US 12,495,382 B2
Locating and tracking in private next generation networks
Majdi Abdulqader, Moss Beach, CA (US); Marcos E. Carranza, Portland, OR (US); Francesc Guim Bernat, Barcelona (ES); and Cesar Martinez-Spessot, Hillsboro, OR (US)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/851,588.
Prior Publication US 2022/0408401 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 64/00 (2013.01) [H04W 4/33 (2018.02); H04W 4/38 (2018.02)] 23 Claims
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1. An apparatus of a private next generation (NG) network, the apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry configured to:
generate a heatmap of an indoor structure, the heatmap containing locations within the indoor structure and a pathloss associated with each location, each location being a three dimensional (3D) distance from a remote radio unit (RRU) of the private NG network, the pathloss calculated based on the 3D distance;
receive, from a user equipment (UE) via the RRU, a measured pathloss and corresponding distance of the UE from the RRU, the corresponding distance based on the measured pathloss and determined by the UE;
determine a position of the UE based on a comparison between the measured pathloss and corresponding distance and the pathloss and location in the heatmap; and
transmit the position to the UE via the RRU; and
memory configured to store the heatmap.