Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080234980 | Assistance data provision - For supporting the provision of a continuous stream of assistance data for a satellite signal based positioning, a sequence of interlinked messages comprising assistance data is generated. The messages are provided for transmission to a wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal receives the sequence of interlinked messages and provides the assistance data in the received messages for use in positioning computations. | 09-25-2008 |
20080272961 | Determination of a relative position of a satellite signal receiver - For enhancing the quality of a relative positioning, a filter is adjusted depending on information on a movement of a satellite signal receiver. A position of the satellite signal receiver is determined relative to a reference station using the filter, wherein measurements on satellite signals received by the satellite signal receiver and measurements on satellite signals provided for the reference station are used as input to the filter. The measurements for the reference station may be received in messages which are assembled and provided for transmission and which may include in addition an indication of a current movement of the reference station. | 11-06-2008 |
20090262016 | Supporting the use of a virtual reference station - For supporting the use of virtual reference stations, an apparatus may receive a request to provide virtual measurements on beacon signals that are valid for a virtual reference station, the request including an indication of a desired location of the virtual reference station. The apparatus may further determine an entity that is associated to an area including the desired location. The apparatus may further cause the request to be forwarded to the determined entity. | 10-22-2009 |
20090303116 | Supporting a Relative Positioning - The invention relates to a method comprising receiving at least one set of data on satellite signals from at least one first GNSS receiver | 12-10-2009 |
20090325611 | Event-Based Assistance Data Delivery - A method and system which may determine when to deliver assistance data to a requesting user device. In one example, the user device may request updates of assistance data related to one or more data type from an assistance server. Additionally, the user device may include one or more parameters for the delivery of updates of assistance data. The assistance server may provide updated assistance data based on an event and in compliance with the one or more parameters. | 12-31-2009 |
20100013705 | ASSISTED SATELLITE SIGNAL BASED POSITIONING - A set of parameters for a plurality of satellites belonging to at least two different satellite systems is assembled. Further, a definition of a data structure is provided, the data structure including at least one section for parameters for a plurality of satellites belonging to at least two different satellite systems. | 01-21-2010 |
20100049469 | Relative positioning - For supporting a relative positioning, information on barometric pressure at a first device and information on barometric pressure at a second device is converted into a difference in altitude between the first device and the second device. The difference in altitude between the first device and the second device is then used in determining a position of the first device relative to the second device. | 02-25-2010 |
20100090890 | POSITIONING USING A REFERENCE STATION - For supporting a change of a reference station, first data that is valid for a first reference station is provided for transmission to a device, then data that is valid for the first reference station and data that is valid for a second reference station is provided for transmission to the device in parallel for a limited time, and finally data that is valid for the second reference station is provided for transmission to the device. The data for the first reference station and the data for the second reference station include measurements on satellite signals. At a receiving end, the respectively received data can be provided for a positioning of a device comprising a satellite signal receiver. | 04-15-2010 |
20100090895 | ASSISTED SATELLITE SIGNAL BASED POSITIONING - For assisting a satellite based positioning, parameters are received for at least one satellite. Redundant information is removed from these parameters at large. Parameters with reduced redundancy are then provided as assistance data for the satellite signal based positioning. Such parameters with reduced redundancy can be received on the other hand as assistance data for a satellite signal based positioning. The original parameters are then reconstructed by adding the removed redundant information to the received parameters. The reconstructed original parameters are used in an assisted satellite signal based positioning. | 04-15-2010 |
20100156710 | SYNCHRONIZATION INDICATION IN NETWORKS - Systems and methods provide a network's synchronization status to a terminal when the terminal receives a transmission from the network. This network synchronization status can be indicated in accordance with various methods including, but not limited to the following: with a status flag in a network message; in a network capability indication; in a network's positioning capability indication; cell/network time relation information; in a time relation information of different Radio Access Technologies; and implicitly with another parameter and/or by a request for a certain measurement. When the network's synchronization status is determined, accurate time information/time assistance data can be maintained at the terminal. | 06-24-2010 |
20110032146 | Providing Positioning Assistance Data - For supporting the use of positioning assistance data, a positioning assistance server collects positioning assistance data from at least one mobile device and Provides the collected positioning assistance data for distribution to at least one other device. | 02-10-2011 |
20110032859 | PROVIDING POSITIONING ASSISTANCE DATA - For supporting the use of positioning assistance data, the positioning assistance data is broadcast in a plurality of different logical sub-channels. The positioning assistance data is distributed to the plurality of different logical sub-channels depending on its content. | 02-10-2011 |
