System and Method for Configuring and Managing On-Demand Positioning Reference Signals
AssigneeFuturewei Technologies, Inc.
InventorNathan Edward Tenny
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Abstract
A method for operating a device includes selecting a set of access nodes in accordance with a first estimated position of a user equipment (UE), sending, to the set of access nodes, a first message to activate positioning signal transmission, sending, to the UE, a request for position measurement information, and receiving, from the UE, the position measurement information.
Claims25
A computer-implemented method for operating a core network device, the method comprising:
- selecting, by the core network device, a set of access nodes in accordance with a first estimated position of a user equipment (UE);
- sending, by the core network device to the set of access nodes, a first message to activate positioning signal transmission;
- sending, by the core network device to the UE, a request for position measurement information;
- and
- receiving, by the core network device from the UE, the position measurement information.
The method of claim ii, further comprising:
- generating, by the access node, assistance data in accordance with the positioning signal configuration of the at least one access node;
- and
- sending, by the core network device to the UE, the assistance data.
A computer-implemented method for operating an access node, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the access node from a core network device, a first message to activate positioning signal transmission;
- transmitting, by the access node, a positioning signal in accordance with the first message;
- receiving, by the access node from the core network device, a second message to deactivate positioning signal transmission;
- and
- stopping, by the access node, the transmission of the positioning signal.
A core network device comprising:
- a non-transitory memory storage comprising instructions;
- and
- one or more processors in communication with the memory storage, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to:
- select, by the core network device, a set of access nodes in accordance with a first estimated position of a user equipment (UE),
- send, by the core network device to the set of access nodes, a first message to activate positioning signal transmission,
- send, by the core network device to the UE, a request for position measurement information, and
- receive, by the core network device from the UE, the position measurement information.
An access node comprising:
- a non-transitory memory storage comprising instructions;
- and
- one or more processors in communication with the memory storage, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to:
- receive, from a core network device, a first message to activate positioning signal transmission,
- transmit a positioning signal in accordance with the first message,
- receive, from the core network device, a second message to deactivate positioning signal transmission, and
- stop the transmission of the positioning signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.