User equipment, device to device user equipment, backhaul device and positioning method thereof

• US 9,743,249 B2
• Filed: 01/12/2016
• Issued: 08/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Original Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Inventors: Tsai, Yi-Hsueh, Lin, Yi-Ting, Liao, Shu-Han
• Primary Examiner(s): RAMPURIA, SHARAD K
• Application Number:
  US14/993,784
• Publication Number:
  US 20160227373A1
• Time in Patent Office: 588 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561-457
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0072 Transmission between mobile stations, e.g. anti-collision systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0284 Relative positioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• 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 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/18 between terminal devices

Abstract

A user equipment (UE), a device to device (D2D) UE, a backhaul device and a positioning method thereof are provided. The D2D UE measures an uplink reference signal transmitted from the UE and generates an uplink measurement report message according to the measured uplink reference signal. The backhaul device receives the uplink measurement report message and determines location information on at least one of the UE and D2D UE based on the uplink measurement report message.

Claims

1. A user equipment (UE) for a mobile communication system, the mobile communication system comprising the UE, a device to device (D2D) UE, a base station (BS) and a backhaul device and defining an uplink resource and a downlink resource, the uplink resource being used by the UE and the D2D UE for an uplink signal transmission, the downlink resource being used by the BS for a downlink signal transmission, the D2D UE being capable of D2D transmission through the uplink resource, the UE being incapable of the D2D transmission through the uplink resource, the D2D UE being near to the UE, and the BS connecting to the backhaul device, the UE comprising:

a transceiver connecting to the BS, being configured to receive a signal transmitting request message from the BS, the signal transmitting request message indicating an uplink resource region of the uplink resource; and

a processor electrically connected to the transceiver, being configured to generate an uplink reference signal according to the signal transmitting request message and enable the transceiver to transmit the uplink reference signal in the uplink resource region;

wherein the D2D UE receives the uplink reference signal from the uplink resource region, measures the uplink reference signal to generate a D2D uplink measurement report message, and transmits the D2D uplink measurement report message to the backhaul device so that the backhaul device decides location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the D2D uplink measurement report message.

2. The UE of claim 1, wherein the BS further receives the uplink reference signal from the uplink resource region, measures the uplink reference signal to generate a BS uplink measurement report message, and transmits the BS uplink measurement report message to the backhaul device so that the backhaul device further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the D2D uplink measurement report message and the BS uplink measurement report message;

wherein when the mobile communication system further comprises another BS near to the UE, the another BS further receives the uplink reference signal from the uplink resource region, measures the uplink reference signal to generate another BS uplink measurement report message and transmits the another BS uplink measurement report message to the backhaul device so that the backhaul device further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the D2D uplink measurement report message, the BS uplink measurement report message and the another BS uplink measurement report message.

3. The UE of claim 1, wherein the BS further transmits a downlink reference signal, the transceiver further receives the downlink reference signal from the BS, and the processor measures the downlink reference signal to generate a downlink measurement report message and enables the transceiver to transmit the downlink measurement report message to the backhaul device so that the backhaul device further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the D2D uplink measurement report message and the downlink measurement report message;

wherein when the D2D UE is near to the BS, the D2D UE further receives the downlink reference signal from the BS and generates a D2D downlink measurement report message, and transmits the D2D downlink measurement report message to the backhaul device so that the backhaul device further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the D2D uplink measurement report message, the downlink measurement report message and the D2D downlink measurement report message.

4. The UE of claim 3, wherein when the mobile communication system further comprises another BS near to the UE, the another BS further transmits another downlink reference signal, the transceiver further receives the another downlink reference signal from the another BS, and the processor measures the another downlink reference signal to generate another downlink measurement report message and enables the transceiver to transmit the another downlink measurement report message to the backhaul device so that the backhaul device further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the D2D uplink measurement report message, the downlink measurement report message and the another downlink measurement report message;

wherein when the mobile communication system further comprises the another BS near to the UE and the D2D UE is near to the BS, the backhaul device further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the D2D uplink measurement report message, the downlink measurement report message, the another downlink measurement report message and the D2D downlink measurement report message;

wherein when the mobile communication system further comprises the another BS near to the UE and the D2D UE, the D2D UE further receives the another downlink reference signal from the another BS, generates another D2D downlink measurement report message, and transmits the another D2D downlink measurement report message to the backhaul device so that the backhaul device further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the D2D uplink measurement report message, the downlink measurement report message, the another downlink measurement report message and the another D2D downlink measurement report message; and

wherein when the mobile communication system further comprises the another BS near to the UE and the D2D UE and the D2D UE is near to the BS, the backhaul device further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the D2D uplink measurement report message, the downlink measurement report message, the another downlink measurement report message, the D2D downlink measurement report message and the another D2D downlink measurement report message.

