GPS positioning method for mobile terminal, and mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9507025-B2
Application number	US-201414569486-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2014
Priority date	Jan 24, 2013
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

Abstract

A GPS positioning method for a mobile terminal, and a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes: after GPS positioning is started, acquiring a first cell identifier of a first cell in which the mobile terminal is located; acquiring, according to the first cell identifier, first latitude and longitude information corresponding to the first cell identifier from a correspondence table stored on the mobile terminal, where the correspondence table includes a cell identifier and latitude and longitude information corresponding to the cell identifier; and with reference to the first latitude and longitude information, and time information and ephemeris information that are acquired in advance, performing GPS positioning on the mobile terminal by using a GPS receiver of the mobile terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A global positioning system (GPS) positioning method for a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
acquiring, by the mobile terminal, an ephemeris information before GPS positioning is started;
after GPS positioning is started, acquiring, by the mobile terminal, a first cell identifier of a first cell in which the mobile terminal is located;
acquiring by the mobile terminal, according to the first cell identifier, a first latitude and longitude information corresponding to the first cell identifier from a correspondence table stored on the mobile terminal, wherein the correspondence table comprises a cell identifier and a latitude and longitude information corresponding to the cell identifier; and
after acquiring the ephemeris information by the mobile terminal, using the first latitude, longitude information and the ephemeris information, along with a time information that is acquired in advance, performing, by the mobile terminal, the GPS positioning by using a GPS receiver of the mobile terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
acquiring, by the mobile terminal, the time information from a system message before the GPS positioning is started, wherein the time information is current time.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
acquiring, by the mobile terminal, the time information from a network side before the GPS positioning is started, wherein the time information is current time.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein acquiring, by the mobile terminal, the ephemeris information before GPS positioning is started comprises:
acquiring, by the mobile terminal, the ephemeris information from a network side according to a preset time interval before GPS positioning is started.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein acquiring, by the mobile terminal, the ephemeris information before GPS positioning is started comprises:
before the GPS positioning is started, generating, by the mobile terminal, the ephemeris information through calculation according to ephemeris information acquired after previous GPS positioning.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
before the GPS positioning is started, acquiring, by the mobile terminal, the first cell identifier and the first latitude and longitude information corresponding to the first cell identifier, and adding the first cell identifier and the first latitude and longitude information corresponding to the first cell identifier to the correspondence table, wherein the acquiring the first latitude and longitude information corresponding to the first cell identifier comprises:
when the mobile terminal enters the first cell or when the mobile terminal enables a data service within the first cell, acquiring, by the mobile terminal, the first latitude and longitude information corresponding to the first cell identifier from a network side.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
before the GPS positioning is started, acquiring, by the mobile terminal, the first cell identifier and the first latitude and longitude information corresponding to the first cell identifier, and adding the first cell identifier and the first latitude and longitude information corresponding to the first cell identifier to the correspondence table, wherein the acquiring the first latitude and longitude information corresponding to the first cell identifier comprises:
when the mobile terminal enters the first cell or when the mobile terminal enables a data service within the first cell, acquiring, by the mobile terminal, the first latitude and longitude information corresponding to the first cell identifier from a system message.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
before the GPS positioning is started, acquiring, by the mobile terminal, the first cell identifier and the first latitude and longitude information corresponding to the first cell identifier, and adding the first cell identifier and the first latitude and longitude information corresponding to the first cell identifier to the correspondence table, wherein the acquiring the first latitude and longitude information corresponding to the first cell identifier comprises:
when the mobile terminal passes through the first cell during a process of performing GPS navigation by the mobile terminal, acquiring, by the mobile terminal, the first latitude and longitude information corresponding to the first cell identifier from GPS navigation data.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
after the GPS positioning is performed, updating, by the mobile terminal, the first latitude and longitude information corresponding to the first cell identifier in the correspondence table with latitude and longitude information acquired in the GPS positioning.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
acquiring, by the mobile terminal, frequency of GPS positioning performed in each cell; and
maintaining by the mobile terminal, according to the frequency of the GPS positioning, latitude and longitude information of N cells with highest frequency in the correspondence table.

11. A mobile terminal comprising:
a memory;
a GPS receiver; and
a processor coupled to the memory and the GPS receiver,
wherein the memory is configured to store program codes which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
acquire an ephemeris information before GPS positioning is started;
acquire, after GPS positioning is started, a first cell identifier of a first cell in which the mobile terminal is located;
acquire, according to the first cell identifier, a first latitude and longitude information corresponding to the first cell identifier from a correspondence table stored on the memory, wherein the correspondence table comprises a cell identifier and a latitude and longitude information corresponding to the cell identifier; and

after acquiring the ephemeris information, perform the GPS positioning with reference to the first latitude, longitude information, the ephemeris information, and time information that is acquired in advance.

12. The mobile terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the program codes further cause the processor to:
acquire the time information from a system message before the GPS positioning is started, wherein the time information is current time.

13. The mobile terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the program codes further cause the processor to:
acquire the time information from a network side before the GPS positioning is started, wherein the time information is current time.

14. The mobile terminal according to claim 11 ,
wherein the ephemeris information is acquired by the processor from a network side according to a preset time interval.

15. The mobile terminal according to claim 11 ,
wherein the ephemeris information is generated through calculation according to ephemeris information acquired after previous GPS positioning.

16. The mobile terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the program codes further cause the processor to:
before the GPS positioning is started, acquire the first cell identifier and the first latitude and longitude information corresponding to the first cell identifier, and add the first cell identifier and the first latitude and longitude information corresponding to the first cell identifier to the correspondence table,
wherein the first latitude and longitude information corr

Assignees

• Huawei Device Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Tongbo
• Yao Wenfeng
• Li Gaopeng

Classifications

• G01S19/252 Primary

  Employing an initial estimate of location in generating assistance data · CPC title

• H04W64/00

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

• H04W4/027

  using movement velocity, acceleration information · CPC title

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• G01S19/13 Primary

  Receivers · CPC title