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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:
Aug. 01, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2016
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Suresh Kumar Bitra, Mangalagiri, IN;

Arun Kumar Sharma Tandra, Hyderabad, IN;

Ashwin Kumar Donthula, Hyderabad, IN;

Bhaskara Batchu, Ameenpur Village, IN;

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/04 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/22 (2009.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2013.01); G01S 5/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/22 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for performing a positioning process utilizing wireless communication network reference signals. The method may include processing, by a mobile device with carrier aggregation, a voice call via a first Radio Access Technology (RAT), the processing of the call causing second RAT capabilities of the mobile device to go out of service. The method may also include obtaining assistance data that includes information for capturing reference signals of a wireless communications network suitable for performing a positioning process with the mobile device during the voice call over the first RAT. Furthermore, based on the obtained assistance data, the method may include searching for the reference signals using an available receiver of the mobile device to access the wireless communications network. The method may also include providing signal measurements generated from captured reference signals to a position determining entity.


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