5. A device to device (D2D) UE for a mobile communication system, the mobile communication system comprising the D2D UE, a UE, a BS and a backhaul device and defining an uplink resource and a downlink resource, the uplink resource being used by the UE and the D2D UE for an uplink signal transmission, the downlink resource being used by the BS for a downlink signal transmission, the D2D UE being capable of D2D transmission through the uplink resource, the UE being incapable of the D2D transmission through the uplink resource, the D2D UE being near to the UE, and the BS connecting to the backhaul device, the D2D UE comprising:

a transceiver connecting to the BS, being configured to receive a first uplink reference signal from the UE via a first uplink resource region of the uplink resource, wherein the UE receives a signal transmitting request message and transmits the first uplink reference signal in the first uplink resource region according to the first uplink resource region indicated by the signal transmitting request message; and

a processor electrically connected to the transceiver, being configured to generate a D2D uplink measurement report message according to the first uplink reference signal and enables the transceiver to transmit the D2D uplink measurement report message to the backhaul device so that the backhaul device decides location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the D2D uplink measurement report message.

6. The D2D UE of claim 5, wherein the transceiver further receives an uplink measurement request message from the BS to learn the first uplink resource region from the uplink measurement request message, and the processor enables the transceiver to receive the first uplink reference signal from the first uplink resource region.

7. The D2D UE of claim 5, wherein the transceiver further receives another signal transmitting request message from the BS, the another signal transmitting request message indicates a second uplink resource region of the uplink resource, and the processor generates a second uplink reference signal according to the another signal transmitting request message and enables the transceiver to transmit the second uplink reference signal in the second uplink resource region so that the BS receives the second uplink reference signal from the second uplink resource region, measures the second uplink reference signal to generate a BS uplink measurement report message, and transmits the BS uplink measurement report message to the backhaul device so that the backhaul device further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the D2D uplink measurement report message and the BS uplink measurement report message;

wherein when the mobile communication system further comprises another BS near to the D2D UE, the another BS receives the second uplink reference signal from the second uplink resource region, measures the second uplink reference signal to generate another BS uplink measurement report message and transmits the another BS uplink measurement report message to the backhaul device so that the backhaul device further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the D2D uplink measurement report message, the BS uplink measurement report message and the another BS uplink measurement report message.

8. The D2D UE of claim 5, wherein the BS further transmits a downlink reference signal, the transceiver further receives the downlink reference signal from the BS, and the processor measures the downlink reference signal to generate a D2D downlink measurement report message and enables the transceiver to transmit the D2D downlink measurement report message to the backhaul device so that the backhaul devices decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the D2D uplink measurement report message and the D2D downlink measurement report message;

wherein when the UE is near to the BS, the UE further receives the downlink reference signal from the BS, measures the downlink reference signal to generate a downlink measurement report message and transmits the downlink measurement report message to the backhaul device so that the backhaul device decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the D2D uplink measurement report message, the D2D downlink measurement report message and the downlink measurement report message.

9. The D2D UE of claim 8, wherein when the mobile communication system further comprises another BS near to the D2D UE, the another BS further transmits another downlink reference signal, the transceiver further receives the another downlink reference signal from the another BS, and the processor measures the another downlink reference signal to generate another D2D downlink measurement report message and enables the transceiver to transmit the another D2D downlink measurement report message to the backhaul device so that the backhaul device further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the D2D uplink measurement report message, the D2D downlink measurement report message and the another D2D downlink measurement report message;

wherein when the UE is near to the BS and the mobile communication system further comprises the another BS near to the D2D UE, the backhaul device further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the D2D uplink measurement report message, the D2D downlink measurement report message, the another D2D downlink measurement report message and the downlink measurement report message;

wherein when the mobile communication system further comprises the another BS near to the D2D UE and the UE, the UE further receives the second downlink reference signal from the another BS, measures the second downlink reference signal to generate another downlink measurement report message, and transmits the another downlink measurement report message to the backhaul device; and

wherein when the UE is near to the BS and the mobile communication system further comprises the another BS near to the D2D UE and the UE, the backhaul device further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the D2D uplink measurement report message, the D2D downlink measurement report message, the another D2D downlink measurement report message, the downlink measurement report message and the another downlink measurement report message.

