Method for providing network-based measurements for user equipment-based positioning
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1. A method for performing location services, comprising:
- acquiring one or more network-based timing or Angle of Arrival (AOA) signal measurements, at a location server, of signals transmitted by a target user equipment (UE) to a radio access network serving the target UE, wherein the one or more network-based timing or AOA signal measurements include signal measurements made by one or more network elements within the radio access network; and
transmitting a first message to the target UE, from the location server, the first message comprising at least one of the one or more network-based timing or AOA signal measurements;
wherein a location of the target UE is capable of being estimated by the target UE based at least in part on the one or more network-based timing or AOA signal measurements.
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Abstract
The subject matter disclosed herein relates in one particular implementation to a method, apparatus, and/or system for acquiring one or more network-based measurements at a location server from a radio access network serving a user equipment (UE). A first message may be transmitted to the UE from the location server, where the first message comprises at least one of the one or more network-based measurements. A location of the UE is capable of being determined by the UE-based at least in part on the one or more network-based measurements.
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81 Claims
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1. A method for performing location services, comprising:
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acquiring one or more network-based timing or Angle of Arrival (AOA) signal measurements, at a location server, of signals transmitted by a target user equipment (UE) to a radio access network serving the target UE, wherein the one or more network-based timing or AOA signal measurements include signal measurements made by one or more network elements within the radio access network; and transmitting a first message to the target UE, from the location server, the first message comprising at least one of the one or more network-based timing or AOA signal measurements; wherein a location of the target UE is capable of being estimated by the target UE based at least in part on the one or more network-based timing or AOA signal measurements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A location server, comprising:
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a receiver to receive one or more messages; a transmitter to transmit one or more messages; and a processor to; process one or more network-based timing or Angle of Arrival (AOA) signal measurements obtained from signals transmitted by a target user equipment (UE) to a radio access network serving the target UE, wherein the one or more network-based timing or AOA signal measurements include signal measurements made by one or more network elements within the radio access network, and initiate transmission of a first message to the target UE comprising at least one of the one or more network-based timing or AOA signal measurements. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for acquiring one or more network-based timing or Angle of Arrival (AOA) signal measurements, at a location server, of signals transmitted by a target user equipment (UE) to a radio access network serving the target UE, wherein the one or more network-based timing or AOA signal measurements include signal measurements made by one or more network elements within the radio access network; and means for transmitting a first message to the target UE comprising at least one of the one of the one or more network-based timing or AOA signal measurements. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. An article comprising:
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a non-transitory storage medium having machine-readable instructions stored thereon which are executable by a special purpose computing apparatus to; process, at a location server, one or more network-based timing or Angle of Arrival (AOA) signal measurements of signals transmitted by a target user equipment (UE) to a radio access network serving the target UE, wherein the one or more network-based timing or AOA signal measurements include signal measurements made by one or more network elements within the radio access network, wherein the signal measurements include at least a round trip time measurement; and initiate transmission of a first message to the target UE comprising at least one of the round trip time measurement. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57)
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58. A method, at a target user equipment (UE), comprising:
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receiving a first message from a location server comprising one or more network-based timing or Angle of Arrival (AOA) signal measurements of signals transmitted by the target UE, wherein the one or more network-based timing or AOA signal measurements include signal measurements made by one or more network elements within the radio access network; and determining a location of the target UE based at least in part on the one or more network-based timing or AOA signal measurements. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. A target user equipment (UE), comprising:
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a transmitter to transmit one or more messages;
a receiver to receive one or more messages; anda processor to; process a first message received from a location server, the first message comprising one or more network-based timing or Angle of Arrival (AOA) signal measurements of signals transmitted by the UE, wherein the one or more network-based timing or AOA signal measurements include signal measurements made by one or more network elements within a radio access network, wherein the signal measurements include at least a round trip time measurement; and estimate a location of the target UE based at least in part on the one or more network-based timing or AOA signal measurements. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74)
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75. A target user equipment (UE), comprising:
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means for receiving a first message from a location server comprising one or more network-based timing or Angle of Arrival (AOA) signal measurements of signals transmitted by the target UE, wherein the one or more network-based timing or AOA signal measurements include signal measurements made by one or more network elements within a radio access network; and means for estimating a location of the target UE based at least in part on the one or more network-based timing or AOA signal measurements. - View Dependent Claims (76, 77, 78)
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79. An article comprising:
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a non-transitory storage medium having machine-readable instructions stored thereon which are executable by a special purpose computing apparatus to process a first message received at a target user equipment (UE) from the location server, the first message comprising one or more network-based timing or Angle of Arrival (AOA) signal measurements of signals transmitted by the target UE, wherein the network-based timing or AOA signal measurements include signal measurements made by one or more network elements within a radio access network; and means for estimating a location of the target UE based at least in part on the one or more network-based timing or AOA signal measurements. - View Dependent Claims (80, 81)
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