A positioning system includes equipment that receives a signal from a GNSS satellite, and a server apparatus that is connected to the equipment via a communication network. The equipment includes a memory and a processor configured to transmit information indicated by the signal to the server apparatus, and perform positioning of the equipment by using the information indicated by the signal. The server apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to perform positioning of the equipment by using the information indicated by the signal received from the equipment.

A positioning method and a communication device are provided, which relate to the field of communication technologies. The method includes: determining first information. The first information includes at least one of the following: direction information of a target beam, energy change information of the target beam, LOS path indication information, and beam identification information. The first information is used to determine positioning information of the first device. The LOS path indication information is used to indicate whether the target beam is an LOS path. The beam identification information is identification information of the target beam.

A method of and device for reducing energy consumption of a motion sensing device by reducing or avoid using function of device's internal GPS system when a predetermined condition is senses. The predetermined condition includes a predetermined state of motion or no-motion sensed. The motion sensing device includes Personal Emergency Response Systems.

A method is provided. A notice is received from a mobile device indicating that typing within a texting application has occurred substantially simultaneously as forward motion has been detected. The notice includes a timestamp of when the typing and the detection of forward motion occurred. A position of the mobile device is triangulated for the timestamp, and a determination is made as to whether the typing and the detection of forward motion occurred within a predetermined target area using at least a portion of data calculated from the step of triangulating.

A method for selecting a combination of GNSS satellites to carry out a position determination from a plurality of visible GNSS satellites in a GNSS receiver taking account of the variance of the satellite signals of the respective GNSS satellites includes: a) sorting the visible GNSS satellites using at least two different sorting algorithms according to predefined criteria catalogues which take account of the variance of the satellite signals, and determining at least two satellite presortings which determine GNSS satellites of which the satellite signals have a low variance according to the relevant predefined criteria catalogue; b) selecting a weighting function for weighting the satellite presortings ; c) creating a final satellite sorting by a weighting of the satellite presortings according to the relevant weighting function, so that a weighted final satellite sorting is produced; and d) carrying out a satellite combination selection on the basis of the final satellite sorting.

Methods, systems and apparatuses for location monitoring are disclosed. One system includes a first location monitoring apparatus that includes a plurality of sensors, shared storage, and a low-power controller. For an embodiment, the low-power controller operates to manage the plurality of sensors, manage storage of sensed information in the shared storage, communicate with an upstream server, and communicate with a second location monitoring apparatus. For an embodiment, a high-power controller operates to retrieve at least a portion of the stored sensed information, process the at least the portion of the stored sensed information, communicate with the low-power controller, and communicate with a second low-power controller of the second location monitoring apparatus through the low-power controller. For an embodiment, the low-power controller is powered and operable for greater periods of time than the high-power controller, and where the low-power controller.

Embodiments are disclosed for localization of vehicles using beacons. In an embodiment, a method comprises: determining, using at least one processor of a vehicle, that the vehicle has lost external signals (or is receiving degraded external signals) that are used for estimating a position of the vehicle; determining, using the at least one processor, a set of mobile beacons that are available to assist in estimating the position of the vehicle; receiving, using a communication device of the vehicle, broadcast signals from the set of mobile beacons, the broadcast signals including localization data for the set of mobile beacons; selecting, using the at least one processor, a subset of localization data from the set of mobile beacons for assisting in the position estimation of the vehicle; and estimating, using the at least one processor, the position of the vehicle using the subset of localization data.

Techniques disclosed herein are generally directed toward providing customized location database information regarding terrestrial transceivers to a mobile device (e.g., a semi-connected mobile device) by causing the mobile device to scan for terrestrial transceivers during a first period of time, provide a list of the terrestrial transceivers detected during the first period of time to a location server, and receive location information for terrestrial transceivers on the list. Using this location information, the mobile device can subsequently (e.g., during a second period of time) calculate its position when the terrestrial transceivers are detected.

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5.sup.th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4.sup.th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method for operating of a terminal in a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment includes: receiving signals from other terminals; selecting another terminal which has proximity to the terminal from among the other terminals based on reception powers of the signals and information related to the signals; and determining a location of the terminal based on location information of the other terminals.

A method and device determines an evolving position of a device using electromagnetic interference, which is jamming electromagnetic navigation signals. An antenna arrangement receives both the electromagnetic navigation signals and the electromagnetic interference. A discerned position is determined for each of one or more jamming antennas emitting the electromagnetic interference. A detection circuit determines each discerned position from the electromagnetic interference received at the device and at least one measurement of the evolving position using the electromagnetic navigation signals. The evolving position of the device is determined while the electromagnetic interference prevents subsequently measuring the evolving position using the electromagnetic navigation signals. An evaluation circuit determines the evolving position from the electromagnetic interference received at the device and from each discerned position of the one or more jamming antennas.