Device location determination when attached to one or more wireless repeaters
First Claim
1. A method of operating a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) communication system to facilitate device location determinations, the method comprising:
- in an LTE base station, exchanging session communications with a User Equipment (UE) device during a communication session, wherein the LTE base station is attached to one or more wireless repeaters;
in the LTE base station, receiving a location request for a device location of the UE device;
in the LTE base station, determining an amount of delay time associated with the session communications of the UE device;
in the LTE base station, submitting a query to a database system for a location of a wireless repeater to which the UE device is connected, wherein the query includes an identifier of the LTE base station and the amount of delay time associated with the session communications;
in the database system, processing the identifier of the LTE base station and the amount of delay time associated with the session communications to identify the wireless repeater to which the UE device is connected, and returning the location of the wireless repeater to the LTE base station in response to the query; and
in the LTE base station, receiving the location of the wireless repeater from the database system and transferring the location of the wireless repeater in response to the location request for the device location of the UE device.
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Abstract
A base station exchanges session communications with a UE during a communication session, receives a location request for a device location of the UE, determines an amount of delay time associated with the session communications of the UE, and submits a query to a database system for a location of a wireless repeater to which the UE is connected, wherein the query includes an identifier of the base station and the amount of delay time associated with the session communications. The database system processes the identifier of the base station and the amount of delay time associated with the session communications to identify and return the location of the wireless repeater to the base station. The base station receives the location of the wireless repeater from the database system and transfers the location of the wireless repeater in response to the location request for the device location of the UE.
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1. A method of operating a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) communication system to facilitate device location determinations, the method comprising:
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in an LTE base station, exchanging session communications with a User Equipment (UE) device during a communication session, wherein the LTE base station is attached to one or more wireless repeaters; in the LTE base station, receiving a location request for a device location of the UE device; in the LTE base station, determining an amount of delay time associated with the session communications of the UE device; in the LTE base station, submitting a query to a database system for a location of a wireless repeater to which the UE device is connected, wherein the query includes an identifier of the LTE base station and the amount of delay time associated with the session communications; in the database system, processing the identifier of the LTE base station and the amount of delay time associated with the session communications to identify the wireless repeater to which the UE device is connected, and returning the location of the wireless repeater to the LTE base station in response to the query; and in the LTE base station, receiving the location of the wireless repeater from the database system and transferring the location of the wireless repeater in response to the location request for the device location of the UE device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A Long-Term Evolution (LTE) communication system to facilitate device location determinations, the LTE communication system comprising:
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an LTE base station configured to exchange session communications with a User Equipment (UE) device during a communication session, wherein the LTE base station is attached to one or more wireless repeaters, receive a location request for a device location of the UE device, determine an amount of delay time associated with the session communications of the UE device, and submit a query to a database system for a location of a wireless repeater to which the UE device is connected, wherein the query includes an identifier of the LTE base station and the amount of delay time associated with the session communications; the database system configured to process the identifier of the LTE base station and the amount of delay time associated with the session communications to identify the wireless repeater to which the UE device is connected and return the location of the wireless repeater to the LTE base station in response to the query; and the LTE base station further configured to receive the location of the wireless repeater from the database system and transfer the location of the wireless repeater in response to the location request for the device location of the UE device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer apparatus to operate a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) base station to facilitate device location determinations, the computer apparatus comprising:
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software instructions configured, when executed by the LTE base station, to direct the LTE base station to exchange session communications with a User Equipment (UE) device during a communication session, wherein the LTE base station is attached to one or more wireless repeaters, receive a location request for a device location of the UE device, determine an amount of delay time associated with the session communications of the UE device, submit a query to a database system for a location of a wireless repeater to which the UE device is connected, wherein the query includes an identifier of the LTE base station and the amount of delay time associated with the session communications, receive the location of the wireless repeater from the database system, and transfer the location of the wireless repeater in response to the location request for the device location of the UE device, wherein the database system is configured to process the identifier of the LTE base station and the amount of delay time associated with the session communications to identify the wireless repeater to which the UE device is connected and return the location of the wireless repeater to the LTE base station in response to the query; and at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing the software instructions. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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