20110046874 | ASSISTANCE DATA SPECIFICATIONS AND PROTOCOLS FOR NAVIGATION SYSTEMS - Assistance data specifications and protocols for navigation systems in cellular networks and/or other networks. These specifications and protocols do not impact system-specific control plane protocols. According to various embodiments, a bearer and satellite system-independent meta structure may be protected for periodic and/or continuous transfer, e.g., streaming, of assistance data in a network. As a result, the need for the arrangement of multiple individual sub sessions may be reduced or eliminated in various embodiments. | 02-24-2011 |
20110071926 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING SERVICES - A method for obtaining a service by a first terminal related to a network entity, the method comprising receiving information indicative of capabilities related to the network entity; and selecting one or more of the capabilities. | 03-24-2011 |
20110074625 | Determination of a Relative Position of a Satellite Signal Receiver - For enhancing the quality of a relative positioning, a filter is adjusted depending on information on a movement of a satellite signal receiver. A position of the satellite signal receiver is determined relative to a reference station using the filter, wherein measurements on satellite signals received by the satellite signal receiver and measurements on satellite signals provided for the reference station are used as input to the filter. The measurements for the reference station may be received in messages which are assembled and provided for transmission and which may include in addition an indication of a current movement of the reference station. | 03-31-2011 |
20110109505 | GNSS SATELLITE FREQUENCY IS IN GNSS ASSISTANCE DATA STANDARDS - Systems and methods are provided to allow for the use of existing satellite identification parameters generically, so as to allow for Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) identification. In addition, an optional or conditional parameter is linked to the satellite identification parameter for a frequency identification, where frequency identification is indicative of a Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) frequency value. Such a frequency identification parameter is optional as it is needed only for current GLONASS and/or near-future GLONASS (e.g., GLONASS-M) satellites. Hence, utilization of the frequency identification parameter maybe unnecessary and therefore, not included/not linked when considering next generation GLONASS satellites, e.g., GLONASS-K satellites. Additionally, signals supported by particular global positioning system (GPS) satellites can be indicated with the use of generic satellite identification. | 05-12-2011 |
20110235655 | PROPRIETARY EXTENSIONS IN USER PLANE LOCATION PROTOCOLS - Systems and methods are provided allowing for a vendor-defined payload in a standardized user-plane location solution/protocol, where proprietary extension support is introduced into one or more standardized solutions. In accordance with a first embodiment, a location payload consists of structures for transferring requests, assistance data, measurements and positioning instructions. Therefore, a proprietary extension is included in each of these structures so that, for example, proprietary assistance data can be requested in an appropriate structure. In accordance with another embodiment, a proprietary extension is introduced at the highest abstraction level. For example and in an actual implementation, a vendor can define that in the beginning of the proprietary payload, the proprietary extension is defined, whether the proprietary payload contains a request, assistance, etc. | 09-29-2011 |
20120289241 | DIRECTION-ENHANCED NAVIGATION - A system for providing positioning functionality in an apparatus without having to implement dedicated hardware. An apparatus that desires to receive directional information may receive a message from another apparatus (e.g., access point or AP). The AP may operate in various modes that, for example, may provide directional information to other apparatuses as part of a general broadcast (e.g., a wireless local area network, or WLAN, beacon signal) or in response to messages requesting directional information that are received from other apparatuses. After receiving the message from the AP, the apparatus may determine if the message comprises directional information. If the message is determined to comprise directional information, directional information from the received message may be utilized to determine apparatus location. Otherwise, the apparatus may then send a message requesting directional information to the AP, which may prompt the AP to provide directional information. | 11-15-2012 |
20120329479 | Exchange of Messages Relating to Positioning Data - A first apparatus generates a request for positioning data, includes in the request an indication that an estimate of the amount of the requested positioning data is to be provided, and causes a transmission of the request. A second apparatus receives the request, generates a response including an estimate of the amount of the requested positioning data, and causes a transmission of the response. The first apparatus receives the response. | 12-27-2012 |
20130005355 | ASSISTANCE DATA MANAGEMENT - It is disclosed to keep a track of quality information of at least one assistance data, the track of quality information being associated with a current version and at least one previous version of the at least one assistance data, and to determine whether to provide assistance data information associated with at least one assistance data of the at least one assistance data to a mobile device based on tracked quality information of the at least one assistance data of the at least one assistance and based on assistance data handling parameters associated with the mobile device. | 01-03-2013 |
