state, the location information request message is a paging advertisement message.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the collected location information includes any one of Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA), Direction of Arrival (DOA), Angle of Arrival (AOA), and Time of Arrival (TOA).

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the collected location information includes any one of a Carrier to Interference Noise Ratio (CINR), a Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI), Relative Delay (RD), and Round Trip Delay (RTD).

8. A method of determining a location of a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting a location information request message, including LBS control information, to the UE, the LBS control information being information about a location constraint condition in which location information is reported, wherein a format of the location information request message is determined depending on a state of the UE, wherein in case where the state of the UE is in a connected state, the location information request message is an LBS-REQ message;

receiving a location information response message, including location information collected through LBS measurement, from the UE, if the location constraint condition is satisfied; and

determining the location of the UE on the basis of the collected location information.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein:

the LBS control information includes a type of a wireless location method of determining the location of the UE, and

the collected location information is different according to the type.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein:

in case where the UE is in an idle state, the determining the location of the UE is performed using a paging or ranging procedure, and

the location information request message and the location information response message are paging-related messages used in a paging procedure.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the location information request message is a ranging response message or a paging advertisement message.