Using information on neighbor cells of other network types and/or other operators for mobile terminal positioning
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor; and
at least one memory including computer program code, said at least one memory and said computer program code configured to, with said at least one processor, cause said apparatus at least to perform;
obtaining information on a serving cell that is, at a point of time, serving a mobile terminal;
obtaining identification information related to one or more neighbor cells that are, at least substantially at said point of time, observed by said mobile terminal, wherein (a) the mobile terminal does not connect to the one or more neighbor cells and (b) said identification information is configured to locally identify the neighbor cell and comprises at least one of timeslots, spreading codes, spatial channels, or polarization channels related to a corresponding neighbor cell of the one or more neighbor cells; and
updating position-related information for at least one of (a) the serving cell or (b) at least one of the one or more neighbor cells in a position-related information database accessible to the at least one processor, wherein accessing the position-related information corresponding to the at least one of the one or more neighbor cells requires at least a portion of the information on the serving cell,wherein said serving cell is a cell of a first communication network, wherein at least one of said one or more neighbor cells is a cell of a second communication network, wherein said first communication network has a type that is different from a type of said second communication network, and wherein said type comprises an air interface type defined by a standard of a standard-setting organization;
wherein said first communication network is operated by an operator that is different from an operator of said second communication network.
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Abstract
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method performed by an apparatus comprises, causing said apparatus at least to perform one of providing and obtaining information on a serving cell that is, at a point of time, serving a mobile terminal and information related to a neighbor cell that is, at least substantially at said point of time, observed by said mobile terminal, wherein said serving cell is a cell of a first communication network, wherein said neighbor cell is a cell of a second communication network, and wherein said first communication network has a type that is different from a type of said second communication network and/or is operated by an operator that is different from an operator of said second communication network.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, said at least one memory and said computer program code configured to, with said at least one processor, cause said apparatus at least to perform; obtaining information on a serving cell that is, at a point of time, serving a mobile terminal; obtaining identification information related to one or more neighbor cells that are, at least substantially at said point of time, observed by said mobile terminal, wherein (a) the mobile terminal does not connect to the one or more neighbor cells and (b) said identification information is configured to locally identify the neighbor cell and comprises at least one of timeslots, spreading codes, spatial channels, or polarization channels related to a corresponding neighbor cell of the one or more neighbor cells; and updating position-related information for at least one of (a) the serving cell or (b) at least one of the one or more neighbor cells in a position-related information database accessible to the at least one processor, wherein accessing the position-related information corresponding to the at least one of the one or more neighbor cells requires at least a portion of the information on the serving cell, wherein said serving cell is a cell of a first communication network, wherein at least one of said one or more neighbor cells is a cell of a second communication network, wherein said first communication network has a type that is different from a type of said second communication network, and wherein said type comprises an air interface type defined by a standard of a standard-setting organization;
wherein said first communication network is operated by an operator that is different from an operator of said second communication network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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obtaining information on a serving cell that is, at a point of time, serving a mobile terminal; obtaining identification information related to one or more neighbor cells that are, at least substantially at said point of time, observed but not connected to by said mobile terminal, wherein said identification information is configured to locally identify the one or more neighbor cells and comprises at least one of timeslots, spreading codes, spatial channels, or polarization channels related to a corresponding neighbor cell of the one or more neighbor cells; and updating position-related information for at least one of (a) the serving cell or (b) at least one of the one or more neighbor cells in a position-related information database, wherein accessing the position-related information corresponding to the at least one of the one or more neighbor cells requires at least a portion of the information on the serving cell, wherein said serving cell is a cell of a first communication network, wherein at least one of said one or more neighbor cells is a cell of a second communication network, wherein said first communication network has a type that is different from a type of said second communication network, and wherein said type comprises an air interface type defined by a standard of a standard-setting organization;
wherein the said communication network is operated by an operator that is different from an operator of said second communication network. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, said at least one memory and said computer program code configured to, with said at least one processor, cause said apparatus at least to perform; obtaining positioning-related information for a serving cell that is capable of serving a mobile terminal when said mobile terminal is positioned at a first position, obtaining positioning-related information and resource information for one or more neighbor cells that are observable but not connected to by said mobile terminal when said mobile terminal is positioned at said first position and served by said serving cell, wherein said resource information comprises at least one of timeslots, spreading codes, spatial channels, or polarization channels related to a corresponding neighbor cell of the one or more neighbor cells, and updating position-related information for at least one of (a) the serving cell or (b) at least one of the one or more neighbor cells in a position-related information database accessible to the at least one processor, wherein accessing the position-related information corresponding to the at least one of the one or more neighbor cells requires at least a portion of the information on the serving cell, wherein said serving cell is a cell of a first communication network, wherein at least one of said neighbor cells is a cell of a second communication network, wherein said first communication network has a type that is different from a type of said second communication network, and wherein said type comprises an air interface type defined by a standard of a standard-setting organization;
wherein the said communication network is operated by an operator that is different from an operator of said second communication network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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