10. A backhaul device for a mobile communication system, the mobile communication system comprising the backhaul device, a UE, a D2D UE, and a BS and defining an uplink resource and a downlink resource, the uplink resource being used by the UE and the D2D UE for an uplink signal transmission, the downlink resource being used by the BS for a downlink signal transmission, the D2D UE being capable of D2D transmission through the uplink resource, the UE being incapable of the D2D transmission through the uplink resource, the D2D UE being near to the UE, and the BS connecting to the backhaul device, the backhaul device comprising:

a network unit connecting to the BS;

a processing unit, being configured to generate a measurement request message and enable the network unit to transmit the measurement request message to the BS so that the BS generates a first signal transmitting request message according to the measurement request message and transmits the first signal transmitting request message to the UE;

wherein the first signal transmitting request message indicates a first uplink resource region of the uplink resource so that the UE transmits a first uplink reference signal and the D2D UE receives and measures the first uplink reference signal to generate a first D2D uplink measurement report message;

wherein the network unit further receives the first D2D uplink measurement report message from the D2D UE, and the processor further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the first D2D uplink measurement report message.

11. The backhaul device of claim 10, wherein the processing unit further selects the D2D UE so that the D2D UE receives an uplink measurement request message and measures the first uplink reference signal transmitted by the UE according to the uplink measurement request message to generate the first D2D uplink measurement report message.

12. The backhaul device of claim 11, wherein when the mobile communication system further comprises another D2D UE near to the UE, the processing unit further selects the another D2D UE so that the another D2D UE receives the uplink measurement request message, measures the first uplink reference signal transmitted by the UE according to the uplink measurement request message to generate a second D2D uplink measurement report message and transmits the second D2D uplink measurement report message to the backhaul device, and the backhaul device further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the first D2D uplink measurement report message and the second D2D uplink measurement report message.

13. The backhaul device of claim 10, wherein the processing unit further generates a first uplink measurement request message and enables the network unit to transmit the first uplink measurement request message to the BS so that the BS measures the first uplink reference signal according to the first uplink measurement request message to generate a first BS uplink measurement report message and transmits the first BS uplink measurement report message to the network interface, and the processing unit further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the first D2D uplink measurement report message and the first BS uplink measurement report message;

wherein when the mobile communication system further comprises another BS near to the UE, the processing unit further enables the network unit to transmit the first uplink measurement request message to the another BS so that the another BS measures the first uplink reference signal according to the first uplink measurement request message to generate a second BS uplink measurement report message and transmits the second BS uplink measurement report message to the network interface, and the processing unit further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the first D2D uplink measurement report message, the first BS uplink measurement report message and the second BS uplink measurement report message.

14. The backhaul device of claim 13, wherein when the D2D UE is near to the BS or when the mobile communication system further comprises the another BS near to the D2D UE, the D2D UE further receives a second signal transmitting request message which indicates a second uplink resource region of the uplink resource so that the D2D UE transmits a second uplink reference signal via the second uplink resource region;

wherein when the D2D UE is near to the BS, the processing unit further generates a second uplink measurement request message and enables the network unit to transmit the second uplink measurement request message to the BS so that the BS measures the second uplink reference signal according to the second uplink measurement request message to generate a third BS uplink measurement report message and transmits the third BS uplink measurement report message to the network unit, and the processing unit further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the first D2D uplink measurement report message, the first BS uplink measurement report message and the third BS uplink measurement report message;

wherein when the D2D UE is near to the BS and the mobile communication system further comprises the another BS near to the UE, the processing unit further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the first D2D uplink measurement report message, the first BS uplink measurement report message, the second BS uplink measurement report message and the third BS uplink measurement report message;

wherein when the mobile communication system further comprises the another BS near to the D2D UE, the processing unit further enables the network unit to transmit the second uplink measurement request message to the another BS so that the another BS measures the second uplink reference signal according to the second uplink measurement request message to generate a fourth BS uplink measurement report message and transmits the fourth BS uplink measurement report message to the network unit, and the processing unit further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the first D2D uplink measurement report message, the first BS uplink measurement report message and the fourth BS uplink measurement report message;

wherein when the mobile communication system further comprises the another BS near to the UE and the D2D UE, the processing unit further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the first D2D uplink measurement report message, the first BS uplink measurement report message, the second BS uplink measurement report message and the fourth BS uplink measurement report message;

wherein when the D2D UE is near to the BS and the mobile communication system further comprises the another BS near to the UE and the D2D UE, the processing unit further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the first D2D uplink measurement report message, the first BS uplink measurement report message, the second BS uplink measurement report message, the third BS uplink measurement report message and the fourth BS uplink measurement report message.

15. The backhaul device of claim 10, wherein when the mobile communication system further comprises another UE near to the D2D UE, the another UE receives a signal transmitting request message which indicates an uplink resource region of the uplink resource so that the another UE transmits an uplink reference signal via the uplink resource region, the D2D UE further receives the uplink reference signal from the uplink resource region, measures the uplink reference signal to generate a D2D uplink measurement report message and transmits the D2D uplink measurement report message to the backhaul device so that the backhaul device further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the first D2D uplink measurement report message and the D2D uplink measurement report message.