20130030684 | SELECTION OF A RELATIVE POSITIONING METHOD - It is inter alia disclosed to select a relative positioning method from a set of at least two different relative positioning methods that are for determining an estimate of a relative position between a first entity and a second entity. The relative positioning method is selected in dependence on at least one of the following criteria: an estimated/measured distance between the first entity and the second entity; a relative positioning capability, of at least one of the first entity, the second entity and at least one server entity associated with at least one of the first entity and the second entity, to determine an estimate of a relative position between two entities; and an availability, at at least one of the at least one server entity, of a service providing data of at least one reference entity useable for determining an estimate of a relative position between the reference entity and one of the first entity and the second entity. | 01-31-2013 |
20130116968 | EXTENDED FINGERPRINT GENERATION - A system for creating a representation of a location based on information sensed at the location. For example, apparatuses may comprise various sensors that sense apparatus-related information (e.g., motion, direction, etc.) while also visual, signal, field, etc. information pertaining to a location. Apparatuses may store sensed information about the apparatus while at a particular location, and about the particular location itself, in a mapping database, which may then associate the various types of sensed information with information already stored in the database in order to create a representation of the location. | 05-09-2013 |
20130195314 | PHYSICALLY-CONSTRAINED RADIOMAPS - A system for providing positioning functionality in an apparatus. Apparatuses may comprise various sensor resources and may utilize these resources to sense information at a location. For example, an apparatus may sense visual, signal and/or field information at a location. The apparatus may then compare the sensed information to a mapping database in order to determine position. | 08-01-2013 |
20130201365 | CROWD-SOURCED VISION AND SENSOR-SURVEYED MAPPING - A system for enhancing the provision of location information based on previously stored visual data. Apparatuses may utilize sensors to sense at least visual information at a location. The sensed visual information may include attributes that may be defined as one or more visual elements in the recorded visual information. The one or more visual elements may then be stored in a mapping database in association with the location. | 08-08-2013 |
20130227154 | Session Parameters in the Periodic Assistance Data Delivery - Session parameters and/or information regarding session parameters are provided to a target device from a location server in a periodic assistance session. For example, the location server starts an unsolicited periodic assistance session, and transmits information indicating the unsolicited assistance session is periodic as well as any relevant session parameters to the target device. The location server may change session parameters “on the fly,” and inform the target device of the modified session parameters. The target device may initiate a session and requests certain parameters, to which the location server responds with an indication as to what parameters the target device will actually receive. Additionally, the target device may modify the session parameters, and the location server can respond to the target indicating whether or not the modification was accepted or if the modification was accepted in a modified form. | 08-29-2013 |
20130237252 | Method and System for Obtaining Services - A method for obtaining a service by a first terminal related to a network entity, the method comprising receiving information indicative of capabilities related to the network entity, and selecting one or more of the capabilities. A further method for obtaining a service by a terminal related to an assistance server comprising sending by the terminal a capability request, and receiving, in the terminal, information indicative of capabilities related to the assistance server, wherein the information indicative of capabilities comprises indications of available assistance related to the assistance server. | 09-12-2013 |
20130260771 | GENERATION AND USE OF COVERAGE AREA MODELS - For enhancing the positioning of a mobile device, a server may generate parameters for each of a plurality of models of a coverage area of a transmission node on the assumption of a different spatial constraint for a location of a receiving device. The parameters of each of the models may be provided along with the associated indication of the spatial constraint for transmission. The position of a mobile device may be determined by evaluating the parameters of each of the models. | 10-03-2013 |
20130288704 | SIGNAL STRENGTH PROFILING - A system for supporting electronic positioning in apparatuses. Apparatuses may receive various wireless signals over time ( | 10-31-2013 |
20130311080 | Apparatus Configured to Select a Context Specific Positioning System - An apparatus comprising: a processor and memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to: detect sound from an environment proximal to a device; determine a context of the device using the detected sound; and provide signaling to allow for selection of a context-specific service for use in navigation by the device based upon the result of the determined context. | 11-21-2013 |
20140085140 | SYNCHRONIZATION INDICATION IN NETWORKS - Systems and methods provide a network's synchronization status to a terminal when the terminal receives a transmission from the network. This network synchronization status can be indicated in accordance with various methods including, but not limited to the following: with a status flag in a network message; in a network capability indication; in a network's positioning capability indication; cell/network time relation information; in a time relation information of different Radio Access Technologies; and implicitly with another parameter and/or by a request for a certain measurement. When the network's synchronization status is determined, accurate time information/time assistance data can be maintained at the terminal. | 03-27-2014 |
20140113608 | Periodic Assistance Data Flow Control - An apparatus and method are provided for handling a periodic assistance session flow. Each periodic assistance data provision includes a session identification so that interlinked messages within the periodic assistance data delivery can be linked in the receiving end. Any modifications to the session are handled via the periodic session identification so that the changes to the assistance data delivery can be pointed to the right session. | 04-24-2014 |