Inter-device transfer of accurate location information
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsStephen William Edge, Marc Anthony Ische
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Abstract
The disclosure is directed to determining a location of a user equipment (UE) in a poor positioning environment based on locations of one or more devices. A first location and a first location uncertainty of the first device is received from a first device, a determination whether or not the first location uncertainty is less than a location uncertainty of the UE is made, and if the first location uncertainty is less than the location uncertainty of the UE, the location of the UE is determined based on the location of the first device and a distance to the first device.
Claims47
A method for determining a location of a user equipment (UE) in a poor positioning environment based on locations of one or more devices, comprising:
- receiving, from a first device, a first location and a first location uncertainty of the first device;
- determining whether or not the first location uncertainty is less than a location uncertainty of the UE;
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- if the first location uncertainty is less than the location uncertainty of the UE, determining the location of the UE based on the location of the first device and a distance to the first device.
An apparatus for determining a location of a user equipment (UE) in a poor positioning environment based on locations of one or more devices, comprising:
- logic configured to receive, from a first device, a first location and a first location uncertainty of the first device;
- logic configured to determine whether or not the first location uncertainty is less than a location uncertainty of the UE;
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- logic configured to determine the location of the UE based on the location of the first device and a distance to the first device if the first location uncertainty is less than the location uncertainty of the UE.
An apparatus for determining a location of a user equipment (UE) in a poor positioning environment based on locations of one or more devices, comprising:
- means for receiving, from a first device, a first location and a first location uncertainty of the first device;
- means for determining whether or not the first location uncertainty is less than a location uncertainty of the UE;
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- means for determining the location of the UE based on the location of the first device and a distance to the first device if the first location uncertainty is less than the location uncertainty of the UE.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium for determining a location of a user equipment (UE) in a poor positioning environment based on locations of one or more devices, comprising:
- at least one instruction to receive, from a first device, a first location and a first location uncertainty of the first device;
- at least one instruction to determine whether or not the first location uncertainty is less than a location uncertainty of the UE;
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- at least one instruction to determine the location of the UE based on the location of the first device and a distance to the first device if the first location uncertainty is less than the location uncertainty of the UE.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.