Cluster System Mobile Station Location Tracking via Dedicated Service Channel

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for uploading GPS information in cluster systems face inefficiencies and resource limitations, particularly in terms of channel resource utilization and bearer capacity, especially when dealing with a large number of mobile stations, which can affect voice call services and GPS information transmission reliability.

Innovation Solution

Configuring a location tracking data service channel with the same frequency as the control channel but a different time slot, allowing for time division multiplexing and enabling mobile stations to monitor both channels without frequency switching, thereby improving resource utilization and reducing power consumption.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If GPS information is uploaded using control channel random access, then mobile stations can transmit location information, but control channel load increases and voice call service quality deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveGPS information transmission reliabilityVSAvoidcontrol channel resource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the control channel functionality by extracting GPS information transmission to a dedicated service channel. This separation allows the control channel to focus on call management while the service channel handles location information, resolving the resource conflict between voice calls and GPS uploads.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent extracts GPS information transmission from the control channel and places it on a dedicated service channel. This extraction removes the harmful load from the control channel while maintaining GPS transmission capability, directly addressing the technical contradiction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Productivity

If a dedicated service data channel is used for mobile station groups, then resource utilization improves for large groups, but channel utilization rate decreases for small groups

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveGPS information upload efficiencyVSAvoidsystem resource utilization
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic resource allocation where the dedicated service channel is activated only when needed for GPS information transmission. The system can flexibly switch between using the control channel for small groups and the service channel for larger groups, optimizing resource utilization based on actual demand.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the operational parameters of the communication system by introducing a dedicated service channel with specific timing and frequency characteristics. This allows the system to adapt to different group sizes and transmission requirements, improving overall productivity while maintaining efficient resource use.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If mobile stations perform frequency switching to monitor service channels, then GPS information can be transmitted, but power consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveGPS information transmission capabilityVSAvoidmobile station power consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the control channel and service channel frequencies, allowing mobile stations to monitor both channels simultaneously at the same frequency. This eliminates the need for frequency switching while maintaining the ability to receive both control information and GPS transmission requests, significantly reducing power consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentEP2869605B1Mobile station locating method and device and location information uploading method and device for cluster system
Publication Date: 2018.03.14 HARBIN HYTERA TECH CORP
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AI summary

The present invention relates to the technical field of communications, and disclosed are a mobile station locating method and device for a cluster system. The method includes: through a control channel, activating a location information uploading function of a mobile station which needs location tracking; over a location tracking data service channel, sending a location information request message to the mobile station, the location tracking data service channel being a service channel with the same frequency as and a different time slot from the control channel; over the location tracking data service channel, receiving a location information response message sent by the mobile station, the location information about the mobile station being carried in the location information response message; and according to the location information about the mobile station, determining the current location of the mobile station. Using the present invention, the system resource utilization rate and the bearer capacity can be increased. Also disclosed are a mobile station location information uploading method and device for a cluster system.