[미국특허]
Local area network assisted positioning
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04W-064/00
G01S-005/14
G01S-005/02
H04W-004/02
출원번호
US-0480821
(2017-04-06)
등록번호
US-9810761
(2017-11-07)
발명자
/ 주소
Sheynblat, Leonid
Moeglein, Mark Leo
출원인 / 주소
QUALCOMM Incorporated
대리인 / 주소
Hunter Clark PLLC
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초록▼
A method for assisting in locating a position of a mobile wireless device comprises: obtaining visible-station indications identifying base stations that are visible from the mobile wireless device, the base stations comprising at least one cooperative terrestrial base station and at least one uncoo
A method for assisting in locating a position of a mobile wireless device comprises: obtaining visible-station indications identifying base stations that are visible from the mobile wireless device, the base stations comprising at least one cooperative terrestrial base station and at least one uncooperative WiFi terrestrial base station capable of bi-directional communications and configured to prevent data and/or voice communications with the mobile wireless device; sending, to an almanac processor, an indication of an approximate location of the mobile wireless device that comprises the visible-station indications; receiving an almanac of base stations comprising at least some of the visible-station indications and location indications indicating locations of the base stations visible from the mobile wireless device that correspond to the at least some of the visible-station indications; and determining a location of the mobile wireless device using the location indications.
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1. A method for assisting in locating a position of a mobile wireless device, the method comprising: obtaining, at the mobile wireless device, base station identifiers identifying a plurality of base stations visible from the mobile wireless device, the plurality of base stations comprising at least
1. A method for assisting in locating a position of a mobile wireless device, the method comprising: obtaining, at the mobile wireless device, base station identifiers identifying a plurality of base stations visible from the mobile wireless device, the plurality of base stations comprising at least one cooperative terrestrial base station that can communicate with the mobile wireless device in at least one mode and at least one uncooperative WiFi terrestrial base station capable of bi-directional communications and configured to prevent data and/or voice communications with the mobile wireless device, wherein the uncooperative WiFi terrestrial base station is configured to acknowledge a message received from the mobile wireless device;sending, from the mobile wireless device to an almanac processor, an approximate location of the mobile wireless device, the approximate location comprising the base station identifiers;receiving, at the mobile wireless device, an almanac of base stations comprising at least some of the base station identifiers, and base station locations that correspond to the at least some of the base station identifiers; anddetermining a location of the mobile wireless device, at the mobile wireless device, using one or more of the base station identifiers and one or more of the base station locations, at least one first identifier for and first location of a base station within communication range of the mobile wireless device, or at least one second identifier for and second location of an uncooperative terrestrial base station configured to acknowledge a message received from the mobile wireless device, or a combination thereof, contained in the almanac of base stations. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one cooperative terrestrial base station comprises a WiFi terrestrial base station. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one cooperative terrestrial base station comprises a cellular base station. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the almanac of base stations comprises identifiers of additional base stations within communication range of the mobile wireless device. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the approximate location of the mobile wireless device comprises sending the approximate location of the mobile wireless device from the mobile wireless device to the almanac processor via a cooperative terrestrial base station of the at least one cooperative terrestrial base station. 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining, at the mobile wireless device, a trilateration location of the mobile wireless device; andsending, through a cooperative base station, from the mobile wireless device to the almanac processor, identities of base stations from which the mobile wireless device received signals while at the trilateration location. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the identities of base stations from which the mobile wireless device received signals while at the trilateration location comprise identities of base stations not in the almanac of base stations. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the almanac of base stations further comprises identifiers for and locations of base stations that are not within communication range of the mobile wireless device but would be within communication of the mobile wireless device from a likely future position of the mobile wireless device. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the almanac of base stations further comprises identifiers for and locations of Bluetooth base stations. 10. A mobile wireless device comprising: means for obtaining base station identifiers identifying a plurality of base stations visible from the mobile wireless device, the plurality of base stations comprising at least one cooperative terrestrial base station that can communicate with the mobile wireless device in at least one mode and at least one uncooperative WiFi terrestrial base station capable of bi-directional communications and configured to prevent data and/or voice communications with the mobile wireless device, wherein the uncooperative WiFi terrestrial base station is configured to acknowledge a message received from the mobile wireless device;means for sending, to an almanac processor, an approximate location of the mobile wireless device, the approximate location comprising the base station identifiers;means for receiving an almanac of base stations comprising at least some of the base station identifiers, and base station locations that correspond to the at least some of the base station identifiers; andmeans for determining a location of the mobile wireless device using one or more of the base station identifiers and one or more of the base station locations, at least one first identifier for and first location of a base station within communication range of the mobile wireless device, or at least one second identifier for and second location of an uncooperative terrestrial base station configured to acknowledge a message received from the mobile wireless device, or a combination thereof, contained in the almanac of base stations. 11. The mobile wireless device of claim 10, wherein the at least one cooperative terrestrial base station comprises a WiFi terrestrial base station. 