Ranging and/or localization service based on mobile device privilege

• US 9,706,359 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2015
• Issued: 07/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Do, Ju-Yong
• Primary Examiner(s): Ngo, Chuong A
• Application Number:
  US14/863,246
• Publication Number:
  US 20170086024A1
• Time in Patent Office: 657 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/765 with exchange of information between interrogator and responder
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/825 with exchange of information between interrogator and responder
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/14 Determining absolute distances from a plurality of spaced points of known location
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/266 Fine or fractional frequency offset determination and synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0864 Round trip delays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/24 Traffic characterised by specific attributes, e.g. priority or QoS
• 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 74/002 Transmission of channel access control information

Abstract

Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate or support one or more operations or techniques for a ranging and/or localization service based, at least in part, on mobile communication device privilege, for example.

Claims

1. A method for providing a ranging service, the method comprising:

receiving one or more messages from a mobile device to obtain measurements in support of the ranging service, the one or more messages comprising one or more parameters corresponding to one or more characteristics of the mobile device; and

assigning a level of privilege to the mobile device to receive a particular quality of ranging measurements based, at least in part, on the one or more parameters in the one or more messages received from the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, and further comprising determining a quality of the ranging service based, at least in part, on the determined level of the privilege.

3. The method of claim 2, and further comprising transmitting a message to the mobile device if the ranging service is not available to the mobile device, the availability of the ranging service being based, at least in part, on the determined quality of the ranging service.

4. The method of claim 2, and further comprising granting access to the mobile device to a ranging service based on round trip time (RTT) measurements via an exchange of fine timing measurement (FTM)/fine timing measurement request (FTMR) messages.

5. The method of claim 2, and further comprising granting access to the mobile device to a ranging service based on RTT measurements via an exchange of request-to-send (RTS)/clear-to-send (CTS) messages.

6. The method of claim 2, and further comprising granting access to the mobile device to a ranging service based on RTT measurements.

7. The method of claim 2, and further comprising limiting periodicity of an RTT measurement of at least one of the following:

an FTM/FTMR message exchange;

an RTS/CTS message exchange;

or any combination thereof.

8. The method of claim 2, and further comprising degrading the quality of the ranging service for the mobile device via at least one or the following:

an introduction of a random error in an RTT measurement;

an introduction of a random error in a wireless transmitter location;

or any combination thereof.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters comprise at least one of the following:

a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the mobile device;

a model of the mobile device;

an operating system of the mobile device;

a ranging capability of the mobile device;

a wireless service-related parameter;

a parameter associating the mobile device with the quality of the ranging service;

or any combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the level of the privilege further comprises:

mapping the one or more parameters to the mobile device; and

determining the level of the privilege based, at least in part, on the one or more mapped parameters.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters are mapped to the mobile device to associate the level of the privilege with the quality of the ranging service.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the one or more parameters are mapped to the mobile device in a database accessible by the mobile device.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the ranging service comprises a ranging service based on RTT measurements.

14. An apparatus for providing a ranging service, the apparatus comprising:

means for receiving one or more messages from a mobile device to obtain measurements in support of the ranging service, the one or more messages comprising one or more parameters corresponding to one or more characteristics of the mobile device; and

means for assigning a level of privilege to the mobile device to receive a particular quality of ranging measurements based, at least in part, on the one or more parameters in the one or more messages received from the mobile device.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the means for the determining the level of the privilege further comprises:

means for mapping the one or more parameters to the mobile device; and

means for determining the level of the privilege based, at least in part, on the one or more mapped parameters.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the one or more parameters are mapped to the mobile device to associate the level of the privilege with a quality of the ranging service.

17. An apparatus for providing a ranging service, the apparatus comprising:

a wireless transceiver to communicate with an electronic communications network to;

receive one or more messages from a mobile device to obtain measurements in support of the ranging service, the one or more messages comprising one or more parameters corresponding to one or more characteristics of the mobile device; and

one or more processors coupled to a memory, the one or more processors and the memory configured to;

assign a level of privilege to the mobile device to receive a particular quality of ranging measurements based, at least in part, on the one or more parameters in the one or more messages received from the mobile device.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine a quality of the ranging service to be based, at least in part, on the determined level of the privilege.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to transmit a message to the mobile device if the ranging service is not available to the mobile device, the availability of the ranging service is to be based, at least in part, on the determined quality of the ranging service.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to grant access to the mobile device to a ranging service based on RTT measurements via an exchange of FTM/FTMR messages.

21. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to grant access to the mobile device to a ranging service based on RTT measurements via an exchange of RTS/CTS messages.

22. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to grant access to the mobile device to a ranging service based on RTT measurements.

23. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to limit periodicity of an RTT measurement of at least one of the following:

an FTM/FTMR message exchange;

an RTS/CTS message exchange;

or any combination thereof.

24. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to degrade the quality of the ranging service for the mobile device via at least one or the following:

an introduction of a random error in an RTT measurement;

an introduction of a random error in a wireless transmitter location;

or any combination thereof.

25. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the one or more parameters comprise at least one of the following:

a MAC address of the mobile device;

a model of the mobile device;

an operating system of the mobile device;

a ranging capability of the mobile device;

a wireless service-related parameter;

a parameter associating the mobile device with the quality of the ranging service;

or any combination thereof.

26. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the one or more processors configured to determine the level of the privilege are further configured to:

map the one or more parameters to the mobile device; and

determine the level of the privilege to be based, at least in part, on the one or more mapped parameters.

27. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the one or more parameters are mapped to the mobile device to associate the level of the privilege with the quality of the ranging service.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the one or more parameters are mapped to the mobile device in a database accessible by the mobile device.

29. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the ranging service comprises a ranging service based on RTT measurements.

30. A non-transitory storage medium having instructions executable by a processor to:

receive one or more messages from a mobile device to obtain measurements in support of the ranging service, the one or more messages comprising one or more parameters corresponding to one or more characteristics of the mobile device; and

assign a level of privilege to the mobile device to receive a particular quality of ranging measurements based, at least in part, on the one or more parameters in the one or more messages received from the mobile device.

31. A method for obtaining a ranging service, the method comprising:

transmitting, at a mobile device, one or more messages to obtain measurements in support of the ranging service, the one or more messages comprising one or more parameters corresponding to one or more characteristics of the mobile device; and

receiving a message indicating an assigned level of privilege to the mobile device to receive a particular quality of ranging measurements based, at least in part, on the one or more parameters corresponding to the one or more characteristics of the mobile device.

32. The method of claim 31, and further comprising receiving a quality of the ranging service based, at least in part, on the determined level of the privilege, the quality of the ranging service being determined based, at least in part, on the one or more parameters corresponding to the one or more characteristics of the mobile device.

33. The method of claim 32, and further comprising receiving a message if the ranging service is not available to the mobile device, the availability of the ranging service being based, at least in part, on the determined quality of the ranging service.

34. The method of claim 32, and further comprising accessing a ranging service based on round trip time (RTT) measurements via an exchange of fine timing measurement (FTM)/fine timing measurement request (FTMR) messages.

35. The method of claim 32, and further comprising accessing a ranging service based on RTT measurements via an exchange of request-to-send (RTS)/clear-to-send (CTS) messages.

36. The method of claim 32, and further comprising obtaining an RTT measurement with limiting periodicity via at least one of the following:

an FTM/FTMR message exchange;

an RTS/CTS message exchange;

or any combination thereof.

37. The method of claim 31, wherein the one or more parameters comprise at least one of the following:

a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the mobile device;

a model of the mobile device;

an operating system of the mobile device;

a ranging capability of the mobile device;

a wireless service-related parameter;

a parameter associating the mobile device with the quality of the ranging service;

or any combination thereof.

38. An apparatus for obtaining a ranging service, the apparatus comprising:

a wireless transceiver to communicate with an electronic communications network to;

transmit one or more messages to obtain measurements in support of the ranging service, the one or more messages comprising one or more parameters corresponding to one or more characteristics of a mobile device; and

one or more processors coupled to a memory, the one or more processors and the memory configured to;

receive a message indicating an assigned level of privilege to the mobile device to receive a particular quality of ranging measurements based, at least in part, on the one or more parameters corresponding to the one or more characteristics of the mobile device.

39. The apparatus of claim 38, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive a quality of the ranging service based, at least in part, on the determined level of the privilege.

40. The apparatus of claim 39, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

access a ranging service based on RTT measurements via an exchange of FTM/FTMR messages;

or access a ranging service based on RTT measurements via an exchange of RTS/CTS messages.