US 11,784,730 B2
Apparatus, system and method for improving position estimation and/or communication performance in a wireless communication network
Martin Kurras, Berlin (DE); Lars Thiele, Berlin (DE); Thomas Wirth, Berlin (DE); and Marcus Grossmann, Erlangen (DE)
Assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Munich (DE)
Filed by Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Munich (DE)
Filed on Jan. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/571,191.
Application 17/571,191 is a continuation of application No. 16/712,670, filed on Dec. 12, 2019, granted, now 11,223,430.
Application 16/712,670 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2018/064770, filed on Jun. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 17176075 (EP), filed on Jun. 14, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0239390 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 17/27 (2015.01); H04B 17/309 (2015.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 5/08 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04B 7/0413 (2017.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 17/27 (2015.01) [G01S 5/0226 (2013.01); G01S 5/08 (2013.01); H04B 7/086 (2013.01); H04B 17/309 (2015.01); H04B 7/0413 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A mobile device for a wireless communication network, wherein the wireless communication network includes one or more base stations, the mobile device comprising:
an antenna; and
a transceiver, and
a signal processor,
wherein the transceiver is configured to
transmit a first signal via the antenna, the first signal comprising a unique identification of the mobile device and requesting a network entity of the wireless communication network to transmit to the mobile device a direction into which at least one base station is located with respect to the mobile device together with location information about a location of the base station, and
following the transmitting of the first signal, receive a second signal via the antenna, the second signal comprising the direction into which the at least one base station is located and the location information about the location of the base station, and
wherein the signal processor is configured to estimate a position of the mobile device using the direction and the location information included in the second signal.