User equipment distribution information collection
First Claim
1. An enhanced node B (eNode B) operable to determine user equipment (UE) distribution information for a communications network, the eNode B having computer circuitry configured to:
- map a cell of the eNode B into a plurality of UE distribution bins;
associate a UE in the cell of the eNode B with a UE distribution bin based on a location of the UE in the cell that is determined using a time advance (TADV) value and an angle of arrival (AOA) measurement of an UL transmission from the UE to the eNode B;
calculate a UE distribution of one or more UEs in the cell based on a number of UEs in each of the plurality of UE distribution bins;
receive, at the eNode B, a UE UL transmission for communicating data; and
determine a type of the UE UL transmission received from the UE.
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Abstract
A technology is disclosed that is operable to determine user equipment (UE) distribution information for a communications network. A cell of an enhanced Node B (eNode B) can be mapped into a plurality of UE distribution bins. A UE in the cell of the eNode B can be associated with a UE distribution bin based on a location of the UE in the cell that is determined using a time advance (TADV) value and an angle of arrival (AOA) measurement of an UL transmission from the UE to the eNode B. A UE distribution of one or more UEs in the cell can be calculated based on a number of UEs in each of the plurality of UE distribution bins.
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26 Claims
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1. An enhanced node B (eNode B) operable to determine user equipment (UE) distribution information for a communications network, the eNode B having computer circuitry configured to:
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map a cell of the eNode B into a plurality of UE distribution bins; associate a UE in the cell of the eNode B with a UE distribution bin based on a location of the UE in the cell that is determined using a time advance (TADV) value and an angle of arrival (AOA) measurement of an UL transmission from the UE to the eNode B; calculate a UE distribution of one or more UEs in the cell based on a number of UEs in each of the plurality of UE distribution bins; receive, at the eNode B, a UE UL transmission for communicating data; and determine a type of the UE UL transmission received from the UE. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An enhanced node B (eNode B) operable to determine user equipment (UE) distribution information for a cell of the eNode B, the eNode B having computer circuitry configured to:
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determine a location between a UE and the eNode B in the cell using a time advance (TADV) value and an angle of arrival (AOA) measurement for each of one or more UEs in the cell; assign each of the one or more UEs to a selected UE distribution bin in the cell based on the location of the UE in the cell; identify a number of UEs in each UE distribution bin in the cell to determine a distribution of UEs in the cell; and iteratively update UE distribution information in the cell until a PM granularity timer expires. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A product including a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that are adapted to be executed to implement a method of determining user equipment (UE) distribution information for a communications network, the method comprising:
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receiving an UL signal from a UE in a cell of the eNode B; calculating an angle of arrival (AOA) of the UL signal; identifying a timing advance (TADV) value for the UE; determining a location of the UE in the cell using the AOA and the TADV value; mapping the location of the UE in the cell relative to a location of other UEs in the cell to identify a distribution of UEs in the cell; and selecting one or more UE distribution bin sizes for each of the UE distribution bins of the two dimensional array using bin criteria. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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