Positioning base station determining method, positioning server, serving base station, and network system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10588109-B2
Application number	US-201816227900-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2018
Priority date	Jun 22, 2016
Publication date	Mar 10, 2020
Grant date	Mar 10, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the mobile communications field. In a positioning base station determining method, a positioning server receives a positioning request message from a terminal device; the positioning server obtains information about a candidate base station from a serving base station of the terminal device according to the positioning request message, where the information about a candidate base station indicates at least one base station; and the positioning server determines a positioning base station set according to the information about a candidate base station, where the positioning base station set includes a positioning base station configured to position the terminal device, and the positioning base station includes one or more of the at least one base station and/or the serving base station.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a positioning server, a positioning request message, wherein the positioning request message comprises identification information of a serving base station of a terminal device;
sending, by the positioning server, indication information to the serving base station according to the positioning request message;
receiving, by the positioning server from the serving base station, information about a candidate base station, wherein the information about the candidate base station indicates at least one candidate base station; and
determining, by the positioning server, a positioning base station set according to the information about the candidate base station, wherein the positioning base station set comprises a positioning base station configured to position the terminal device, and the positioning base station comprises a first base station of the at least one candidate base station or the serving base station.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the identification information comprises an identifier of the serving base station; and
sending, by the positioning server, the indication information to the serving base station according to the positioning request message comprises:
sending, by the positioning server, the indication information to the serving base station according to the identifier of the serving base station.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the indication information comprises an identifier of the terminal device.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the information about the candidate base station comprises a respective identifier of each base station of the at least one candidate base station; and
determining, by the positioning server, the positioning base station set according to the information about the candidate base station comprises:
determining, by the positioning server, the positioning base station set according to the respective identifier of each base station of the at least one candidate base station.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein:
the information about the candidate base station further comprises respective status information of each base station of the at least one candidate base station; and
determining, by the positioning server, the positioning base station set according to the information about the candidate base station comprises:
determining, by the positioning server, the positioning base station set according to the respective identifier and the respective status information of each base station of the at least one candidate base station.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the information about the candidate base station comprises a respective identifier of each neighboring cell of at least one neighboring cell; and
determining, by the positioning server, the positioning base station set according to the information about the candidate base station comprises:
determining, by the positioning server, the positioning base station set according to the respective identifier of each neighboring cell of the at least one neighboring cell.

7. An apparatus, comprising:
one or more processors; and
a non-transitory memory, wherein the memory is configured to store a computer program, and the one or more processors are configured to execute the computer program stored in the memory to:
receive a positioning request message from a terminal device, wherein the positioning request message comprises identification information of a serving base station of a terminal device;
send indication information to the serving base station according to the Positioning request message; and
after sending the indication information to the serving base station, receive information about a candidate base station from the serving base station, wherein the information about the candidate base station indicates at least one candidate base station; and
determine a positioning base station set according to the information about the candidate base station;

wherein the positioning base station set comprises a positioning base station configured to position the terminal device, and the positioning base station comprises a first base station of the at least one candidate base station or the serving base station.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein:
the identification information comprises an identifier of the serving base station of the terminal device; and
the one or more processors being configured to execute the computer program stored in the memory to send the indication information to the serving base station according to the positioning request message comprises the one or more processors being configured to execute the computer program stored in the memory to send the indication information to the serving base station according to the identifier of the serving base station.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the indication information comprises an identifier of the terminal device.

10. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein:
the information about the candidate base station comprises a respective identifier of each base station of the at least one candidate base station; and
the one or more processors being configured to execute the computer program stored in the memory to determine the positioning base station set according to the information about the candidate base station comprises the one or more processors being configured to execute the computer program stored in the memory to determine the positioning base station set according to the respective identifier of each base station of the at least one candidate base station.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein:
the information about the candidate base station further comprises respective status information of each base station of the at least one candidate base station; and
the one or more processors being configured to execute the computer program stored in the memory to determine the positioning base station set according to the information about the candidate base station comprises the one or more processors being configured to execute the computer program stored in the memory to determine the positioning base station set according to the respective identifier and the respective status information of each base station of the at least one candidate base station.

12. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein:
the information about the candidate base station comprises a respective identifier of each neighboring cell of at least one neighboring cell; and
the one or more processors being configured to execute the computer program stored in the memory to determine the positioning base station set according to the information about the candidate base station comprises the one or more processors being configured to execute the computer program stored in the memory to determine the positioning base station set according to the respective identifier of each neighboring cell of the at least one neighboring cell.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program codes for use by a positioning server for transmitting uplink control information (UCI), wherein the program codes comprise instructions for:
receiving a positioning request message, wherein the positioning request message comprises identification information of a serving base station of a terminal device;
sending indication information to the serving base station according to the positioning request message;
receiving information about a candidate base station from the serving base station, wherein the information about the candidate ba

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xue Jiantao
• Ren Houping
• Li Anjian

Classifications

• H04W64/00 Primary

  Locating users or terminals {or network equipment} for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management · CPC title

• H04W48/16

  Discovering, processing access restriction or access information · CPC title

• H04W48/20

  Selecting an access point · CPC title

• H04W8/14

  between corresponding nodes · CPC title

• H04W64/003 Primary

  locating network equipment · CPC title