Radio base station and method of controlling the same

• US 9,295,025 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2011
• Issued: 03/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Coranci, LLC
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Fukuta, Noriyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Mong-Thuy
• Application Number:
  US13/812,407
• Publication Number:
  US 20130122914A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,708 Days
• Field of Search: 455/440, 455/436, 4554561-4563, 455/456.5, 455/561
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/26 Cell enhancers or enhancement, e.g. for tunnels, building shadow
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/322 by location data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/003 locating network equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

A radio base station (100) transmits a Capability Request message to a radio terminal (200), which is connected to the radio base station, to transmit terminal capability information that indicates positioning capability of the radio terminal, and receives a Capability Indication message transmitted from the radio terminal (200). The radio base station (100) determines, corresponding to the received Capability Indication message, whether positional information that indicates the geographical position of the radio terminal (200) can be acquired from the radio terminal (200).

Claims

1. A radio base station comprising:

a transmitter that transmits, to a radio terminal being connected to the radio base station, a capability information transmission request for requesting a transmission of terminal capability information indicating a positioning capability of the radio terminal, wherein the terminal capability information indicates whether the radio terminal has a positioning system capable of acquiring location information without an assist from a network;

a receiver that receives the terminal capability information transmitted from the radio terminal; and

a determination unit that determines whether or not location information indicating a geographical location of the radio terminal is acquirable during an idle state of the radio terminal, based on the terminal capability information received by the receiver, wherein

the transmitter further transmits control information to the radio terminal and then transmits a request different from the control information to the radio terminal, the control information relating to measurement for radio qualities and location information, the request requesting transmission of measurement results of the radio qualities and the location information, and

the receiver further receives the measurement results from the radio terminal, wherein the measurement results are obtained by the radio terminal during the idle state of the radio terminal.

2. A radio terminal comprising:

a transmitter that transmits terminal capability information indicating a positioning capability of the radio terminal, wherein the terminal capability information is used for determining, by a network, whether or not location information indicating a geographical location of the radio terminal is acquirable during an idle state of the radio terminal, and the terminal capability information indicates whether the radio terminal has a positioning system capable of acquiring location information without an assist from the network;

a receiver that receives, from the network, control information relating to measurement for radio qualities and the location information;

a controller that measures the radio qualities and the location information during idle state of the radio terminal, based on the control information;

the receiver receives, from the network, a request requesting transmission of measurement results of the radio qualities and the location information; and

the transmitter that transmits the measurement results to the network in response to reception of the request, wherein the measurement results are obtained during the idle state of the radio terminal.