Position calculation method and apparatus in wireless communication system

• US 9,706,517 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2015
• Issued: 07/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Kijun, Park, Jonghyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Sabouri, Mazda
• Application Number:
  US14/754,313
• Publication Number:
  US 20150382318A1
• Time in Patent Office: 743 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0054 of actual mobile position, i.e. position calculation on base station
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0218 Multipath in signal reception
• 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 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination

Abstract

A method of positioning a mobile station (MS) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method is performed by the MS. The method includes receiving information on a reference signal for positioning from a serving base station, measuring the reference signal, comparing a transmission polarization characteristic and reception polarization characteristic of the measured reference signal and determining whether a light of sight (LOS) link between a base station for transmitting the reference signal and the MS is present or not, when the information on the reference signal includes information on the transmission polarization characteristic of the reference signal, and transmitting information on whether the LOS link is present or not to the serving base station.

Claims

1. A method of positioning a mobile station (MS) in a wireless communication system, the method being performed by the MS, the method comprising:

receiving information on a reference signal for positioning from a serving base station;

measuring the reference signal;

comparing a transmission polarization characteristic and reception polarization characteristic of the measured reference signal and determining whether a light of sight (LOS) link between a base station for transmitting the reference signal and the MS is present or not, when the information on the reference signal includes information on the transmission polarization characteristic of the reference signal; and

transmitting information on whether the LOS link is present or not to the serving base station.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the reference signal for positioning is transmitted from one or more base stations.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the polarization characteristic to be compared includes a polarization angle, cross-polarization discrimination (XPD) or a polarization rotation direction, and

the XPD is a ratio of a reference signal received power in a polarization antenna co-polarized with a polarization antenna used to transmit the reference signal to a reference signal received power in a polarization antenna cross-polarized with the polarization antenna used to transmit the reference signal.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising measuring a propagation time of the LOS link to the serving base station.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising cancelling a non-LOS (NLOS) component by passing the received reference signal through a correlator in order to measure the propagation time of the LOS link,

wherein the correlator matches the received reference signal with the transmission polarization characteristic.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising transmitting information on received power and reception time of the received reference signal to the serving base station.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving information on a second reference signal having the same transmission polarization characteristic as the reference signal; and

measuring a reception polarization characteristic of the second reference signal,

wherein the reception polarization characteristic of the second reference signal is used to determine whether the LOS link is present or not.

8. A mobile station (MS) for positioning in a wireless communication system, the MS comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor configured to control the RF unit,

wherein the processor is configured to receive information on a reference signal for positioning from a serving base station, to measure the reference signal, to compare a transmission polarization characteristic and reception polarization characteristic of the measured reference signal to determine whether a light of sight (LOS) link between a base station for transmitting the reference signal and the MS is present or not, when the information on the reference signal includes information on the transmission polarization characteristic of the reference signal, and to transmit information on whether the LOS link is present or not to the serving base station.

9. The MS according to claim 8, wherein the reference signal for positioning is transmitted from one or more base stations.

10. The MS according to claim 8, wherein:

the polarization characteristic to be compared includes a polarization angle, cross-polarization discrimination (XPD) or a polarization rotation direction, and

the XPD is a ratio of a reference signal received power in a polarization antenna co-polarized with a polarization antenna used to transmit the reference signal to a reference signal received power in a polarization antenna cross-polarized with the polarization antenna used to transmit the reference signal.

11. The MS according to claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to measure a propagation time of the LOS link to the serving base station.

12. The MS according to claim 11, wherein:

the processor is configured to cancel a non-LOS (NLOS) component by passing the received reference signal through a correlator in order to measure the propagation time of the LOS link, and

wherein the correlator matches the received reference signal with the transmission polarization characteristic.

13. The MS according to claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to transmit information on received power and reception time of the received reference signal to the serving base station.

14. The MS according to claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to receive information on a second reference signal having the same transmission polarization characteristic as the reference signal and to measure a reception polarization characteristic of the second reference signal, the reception polarization characteristic of the second reference signal is used to determine whether the LOS link is present or not.