16. The backhaul device of claim 15, wherein when the mobile communication system further comprises another D2D UE near to the another UE, the processing unit further selects the another D2D UE so that the another D2D UE receives an uplink measurement request message, measures the uplink reference signal transmitted by the another UE according to the uplink measurement request message to generate another D2D uplink measurement report message and transmits the another D2D uplink measurement report message to the backhaul device, and the backhaul device further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the first D2D uplink measurement report message, the D2D uplink measurement report message and the another D2D uplink measurement report message.

17. The backhaul device of claim 10, wherein when the mobile communication system further comprises another D2D UE near to the D2D UE, the processing unit further selects the another D2D UE so that the another D2D UE receives a signal transmitting request message, the signal transmitting request message indicates an uplink resource region of the uplink resource so that the another D2D UE transmits an uplink reference signal via the uplink resource region, and the D2D UE further receives the uplink reference signal from the uplink resource region, measures the uplink reference signal to generate a D2D uplink measurement report message, and transmits the D2D uplink measurement report message to the backhaul device so that the backhaul device further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the first D2D uplink measurement report message and the D2D uplink measurement report message.

18. The backhaul device of claim 10, wherein the BS further transmits a downlink reference signal according to the measurement request message, and the processing unit further generates a downlink measurement request message and enables the network unit to transmit the downlink measurement request message to the UE so that the UE measures the downlink reference signal according to the downlink measurement request message to generate a downlink measurement report message and transmits the downlink measurement report message to the network unit, and the processing unit further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the first D2D uplink measurement report message and the downlink measurement report message;

wherein when the D2D UE is near to the BS, the processing unit further enables the network unit to transmit the downlink measurement request message to the D2D UE so that the D2D UE measures the downlink reference signal according to the downlink measurement request message to generate a D2D downlink measurement report message and transmits the D2D downlink measurement report message to the network unit, and the processing unit further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the first D2D uplink measurement report message, the downlink measurement report message and the D2D downlink measurement report message.

19. The backhaul device of claim 18, wherein when the mobile communication system further comprises another BS near to the UE, the network unit further transmits another measurement request message to the another BS so that the another BS transmits another downlink reference signal according to the another measurement request message, the UE further receives the another downlink reference signal from the another BS, measures the another downlink reference signal to generate another downlink measurement report message, and transmits the another downlink measurement report message to the network unit so that the processing unit further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the first D2D uplink measurement report message, the downlink measurement report message and the another downlink measurement report message;

wherein when the mobile communication system further comprises the another BS near to the UE and the D2D UE is near to the BS, the processing unit further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the first D2D uplink measurement report message, the downlink measurement report message, the another downlink measurement report message and the D2D downlink measurement report message;

wherein when the mobile communication system further comprises the another BS near to the UE and the D2D UE, the network unit further transmits the another measurement request message to the D2D UE so that the D2D UE further receives the another downlink reference signal from the another base station, generates another D2D downlink measurement report message and transmits the another D2D downlink measurement report message to the network unit, and the processing unit further decides that location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the first D2D uplink measurement report message, the downlink measurement report message, the another downlink measurement report message and the another D2D downlink measurement report message; and

wherein when the mobile communication system further comprises the another BS near to the UE and the D2D UE and the D2D UE is near to the BS, the processing unit further decides the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the first D2D uplink measurement report message, the downlink measurement report message, the another downlink measurement report message, the D2D downlink measurement report message and the another D2D downlink measurement report message.

20. A positioning method for use in a backhaul device, the backhaul device being used in a mobile communication system, the mobile communication system comprising the backhaul device, a UE, a D2D UE, and a BS and defining an uplink resource and a downlink resource, the uplink resource being used by the UE and the D2D UE for an uplink signal transmission, the downlink resource being used by the BS for a downlink signal transmission, the D2D UE being capable of D2D transmission through the uplink resource, the UE being incapable of the D2D transmission through the uplink resource, the UE being near to the D2D UE, the BS connecting to the backhaul device, the backhaul device comprising a network unit and a processing unit, and the network unit being configured to connect to the BS, the positioning method being executed by the processing unit and comprising:

generating a measurement request message;

the network unit transmitting the measurement request message to the BS so that the BS generates a first signal transmitting request message according to the measurement request message and transmits the first signal transmitting request message to the UE, wherein the first signal transmitting request message indicates a first uplink resource region of the uplink resource so that the UE transmits a first uplink reference signal according to the first signal transmitting request message and the D2D UE receives and measures the first uplink reference signal to generate a first D2D uplink measurement report message;

receiving the first D2D uplink measurement report message from the D2D UE via the network unit; and

deciding the location information of at least one of the UE and the D2D UE according to the first D2D uplink measurement report message.