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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2015
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ie-Hong Lin, Cupertino, CA (US);

Grant Alexander Marshall, Campbell, CA (US);

Guttorm Ringstad Opshaug, Redwood, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/006 (2013.01); G01S 1/20 (2013.01); G01S 5/0236 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for assisting a mobile device to perform positioning measurements on positioning signals periodically transmitted by at least some of a plurality of cells in a wireless communication network includes receiving cell information. The cell information is measured or otherwise obtained by the mobile device and includes measurements/data pertaining to one or more of the plurality of cells in the wireless communication network. The method includes generating assistance data to include an assigned frequency channel number for use by the mobile device for performing the positioning measurements based on the received cell information. The assistance data is then sent to the mobile device.


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