Inter-frequency bias compensation for time difference measurements in position determinations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016234709-A1
Application number	US-201514843738-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 2, 2015
Priority date	Feb 6, 2015
Publication date	Aug 11, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method for use in determining a position of a mobile device in a wireless communication network includes acquiring, by the mobile device, a first positioning signal transmitted at a first frequency and a second positioning signal transmitted at a second frequency that is different than the first frequency. The mobile device performs a first measurement of a time difference of arrival between the first positioning signal and the second positioning signal. In certain implementations, in response to a determination to not apply an inter-frequency bias compensation to the first measurement for inter-frequency related delays corresponding to the first frequency, the second frequency, or both the first frequency and the second frequency, the mobile device sends the first measurement and a first measurement description to a server to determine the position of the mobile device. The first measurement description indicates that the first measurement has not been compensated for the inter-frequency related delays.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for use in a mobile device, the method comprising, at the mobile device:
acquiring a first positioning signal transmitted at a first frequency and a second positioning signal transmitted at a second frequency that is different than the first frequency; performing a first measurement of a time difference of arrival between the first positioning signal and the second positioning signal; and in response to a determination, at the mobile device, to not apply an inter-frequency bias compensation to the first measurement for inter-frequency related delays corresponding to the first frequency, the second frequency, or both the first frequency and the second frequency:
sending the first measurement and a first measurement description to a server to determine a position of the mobile device, wherein the first measurement description indicates that the first measurement has not been compensated, at the mobile device, for the inter-frequency related delays.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to a determination, at the mobile device, to apply the inter-frequency bias compensation to the first measurement for inter-frequency related delays corresponding to the first frequency, the second frequency, or both the first frequency and the second frequency:
applying the inter-frequency bias compensation to the first measurement to generate a compensated measurement; and
sending the compensated measurement and a second measurement description to the server to determine the position of the mobile device, wherein the second measurement description indicates that the compensated measurement has been compensated, at the mobile device, for the inter-frequency related delays.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
receiving a message from the server indicating whether the server includes a capability to compensate, at the server, measurements for the inter-frequency related delays; determining to apply the inter-frequency bias compensation to the first measurement, at the mobile device, in response to the message indicating that the server does not include the capability to compensate measurements at the server for the inter-frequency related delays; and determining to not apply the inter-frequency bias compensation to the first measurement, at the mobile device, in response to the message indicating the server does include the capability to compensate measurements at the server for the inter-frequency related delays.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein receiving the message from the server comprises receiving an LTE Positioning Protocol (LPP) message from the server.

5 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
determining the inter-frequency bias compensation, at the mobile device, for the first measurement in response to the determination to apply the inter-frequency bias compensation.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein determining the inter-frequency bias compensation comprises dynamically calculating, at the mobile device, the inter-frequency bias compensation.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein dynamically calculating, at the mobile device, comprises performing an iterative procedure that provides the position of the mobile device and the inter-frequency bias compensation.

8 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the second measurement description further includes information indicating at least one of:
a value of the inter-frequency bias compensation that is applied, by the mobile device, to the first measurement, a type of the inter-frequency bias compensation that was applied by the mobile device, a metric, determined by the mobile device, indicating a reliability or accuracy of the inter-frequency bias compensation applied by the mobile device, an age of the inter-frequency bias compensation applied by the mobile device, or at least a portion of data used, by the mobile device, to perform the first measurement of the time difference of arrival.

9 . The method of claim 8 , where the portion of data used, by the mobile device, to perform the first measurement of the time difference of arrival includes at least one of a time of arrival of the first positioning signal, and a time of arrival of the second positioning signal.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the first measurement comprises performing an Observed Time Difference of Arrival (OTDOA) measurement of the first and second positioning signals.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the server comprises a location server within a wireless communication network.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the first measurement description to the server further comprises:
sending an LTE Positioning Protocol (LPP) message to the server.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein sending the LPP message to the server includes controlling a logic state of a flag in the LPP message to indicate that the first measurement has not been compensated for the inter-frequency related delays.

14 . A method for use in a server comprising a computing platform, the method comprising, at the computing platform:
obtaining a first measurement of a time difference of arrival between a first positioning signal and a second positioning signal as determined by a mobile device, the first positioning signal having been transmitted at a first frequency and the second positioning signal having been transmitted at a second frequency that is different than the first frequency; obtaining a measurement description from the mobile device; in response to a determination that the measurement description indicates that the first measurement has not been compensated, by the mobile device, for inter-frequency related delays corresponding to the first frequency, the second frequency, or both the first frequency and the second frequency:
determining an inter-frequency bias compensation for the inter-frequency related delays corresponding to the first measurement;
applying the inter-frequency bias compensation to the first measurement to generate a compensated measurement; and
determining, at least in part, a position of the mobile device based, at least in part, on the compensated measurement.

15 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising sending a message to the mobile device indicating whether the server includes a capability to compensate, at the server, measurements for the inter-frequency related delays.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein sending the message to the mobile device comprises sending an LTE Positioning Protocol (LPP) message to the mobile device.

17 . The method of claim 14 , wherein determining the inter-frequency bias compensation comprises dynamically calculating, at the computing platform, the inter-frequency bias compensation.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein dynamically calculating, at the computing platform, comprises performing an iterative procedure that provides the position of the mobile device and the inter-frequency bias compensation.

19 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
in response to a determination that the measurement description indicates that the first measurement has been compensated, by the mobile device, for the inter-frequency related delays corresponding to the first frequency, the second frequency, or both the first frequency and the second frequency:
determining, at least in part, the position of the mobile device based, at least in part, on the first measurement.

20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein deter

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Fischer Sven

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