Method and apparatus of location measurement using the location of neighbor UE

• US 8,655,387 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2012
• Issued: 02/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lim, Jaewon, Kim, Byounghoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Gelin, Jean
• Application Number:
  US13/421,806
• Publication Number:
  US 20120244884A1
• Time in Patent Office: 705 Days
• Field of Search: 455/404.1, 455/404.2, 455/414.1, 455/456.1, 455/456.2, 455/456.3, 455/456.5, 455/456.6, 455/420, 455/433, 455/435.1
• US Class Current: 455/456.6
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• 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 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of allowing a mobile terminal to measure its own location. The measurement method may include receiving a temporary identifier from a neighbor terminal using near field wireless communication; transmitting a location information request to a base station using the temporary identifier when location information is required; and receiving location information from the base station. The location information may be measured by the neighbor terminal.

Claims

1. A method of allowing a mobile terminal to measure its own location through location information of a neighbor mobile terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a temporary identifier of the neighbor mobile terminal and an effective time of the temporary identifier from the neighbor mobile terminal using near field wireless communication;

transmitting a location information request to a base station using the temporary identifier if the effective time is remaining; and

receiving the location information of the neighbor mobile terminal from the base station,

wherein the received temporary identifier of the neighbor mobile terminal indicates that the mobile terminal is allowed to determine the location of the mobile terminal by using the location information of the neighbor mobile terminal adjacent to the mobile terminal, and is assigned from the base station before the temporary identifier is transmitted to the mobile terminal,

wherein the location information of the neighbor mobile terminal is measured by the neighbor mobile terminal and is reported to the base station before the temporary identifier has been assigned to the neighbor mobile terminal, and

wherein the effective time indicates a valid period for requesting the location information of the neighbor mobile terminal by using the temporary identifier.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the reception of the temporary identifier using near field wireless communication uses an active RFID scheme.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the reception of the temporary identifier using near field wireless communication uses either a Bluetooth scheme or a Zigbee scheme.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the reception of the temporary identifier is implemented through a beacon message transmitted from the neighbor mobile terminal.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the reception of the temporary identifier is implemented by accessing the neighbor mobile terminal at a preset time to receive a message containing the temporary identifier.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

examining the effective time of the temporary identifier prior to transmitting the location information request to the base station.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a temporary identifier from the base station;

transmitting the temporary identifier received from the base station to a neighbor mobile terminal using near field wireless communication; and

transmitting the temporary identifier of the neighbor mobile terminal received from the neighbor mobile terminal to the base station.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein receiving the temporary identifier from the base station is implemented by determining a specific time.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein receiving the temporary identifier from the base station is implemented when the mobile terminal initially accesses the base station.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein a time for transmitting the temporary identifier to the neighbor mobile terminal is concurrently received by using a specific near field wireless communication scheme when receiving the temporary identifier from the base station.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the temporary identifier is received from the base station after the neighbor mobile terminal transmits its own location information to the base station.

12. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a wireless communication unit; and

a controller configured to control the wireless communication unit to transmit and/or receive a temporary identifier of a neighbor mobile terminal and an effective time of the temporary identifier to and/or from a neighbor mobile terminal, request location information of the neighbor mobile terminal having the temporary identifier from a base station if the effective time is remaining, and receive the location information of the neighbor mobile terminal from the base station,

wherein the received temporary identifier of the neighbor mobile terminal indicates that the mobile terminal is allowed to determine a location of the mobile terminal by using the location information of the neighbor mobile terminal adjacent to the mobile terminal, and is assigned from the base station before the temporary identifier is transmitted to the mobile terminal,

wherein the location information of the neighbor mobile terminal is measured by the neighbor mobile terminal and is reported to the base station before the temporary identifier has been assigned to the neighbor mobile terminal, and

wherein the effective time indicates a valid period for requesting the location information of the neighbor mobile terminal by using the temporary identifier, and

wherein the transmission and reception of the temporary identifier is implemented through near field wireless communication.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the near field wireless communication is an active RFID scheme, a Bluetooth scheme, or a Zigbee scheme.