Positioning Information Processing Method for Mobile Terminals

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for measuring and reporting positioning information in mobile terminals often waste power and positioning feedback resources, and fail to ensure precision due to periodic or immediate request-based approaches.

Innovation Solution

A method that determines whether to measure or report positioning information based on specific conditions, such as displacement thresholds, velocity, and time intervals, using a terminal device and network device collaboration to optimize resource usage and precision.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If periodic measurement and reporting is performed, then positioning information is continuously updated, but power and positioning feedback resources are wasted

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepositioning information precisionVSAvoidpower consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic measurement and reporting strategies where the terminal device adjusts its positioning behavior based on real-time conditions. The network device configures different measurement and reporting parameters according to terminal mobility states, service types, and positioning requirements, transforming the static periodic approach into a dynamic adaptive system that optimizes power consumption while maintaining positioning accuracy when needed

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes key parameters such as measurement intervals, reporting thresholds, and triggering conditions based on terminal device states and network requirements. By adjusting these parameters dynamically, the system avoids unnecessary measurements and reports, reducing power consumption and feedback resource usage while ensuring positioning information precision is maintained when actually required

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Measurement precision

If immediate requesting is performed, then positioning information precision is improved, but power and positioning feedback resources are wasted

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepositioning information precisionVSAvoidpositioning feedback resources

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the network device receives positioning information from terminal devices and uses this feedback to optimize future measurement and reporting configurations. The system learns from actual positioning requirements and adjusts resource allocation accordingly, ensuring that positioning feedback resources are used efficiently while maintaining the necessary precision through targeted immediate requests only when truly needed

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies partial action by performing immediate measurement requests only for specific positioning scenarios rather than universally. The system selectively triggers immediate requests based on predefined conditions such as mobility detection, service type requirements, or network-specific events, avoiding excessive positioning feedback resource consumption while maintaining precision when actually required

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Measurement precision

If measurement and reporting are performed frequently, then positioning information precision is ensured, but power consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepositioning information precisionVSAvoidterminal device power consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements periodic measurement and reporting with configurable intervals that adapt to terminal device states. Instead of continuous or overly frequent measurements, the system establishes optimal periodic cycles based on mobility patterns, service requirements, and positioning accuracy needs, reducing terminal device power consumption while maintaining sufficient positioning information precision through strategically timed measurements

Inventive Principle:

Principle #19Periodic action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary assessments to determine whether immediate positioning measurements are actually necessary before initiating them. The network device evaluates terminal mobility states, current positioning accuracy, and service requirements in advance, only triggering measurements when the preliminary assessment indicates precision requirements cannot be met through existing data, thereby reducing unnecessary power consumption

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20230031604A1Positioning information processing method, terminal device and network device

Publication Date: 2023.02.02 VIVO MOBILE COMM CO LTD

AI summary

This application discloses a positioning information processing method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: receiving a measurement condition and/or a reporting condition; and determining, according to first positioning information of a terminal device, whether to measure second positioning information of the terminal device and/or whether to report the first positioning information. In this application, reporting is not performed in a case that there is no need to perform reporting, so that power and positioning feedback resources of user equipment can be saved; and reporting is performed in a case that there is a need to perform reporting, so that precision of positioning information can be ensured.