US 12,108,305 B2
System and methods for power efficient positioning of a mobile device
Bapineedu Chowdary Gummadi, Hyderabad (IN); Avinash Shrivastava, Hyderabad (IN); and Stephen William Edge, Escondido, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/477,228.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/085,045, filed on Sep. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0103976 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G01S 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/029 (2018.02) [G01S 5/0036 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.02)] 37 Claims
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1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for supporting location services for the UE, comprising:
receiving a connection suspend message from a base station to place the UE in an inactive state while the UE is in a positioning session with a location server, wherein the base station has an established Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the UE, wherein the connection suspend message was initiated by the location server;
performing positioning measurements to obtain location information while in the inactive state; and
sending the location information, when in a connected state, to the location server,
wherein the location server initiates the connection suspend message by providing to the base station an indication of a time duration during which position related messages between the UE and the location server are not expected.