Method and apparatus for determining a position of user equipment, and an antenna set therefor
OwnerLee Jihoon, Kim Junghoon +1inventors
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
A method in a user equipment for determining a position of the user equipment, comprising:
- receiving, by the user equipment, a signal from an external antenna, the signal being radiated in a cyclic pattern, wherein the signal is radiated in a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction alternately;
- measuring, by the user equipment, a strength of the received signal;
- characterizing, by the user equipment, the measured strength to form a signal pattern over a time period;
- analyzing, by the user equipment, the signal pattern to recognize pattern parameters, wherein the pattern parameters include:
- a peak to peak time interval indicative of a time interval between two neighboring peaks in the signal pattern,
- a quiescent time at which the measured strength maintains in a constant level for a predetermined time, and
- a maximum strength in the signal pattern;
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- determining, by the user equipment, a position of the user equipment based on the signal pattern.
An apparatus of a user equipment for determining a position of the user equipment, comprising:
- a processing unit being configured to:
- measure a strength of a signal received by the user equipment that is radiated from an external antenna, wherein the signal is radiated from the external antenna in a cyclic pattern that rotates in a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction alternately;
- characterize the strength of the signal radiated from the external antenna to the user equipment to form a signal pattern over a time period;
- analyze the signal pattern to recognize pattern parameters, wherein the pattern parameters include:
- a quiescent time at which signal pattern maintains in a constant level for a predetermined time;
- a peak to peak time interval indicative of a time interval between two neighboring peaks in the signal pattern within a predetermined cycle;
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- a maximum strength in the signal pattern;
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- compute at least one of an angle and a distance of the user equipment with respect to the external antenna based on the signal pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.