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Method and apparatus for detecting the locations of terminals in a multinode system

  • US 9,955,449 B2
  • Filed: 09/07/2012
  • Issued: 04/24/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of transmitting reference signal time difference (RSTD) information in a multi-node system, which includes a base station (BS), a reference node and a neighbor node, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprising:

  • receiving, from the BS, reference cell information and neighbor cell information;

    receiving, from the BS, reference node information and neighbor node information;

    generating cell RSTD information based on the reference cell information and the neighbor cell information,wherein the cell RSTD information is information for a relative timing difference between a reference cell identified by the reference cell information and a neighbor cell identified by the neighbor cell information;

    generating node RSTD information based on the reference node information and the neighbor node information,wherein the node RSTD information is information for a relative timing difference between the reference node identified by the reference node information and the neighbor node identified by the neighbor node information; and

    transmitting, to the BS, the cell RSTD information and the node RSTD information,wherein the cell RSTD information is transmitted via a radio resource control (RRC) layer, and the node RSTD information is transmitted via a lower layer which is lower than the RRC layer,wherein the node RSTD information is included in uplink control information (UCI) when the node RSTD information is transmitted via the lower layer, andwherein the node RSTD information is transmitted more frequently than the cell RSTD information.

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