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Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2020
Applicant:

Loon Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventor:

Sharath Ananth, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

LOON LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/006 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04W 8/24 (2013.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Determining a location of a user equipment includes transmitting, by one or more processors from a network node, a first beam having a first frequency range in a first area and a second beam having a second frequency range in a second area. The first area is larger than and encompasses the second area. A request for determining the location of the user equipment is received. The one or more processors may then cause the second beam to sweep within the first area, receive a second signal from the user equipment indicating when the second beam is swept over the location of the user equipment and data related to signal measurements of the second beam at the user equipment, and determine the location of the user equipment based on a pointing direction of the second beam relative to a position of the node of the network and the received data.


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