Patent classifications
G01S5/0009
Vehicle control system
A vehicle control system includes at least one control inceptor to provide pilot control of an associated vehicle and a communications interface to process external entity SA data associated with an external entity that is received at a communications system associated with the associated vehicle. An SA video screen displays video data to a pilot of the associated vehicle. The video data includes pilot-perspective visual data corresponding to a real-time dynamic virtual representation of surroundings of the associated vehicle that simulates a real-world visual perspective of the pilot to the surroundings of the associated vehicle and is responsive to the pilot control. A visual indicator of the external entity is superimposed onto the pilot-perspective visual data at an approximate location corresponding to an actual location of the external entity relative to the associated vehicle and beyond a visual range of the pilot based on the external entity SA data.
BUSINESS OBJECT INFORMATION SHARING METHOD AND APPARATUS
Information sharing methods and apparatuses are disclosed. A request for information sharing is sent by a requesting client terminal and is received at a server; a geographic position of the requesting client terminal is determined; an associated client terminal is identified based on a geographic proximity to the requesting client terminal; and an information sharing session is implemented between the requesting client terminal and the associated client terminal.
HYPER-PRECISE POSITIONING AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND NETWORK
A hyper-precise positioning and communications (HPPC) system and network are provided. The HPPC system is a next-generation positioning technology that promises a low-cost, high-performance solution to the need for more sophisticated positioning technologies in increasingly cluttered environments. The HPPC system is a joint positioning-communications radio technology that simultaneously performs relative positioning and secure communications. Both of these tasks are performed with a single, co-use waveform, which efficiently utilizes limited resources and supports higher user densities. Aspects of this disclosure include an HPPC system for a network which includes an arbitrary number of network nodes (e.g., radio frequency (RF) devices communicating over a joint positions-communications waveform). As such, networking protocols and design of data link and physical layers are described herein. An exemplary embodiment extends the HPPC system for use with existing cellular networks, such as third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) and fifth generation (5G) networks.
Measuring positioning signals based on assistance data
A method of operating a user equipment includes receiving, from a location server, first information about a first plurality of positioning signals expected to be transmitted by a first set of base stations; receiving, from a tile information server, second information about a second plurality of positioning signals expected to be transmitted by a second set of base stations, the second set of base stations including at least one additional base station not included in the first set of base stations; measuring a third plurality of positioning signals received from a combination of a first subset of the first set of base stations and a second subset of the second set of base stations, the third plurality of positioning signals including an additional positioning signal transmitted by the at least one additional base station; and sending measurement results for the third plurality of positioning signals to the location server.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTICARRIER PHASE-BASED LOCALIZATION
A method for calculating a time-of-arrival of a multicarrier uplink signal includes: accessing a multicarrier reference signal including a subcarrier reference signal for each subcarrier frequency in a set of subcarrier frequencies; receiving the multicarrier uplink signal transmitted from a user device, the multicarrier uplink signal including a subcarrier uplink signal for each subcarrier frequency in the set of subcarrier frequencies; for each subcarrier frequency in the set of subcarrier frequencies, calculating a phase difference, in a set of phase differences, between the subcarrier reference signal for the subcarrier frequency and a subcarrier uplink signal for the subcarrier frequency; calculating a time-of-arrival of the multicarrier uplink signal at the transceiver based on the set of adjusted phase differences; and transmitting the time-of-arrival of the multicarrier uplink signal to a remote server.
COLLISION AVOIDANCE BASED ON CENTRALIZED COORDINATION OF VEHICLE OPERATIONS
A computer-implemented method performed by a centralized coordinated vehicle guidance system may include: obtaining analytics data for a plurality of vehicles or objects centrally communicating with or detected by the centralized coordinated vehicle guidance system; detecting, based on the analytics data, a collision event within one or more vehicle-object pairs; determining trajectory adjustment information for one or more vehicle in the vehicle-object pairs involved in the collision event; and outputting the trajectory adjustment information to cause the vehicle to modify its trajectory.
Method and apparatus for asset location tracking in a communication network
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, from an application server and by a service capability exposure function (SCEF) including a processing device, a current location request associated with an narrow band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) device, transmitting, by the SCEF, a location estimation trigger request including a device identity to a gateway mobile location center (GMLC), receiving, from the GMLC and by the SCEF, a terminated location estimation response including a position estimate, wherein the position estimate is determined at an enhanced serving mobile location center (ESMLC) according to the location estimation trigger request, determining, by the SCEF, whether the terminated location estimation response meets a quality metric for positioning of the NB IoT device, and transmitting, by the SCEF, the position estimate for the NB-IoT device to the application server responsive to determining that the position estimate meets the quality metric, wherein transmissions between the SCEF and the GMLC are via control plane signaling. Other embodiments are disclosed.
DETERMINING A NARROW BEAM FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first wireless communication device may determine, based at least in part on a first model, an estimated position of the first wireless communication device. The first wireless communication device may determine, based at least in part on a second model, an estimated direction for transmission of a packet to a second wireless communication device. The first wireless communication device may determine, based at least in part on a third model, an estimated transmit power for transmission of the packet. The first wireless communication device may determine, using a neural network, a narrow beam based at least in part on the estimated position, the estimated direction, and the estimated transmit power. The first wireless communication device may transmit the packet on the narrow beam to the second wireless communication device. Numerous other aspects are provided.
POSITIONING PROTOCOL, POSITIONING CAPABILITY AND POSITION METHOD IDENTIFICATION IN SUPL
A method includes: receiving a request at a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) Location Platform (SLP) for location-related service; producing a positioning method SUPL message that includes a posmethod parameter that includes a positioning protocol indicator indicating that SET capability transfer and positioning method selection are to be conducted in a positioning protocol layer; and sending the positioning method SUPL message from the SLP to a SUPL Enabled Terminal (SET) using a SUPL User Plane Location Protocol (ULP).
UNICAST AND BROADCAST PROTOCOL FOR WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK RANGING AND DIRECTION FINDING
Disclosed embodiments facilitate wireless channel calibration, ranging, and direction finding, between networked devices. A method on a first station (STA) may comprise: broadcasting, at a first time, a first NDPA frame to a plurality of second STAs. The first NDPA frame may include a first bit indicating that one or more subsequent frames comprise ranging or angular information. After a Short Interval Frame Space (SIFS) time interval from the first time, a second frame may be broadcast. The second frame may be a Null Data Packet (NDP) frame. In response, a plurality of Compressed Beamforming (CBF) frames may be received at the first STA where each CBF frame may be received from a distinct corresponding second STA, and may include Channel Feedback Information field with information pertaining to communication channel between the first STA and the corresponding second STA. The communications may be encoded using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access.