公开(公告)号：US20210144539A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-13

申请号：US17090816

申请日：2020-11-05

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Stephen William EDGE ,  Haris ZISIMOPOULOS

IPC: H04W4/90 ,  H04B7/185 ,  H04W84/04 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W88/16

Abstract: User equipment (UE) access to a non-terrestrial network (NTN) via a satellite to a Fifth Generation (5G) public land mobile network (PLMN) is supported using fixed tracking areas (TAs) and fixed cells. The fixed TAs and fixed cells are defined in the NTN independently of NTN radio cells. Network elements in the NTN are provided with configuration information for the fixed TAs and fixed cells from a server (e.g., an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) server). The configuration information includes location related information for the fixed TAs and fixed cells, which may not be standardized. The network entities perform one or more services for the UE based on the location related information for the fixed TAs and fixed cells, such as determining a fixed TA or fixed serving cell for a UE, locating the UE, routing emergency calls, and supporting wireless emergency alerting (WEA).

公开(公告)号：US20210143897A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-13

申请号：US17090718

申请日：2020-11-05

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Stephen William EDGE

IPC: H04B7/185 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W60/00 ,  H04W36/30 ,  H04W4/90

Abstract: Access, mobility management and regulatory services are supported for satellite access to a Fifth Generation (5G) core network. A coverage area, e.g., country, region, multiple countries, and international areas, are divided into fixed virtual cells having well defined geographic boundaries and fixed tracking areas. Information for the virtual cells and/or tracking areas and associated with one or more public land mobile networks (PLMNs) may be provided to a user equipment (UE). The UE may obtain its position, e.g., using a satellite positioning system, and determine the serving virtual cell or tracking area in which it is located. The UE may perform registration with a serving core network in a serving PLMN associated with the serving virtual cell or tracking area. Regulatory services, such as emergency (EM) calls, lawful interception (LI), wireless emergency alerts (WEA) may be provided based on the serving virtual cell or tracking area.

公开(公告)号：US20200323035A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-08

申请号：US16905515

申请日：2020-06-18

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Stephen William EDGE

IPC: H04W88/08 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W4/024 ,  H04W4/029 ,  G01S5/02 ,  H04W64/00

Abstract: Techniques are described for providing assistance data corresponding to a plurality of access points (APs). The techniques include, in part, providing assistance data to a mobile device. The assistance data comprises group data that is common among the plurality of APs. The group data is associated with a group identifier (ID). The techniques further include providing the group ID and a set of AP-specific information for at least one of the plurality of APs. The group data may include information corresponding to a common grid, common location area and/or common characteristics of the APs.

公开(公告)号：US20200252902A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-06

申请号：US16856647

申请日：2020-04-23

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Stephen William EDGE

IPC: H04W64/00 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W4/02

Abstract: Methods and techniques are described for supporting location services for a user equipment (UE) that is using Narrowband Internet of Things radio access or Cellular Internet of Things features to access a wireless network. The techniques include enabling support for a last known location of a UE, using previously obtained location measurements, when a UE is not reachable from a wireless network for positioning. The techniques also include limiting positioning protocol interaction between a UE and a location server via a reduced maximum message size, reduced message volume and longer response and retransmission timers. The techniques further include enabling a UE to obtain location measurements when not connected to a wireless network, enabling periodic and triggered location of a UE in which a UE evaluates location triggers while not connected to a wireless network, enabling use of deferred location and enabling improved location security.

公开(公告)号：US20200162879A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-21

申请号：US16684650

申请日：2019-11-15

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Osama LOTFALLAH ,  Arvind Vardarajan SANTHANAM ,  Stephen William EDGE ,  Kuo-Chun LEE ,  Cherng-Shung HSU

IPC: H04W4/90 ,  H04M3/424 ,  H04W36/14 ,  H04W36/24

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices of the various aspects may enable a mobile communication device to make a second emergency call attempt in a packet switched (PS) domain in response to determining that a first emergency call attempt in a PS domain failed. The various aspects may enable a second emergency call attempt in a PS domain without requiring the mobile communication device to attempt an emergency call in a circuit switched (CS) domain in response to determining that a first emergency call attempt in a PS domain failed.

