Positioning in wlan systems
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsMeng WANG, Soma TAYAMON
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Abstract
A method for enabling angle-based positioning of a wireless device in a Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN, system comprises the steps of extracting directional information from beamforming information comprised in channel sounding feedback obtained from a wireless device and estimating an angular direction to said wireless device based on said extracted directional information.
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A method for enabling angle-based positioning of a wireless device in a Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN, system, wherein said method comprises the steps of:
- extracting directional information from beamforming information comprised in channel sounding feedback obtained from a wireless device;
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- estimating an angular direction to said wireless device based on said extracted directional information.
A device configured to enable angle-based positioning of wireless devices in a Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN, system,
- wherein the device is configured to extract directional information from beamforming information comprised in channel sounding feedback obtained from a wireless device;
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- wherein the device is configured to estimate an angular direction to said wireless device based on said extracted directional information.
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A computer program comprising instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- extract directional information from beamforming information comprised in channel sounding feedback obtained from a wireless device;
- and to:
- estimate an angular direction to said wireless device based on said extracted directional information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.