US 11,856,550 B2
Methods and apparatus for using mobile devices as location anchor points
Aleksandar Jovicic, Jersey City, NJ (US); Thomas Joseph Richardson, South Orange, NJ (US); and Cyril Measson, Luxembourg (LU)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/457,864.
Application 17/457,864 is a continuation of application No. 16/659,290, filed on Oct. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,234,208.
Application 16/659,290 is a continuation of application No. 12/875,338, filed on Sep. 3, 2010, granted, now 10,506,542, issued on Dec. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0095263 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 64/00 (2009.01); G01S 5/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/87 (2006.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 64/00 (2013.01) [G01S 5/0027 (2013.01); G01S 13/878 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 88/04 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
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1. A method of determining a location of a mobile device, the method comprising:
receiving a first signal from a first base station, the first signal comprising (i) information identifying the mobile device, and (ii) a first measurement associated with a peer discovery signal transmitted from the mobile device;
receiving a second signal from a second base station, the second signal comprising (i) information identifying the mobile device, and (ii) a second measurement associated with the peer discovery signal transmitted from the mobile device; and
determining the location of the mobile device based at least on the first signal and the second signal;
wherein the peer discovery signal is indicative of one or more measurements of one or more signals from one or more other mobile devices, and that the mobile device is operating as a location anchor point.