公开(公告)号：US20200107288A1

公开(公告)日：2020-04-02

申请号：US16685093

申请日：2019-11-15

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Akash KUMAR ,  Stephen William EDGE ,  Hargovind Prasad BANSAL

IPC: H04W64/00 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W24/08

Abstract: Techniques for improving enhanced cell identification (E-CID) positioning are provided. An example of a method for determining a location of a mobile device according to the disclosure includes generating a plurality of receive beams with a mobile device, receiving, with one or more of the plurality of receive beams, a radio beam transmitted from a base station, such that the radio beam includes a beam identification value, and determining a measurement quantity for the radio beam for each of the one or more of the plurality of receive beams.

公开(公告)号：US20200053686A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-13

申请号：US16653968

申请日：2019-10-15

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Stephen William EDGE ,  Haris ZISIMOPOULOS ,  Sebastian SPEICHER ,  Miguel GRIOT

IPC: H04W60/04 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W8/08 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W76/25 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W76/30

Abstract: Techniques are discussed herein for supporting periodic or triggered location of a user equipment (UE) using control plane (CP) optimization with optional use of Early Data Transmission (EDT). A location server (LS), such as a 5G LMF, sends a request to a UE for periodic or triggered location and includes a request and/or criteria for using CP optimization. After confirming the request, the UE monitors for periodic or triggering events and, for each detected event, sends an event report to the LS which may include location information. In embodiments, the UE establishes a signaling association with a RAN node to send the event report using CP optimization and optionally using EDT. The RAN node may then release the signaling association after the LS returns a single response to the UE.

公开(公告)号：US20200045666A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-06

申请号：US16594992

申请日：2019-10-07

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Stephen William EDGE ,  Haris ZISIMOPOULOS ,  Sebastian SPEICHER

IPC: H04W64/00 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W76/30

Abstract: Techniques are discussed herein for supporting periodic or triggered location of a user equipment (UE) using Early Data Transmission (EDT). A location server (LS), such as a 5G LMF, sends a request to a UE for periodic or triggered location and includes a request and/or criteria for using EDT. After confirming the request, the UE monitors for periodic or triggering events and, for each detected event, sends an event report to the LS which may include location information. In embodiments, the UE establishes a signaling connection with a RAN node but not with a core network to send the event report using EDT. The RAN node may then release the signaling connection, either immediately or after the LS returns a single response to the UE.

公开(公告)号：US20200037283A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-30

申请号：US16572355

申请日：2019-09-16

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Stephen William EDGE ,  Sven FISCHER ,  Masato KITAZOE ,  Haris ZISIMOPOULOS ,  Luis Fernando Brisson LOPES

IPC: H04W64/00 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W88/18 ,  G01S5/00 ,  G01S5/02

Abstract: Techniques described herein are directed toward enabling location support for 5G New Radio (NR) wireless access by a user equipment (UE) by utilizing existing LTE location support. More specifically, LTE positioning protocol (LPP) messages may be communicated between a UE with NR wireless access and a location server (e.g. an LMF) in a 5G Core Network via an NG-RAN. The LPP messages may support RAT-independent and E-UTRA position methods by the UE such as A-GNSS or OTDOA for E-UTRA. The location server may obtain OTDOA related information from eNBs and ng-eNBs supporting LTE wireless access. A UE may request measurement gaps from a 5G base station (e.g. gNB) in order to obtain measurements for RAT-independent and E-UTRA position methods and may request an idle period in order to obtain LTE timing needed for E-UTRA measurements.

公开(公告)号：US20200021949A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-16

申请号：US16566739

申请日：2019-09-10

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Stephen William EDGE ,  Luis Fernando Brisson LOPES ,  Sven FISCHER

IPC: H04W4/029 ,  G01S5/02

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed in which generic position methods in a wireless network allow positioning of a target user equipment (UE) that is served by any one (or more) of a number of different Radio Access Technologies (RATs) and that allow measurements by the UE of access nodes belonging to different RATs and/or measurements of the UE by access nodes for different RATs. With a generic position method, a common set of procedures, messages, and parameters may be defined that are applicable to multiple RATs and that do not require a location server to know in advance the serving RAT for a target UE.