US 11,706,678 B2
Network edge centralized location determination
Anantharaman Balasubramanian, San Diego, CA (US); Kapil Gulati, Belle Mead, NJ (US); and Saadallah Kassir, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on May 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/326,959.
Prior Publication US 2022/0377634 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/03 (2018.08) [H04W 36/0058 (2018.08); H04W 36/00837 (2018.08); H04W 36/32 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for centralized device tracking, the method comprising:
obtaining, at a first user equipment (UE) from multiple sources, first multi-source position information corresponding to a second UE;
determining, based on the first multi-source position information, second multi-source position information corresponding to the second UE;
identifying a third UE, separate from the first UE, to which the second multi-source position information is relevant;
sending migration information to the third UE, the migration information comprising an identifier of the second UE and comprising the first multi-source position information, or the second multi-source position information, or a combination thereof; and
sending the migration information to a network entity in response to a failure to identify the third UE or in response to failure to identify a static UE as the third UE.