12. The mobile wireless device of claim 10, wherein the at least one cooperative terrestrial base station comprises a cellular base station. 13. The mobile wireless device of claim 10, wherein the means for sending the approximate location of the mobile wireless device comprise means for sending the approximate location of the mobile wireless device from the mobile wireless device to the almanac processor via a cooperative terrestrial base station of the at least one cooperative terrestrial base station. 14. The mobile wireless device of claim 10, further comprising means for determining a trilateration location of the mobile wireless device, wherein the means for sending are further for sending, through a cooperative base station, to the almanac processor, identities of base stations from which the mobile wireless device received signals while at the trilateration location. 15. A mobile wireless device comprising: a communication interface; anda processor communicatively coupled to the communication interface and configured to: obtain, via the communication interface, base station identifiers identifying a plurality of base stations visible from the mobile wireless device, the plurality of base stations comprising at least one cooperative terrestrial base station that can communicate with the mobile wireless device in at least one mode and at least one uncooperative WiFi terrestrial base station capable of bi-directional communications and configured to prevent data and/or voice communications with the mobile wireless device, wherein the uncooperative WiFi terrestrial base station is configured to acknowledge a message received from the mobile wireless device;send, to an almanac processor via the communication interface, an approximate location of the mobile wireless device, the approximate location comprising the base station identifiers;receive, via the communication interface, an almanac of base stations comprising at least some of the base station identifiers, and base station locations that correspond to the at least some of the base station identifiers; anddetermine a location of the mobile wireless device using one or more of the base station identifiers and one or more of the base station locations, at least one first identifier for and first location of a base station within communication range of the mobile wireless device, or at least one second identifier for and second location of an uncooperative terrestrial base station configured to acknowledge a message received from the mobile wireless device, or a combination thereof, contained in the almanac of base stations. 16. The mobile wireless device of claim 15, wherein the almanac of base stations further comprises identifiers for and locations of base stations that are not within communication range of the mobile wireless device but would be within communication of the mobile wireless device from a likely future position of the mobile wireless device. 17. The mobile wireless device of claim 16, wherein the at least one cooperative terrestrial base station comprises a WiFi terrestrial base station. 18. The mobile wireless device of claim 16, wherein the at least one cooperative terrestrial base station comprises a cellular base station. 19. The mobile wireless device of claim 16, wherein to send the approximate location of the mobile wireless device, the processor is configured to cause the communication interface to send the approximate location of the mobile wireless device from the mobile wireless device to the almanac processor via a cooperative terrestrial base station of the at least one cooperative terrestrial base station. 20. The mobile wireless device of claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to: determine a trilateration location of the mobile wireless device; andsend, through a cooperative base station, to the almanac processor, identities of base stations from which the mobile wireless device received signals while at the trilateration location. 21. The mobile wireless device of claim 16, wherein the almanac of base stations further comprises identifiers for and locations of Bluetooth base stations. 22. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon computer-readable instructions for assisting in locating a position of a mobile wireless device, the computer-readable instructions being configured to cause a computer to: obtain, at the mobile wireless device, base station identifiers identifying a plurality of base stations visible from the mobile wireless device, the plurality of base stations comprising at least one cooperative terrestrial base station that can communicate with the mobile wireless device in at least one mode and at least one uncooperative WiFi terrestrial base station capable of bi-directional communications and configured to prevent data and/or voice communications with the mobile wireless device, wherein the uncooperative WiFi terrestrial base station is configured to acknowledge a message received from the mobile wireless device;send, from the mobile wireless device to an almanac processor, an approximate location of the mobile wireless device, the approximate location comprising the base station identifiers;receive, at the mobile wireless device, an almanac of base stations comprising at least some of the base station identifiers, base station locations that correspond to the at least some of the base station identifiers; anddetermine a location of the mobile wireless device, at the mobile wireless device, using one or more of the base station identifiers and one or more of the base station locations, at least one first identifier for and first location of a base station within communication range of the mobile wireless device, or at least one second identifier for and second location of an uncooperative terrestrial base station configured to acknowledge a message received from the mobile wireless device, or a combination thereof, contained in the almanac of base stations. 23. The computer-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the at least one cooperative terrestrial base station comprises a WiFi terrestrial base station. 24. The computer-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the at least one cooperative terrestrial base station comprises a cellular base station. 25. The computer-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the instructions configured to cause the computer to send the the approximate location of the mobile wireless device are configured to cause the computer to send the approximate location of the mobile wireless device from the mobile wireless device to the almanac processor via a cooperative terrestrial base station of the at least one cooperative terrestrial base station. 26. The computer-readable medium of claim 22, further comprising instructions configured to cause the computer to: determine, at the mobile wireless device, a trilateration location of the mobile wireless device; andsend, through a cooperative base station, to the almanac processor, identities of base stations from which the mobile wireless device received signals while at the trilateration location.
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