Autonomous muting indication to enable improved time difference of arrival measurements
AssigneeGoogle Technology Holdings LLC
InventorsColin D. Frank, Sandeep H. Krishnamurthy
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Abstract
A method, user communication device, and a base station are disclosed. A transceiver 302 may receive a serving transmission from a serving base station. A processor 304 may make a status determination of an autonomous muting status of a neighbor base station based on the serving transmission.
Claims20
A method for measuring a time difference of arrival measurement in a mobile network, the method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more processors, a serving transmission from a serving base station;
- and
- making, by the one or more processors, a status determination of an autonomous muting status of a neighbor base station based on the serving transmission;
- and
- applying, by the one or more processors, a muting threshold test to a neighbor base station reading when the autonomous muting status is active;
- and
- upon passing the muting threshold test, combining, by the one or more processors, the neighbor base station into a position measurement.
A system for measuring a time difference of arrival measurement in a mobile network, the system comprising a user equipment device having one or more processors configured to:
- receive a serving transmission from a serving base station;
- and
- make a status determination of an autonomous muting status of a neighbor base station based on the serving transmission;
- and
- apply a muting threshold test to a neighbor base station reading when the autonomous muting status is active;
- and
- upon passing the muting threshold test, combining the neighbor base station into a position measurement.
A non-transitory, tangible computer-readable medium on which instructions are stored, the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method for measuring a time difference of arrival measurement in a mobile network, the method comprising:
- receiving a serving transmission from a serving base station;
- and
- making a status determination of an autonomous muting status of a neighbor base station based on the serving transmission;
- and
- applying a muting threshold test to a neighbor base station reading when the autonomous muting status is active;
- and
- upon passing the muting threshold test, combining the neighbor base station into a position measurement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.