Method and apparatus for determining a position of user equipment, and an antenna set therefor
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorsLee Jihoon, Kim Junghoon, Lee Konju
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Abstract
There is provided a method for positioning of user equipment. The method for positioning of user equipment, includes: receiving, by the user equipment, a signal from an external antenna, the signal being radiated in a cyclic pattern; measuring, by the user equipment, strength of the received signal, characterizing, by the user equipment, the measured strength to form a signal pattern over a time period; and determining a position of the user equipment based on the signal pattern.
Claims12
1-8. (canceled)
A method in an antenna set for radiating a signal in a cyclic pattern from an antenna to allow for a determining of a position of a user equipment by the user equipment, comprising:
- generating, by a control unit of the antenna set, control signals for actuating the antenna;
- and
- actuating, by an actuating unit of the antenna set, the antenna to radiate a signal in a cyclic pattern in response to the generated control signals such that strength of the signal is characterized in a signal pattern over a time period by the user equipment.
14-22. (canceled)
An antenna set to allow for a determination of position of a user equipment by the user equipment, comprising:
- an antenna to radiate a signal;
- a control unit to generate control signals for actuating the antenna;
- and
- an actuating unit to actuate the antenna that radiates the signal in a cyclic pattern in response to the generated control signals such that strength of the signal is characterized in a signal pattern over a time period by the user equipment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.