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US 11,082,803 B2Granted
Device configuration method and apparatus
AssigneeHuawei Technoiogies Co., Ltd.
InventorsYalin Liu, Guangzhu Zeng
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Abstract
A device configuration method and apparatus are provided, and relate to the field of communications technologies. The method is applied to a management device that manages n transmission devices, n≥2, and the method includes: determining a transmission device accessed by user equipment UE; grouping m transmission devices including the transmission device accessed by the UE into a tracking set, where 1≤m<n; and sending tracking configuration information to each transmission device in the tracking set, where the tracking configuration information is sent to the UE by the transmission device that is in the tracking set and that is currently accessed by the UE, to instruct the UE to send a tracking signal, and the tracking signal is used to determine a location of the UE.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a management device from at least two transmission devices, in response to a user equipment (UE) sending an access request requesting access to a communications system that comprises the management device, a plurality of access request reports indicating the access request from the UE, wherein the at least two transmission devices comprise n transmission devices managed by the management device, n being greater than or equal to 2;
- determining, by the management device, a first transmission device accessed by the UE, according to the plurality of access request reports, wherein the first transmission device is one of the n transmission devices;
- grouping, by the management device, m transmission devices into a plurality of layers in a tracking set, wherein a first corresponding coverage area of a second transmission device at a first layer of the plurality of layers is adjacent to a second corresponding coverage area of a third transmission device at a second layer of the plurality of layers, wherein the m transmission devices includes the first transmission device, m is greater than or equal to one, and m is less than n;
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- sending, by the management device, tracking configuration information to each transmission device in the tracking set, wherein the tracking configuration information is sent to the UE by the first transmission device, wherein the tracking configuration information instructs the UE to send a tracking signal, and the tracking signal is used to determine a location of the UE.
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A method, comprising:
- sending, by a transmission device to a management device, in response to a user equipment (UE) sending an access request requesting access to a communications system that comprises the management device, an access request report indicating the access request from the UE, causing the management device to determine the transmission device as a first transmission device according to a plurality of access request reports from n transmission devices managed by the management device;
- receiving, by the transmission device, tracking configuration information sent by the management device, wherein the transmission device is currently accessed by the UE, wherein the transmission device is one of m transmission devices in a tracking set, the m transmission devices are grouped into a plurality of layers in the tracking set by the management device from among the n transmission devices managed by the management device, wherein a first corresponding coverage area of a second transmission device at a first layer of the plurality of layers is adjacent to a second corresponding coverage area of a third transmission device at a second layer of the plurality of layers, wherein m is greater than or equal to one, and wherein m is less than n;
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- sending the tracking configuration information to the UE, wherein the tracking configuration information instructs the UE to send a tracking signal, and the tracking signal is used to determine a location of the UE.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor;
- a transceiver, connected to the processor;
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- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions for:
- receiving, from at least two transmission devices, in response to a user equipment (UE) sending an access request requesting access to a communications system that comprises the apparatus, a plurality of access request reports indicating the access request from the UE, wherein the at least two transmission devices comprise n transmission devices managed by the apparatus, n being greater than or equal to 2;
- determining a first transmission device accessed by the UE, according to the plurality of access request reports, wherein the first transmission device is one of the n transmission devices;
- grouping m transmission devices into a plurality of layers in a tracking set, wherein a first corresponding coverage area of a second transmission device at a first layer of the plurality of layers is adjacent to a second corresponding coverage area of a third transmission device at a second layer of the plurality of layers, wherein the m transmission devices includes the first transmission device, m is greater than or equal to one, and m is less than n;
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- sending, using the transceiver, tracking configuration information to each transmission device in the tracking set, wherein the tracking configuration information is sent to the UE by the first transmission device, wherein the tracking configuration information instructs the UE to send a tracking signal, and the tracking signal is used to determine a location of the UE.
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An apparatus, comprising a transceiver, and the transceiver is configured to:
- send, to a management device, in response to a user equipment (UE) sending an access request requesting access to a communications system that comprises the management device, an access request report indicating the access request from the UE, causing the management device to determine the apparatus as a first transmission device according to a plurality of access request reports from n transmission devices managed by the management device;
- receive tracking configuration information sent by the management device, wherein the apparatus is comprised in the first transmission device, and the first transmission device is currently accessed by the UE, wherein the first transmission device is one of m transmission devices in a tracking set, the m transmission devices are grouped into a plurality of layers in the tracking set by the management device from among the n transmission devices managed by the management device, wherein a first corresponding coverage area of a second transmission device at a first layer of the plurality of layers is adjacent to a second corresponding coverage area of a third transmission device at a second layer of the plurality of layers, wherein m is greater than or equal to one, and wherein m is less than n;
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- send the tracking configuration information to the UE, wherein the tracking configuration information instructs the UE to send a tracking signal, and the tracking signal is used to determine a location of the UE.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.