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US 10,732,254 · App. 15/841,870 · Granted Aug 4, 2020

Channel-based positioning device, channel-based positioning system and channel-based positioning method

Inventors: Pi-Chen Chiu (Hsinchu, TW); Ting-Wu Ho (Hsinchu, TW); Chia-Lung Liu (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
G01S3/72G01S3/50G01S3/60G01S5/0215G01S5/0273G01S5/06H04B7/024H04B7/0413H04B7/0626H04W4/023H04W64/003H04W64/006
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Patent No.
US 10,732,254
App. No.
15/841,870
Granted
Aug 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides a channel-based positioning device, a channel-based positioning system and a channel-based positioning method. The channel-based positioning method includes: calculating a plurality of angles of arrival (AoA), a plurality of angles of departure (AoD) and a plurality of time of flight (ToF) of signals according to a plurality of channel state information transmitted from a terminal apparatus to a base station; determining a path type of the signals according to the plurality of AoA, AoD and ToF of the signals; and calculating a position information of the terminal apparatus relative to the base station through a specific algorithm.

Claims (39)

1. A channel-based positioning device, comprising:

a receiving module configured for receiving a plurality of channel state information (CSI) of a plurality of signals transmitted by a terminal apparatus to a base station, wherein the terminal apparatus includes at least two terminal antennae, and the base station includes at least two base station antennae;

a calculating module configured for calculating a plurality of angles of departure (AoD), a plurality of angles of arrival (AoA) and a plurality of time of flight (ToF) of the plurality of signals of the terminal apparatus relative to the base station based on the plurality of signals comprising the CSI;

a path type determining module configured for determining a path type of the plurality of signals based on the plurality of AoD, the plurality of AoA and the plurality of ToF and determining whether a first difference between the AoA or the AoD of signals from any two of the at least two terminal antennae reaches a first threshold, whether a second difference between the ToF of the signals from the two terminal antennae reaches a second threshold, whether the AoD of the two terminal antennae has a greater one or a less one of different standard deviations, or whether the AoD of the two terminal antennae are dividable in two groups or not; and

a positioning module configured for calculating position information of the terminal apparatus relative to the base station based on the path type of the plurality of signals.

2. The channel-based positioning device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of AoA are calculated based on phase differences between signals transmitted respectively from one of the at least two terminal antennae to any two of the at least two base station antennae.

3. The channel-based positioning device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of AoD are calculated based on phase differences between signals transmitted respectively from any two of the at least two terminal antennae to one of the at least two base station antennae.

4. The channel-based positioning device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of ToF are calculated based on phase differences between sub-carriers of a signal transmitted from one of the at least two terminal antennae to one of the at least two base station antennae.

5. The channel-based positioning device of claim 1 , wherein when the first difference between the AoA or the AoD of signals from any two of the at least two terminal antennae reaches the first threshold and the second difference between the ToF of the signals from the two terminal antennae reaches the second threshold, the path type determining module determines that the path type of the signals belong to a single-signal reflected path type, and the positioning module calculates the position information using an angle-side-angle triangle congruence theorem.

6. The channel-based positioning device of claim 1 , wherein when the first difference between the AoA or the AoD of signals from any two of the at least two terminal antennae has not reached the first threshold and the AoD of the two terminal antennae has the greater one of different standard deviations, the path type determining module determines that the path type of the signals belong to a double-signal same-direction reflected path type, and the positioning module calculates the position information using a side-side-side triangle congruence theorem.

7. The channel-based positioning device of claim 1 , wherein when the first difference between the AoA or the AoD of signals from any two of the at least two terminal antennae reaches the first threshold, the second difference between the ToF of the signals from the two terminal antennae has not reached the second threshold and the AoD of the two terminal antennae are dividable into two groups, the path type determining module determines that the path type of the signals belong to a double-signal opposite-direction reflected path type, and the positioning module calculates the position information using a side-side-side triangle congruence theorem.

8. The channel-based positioning device of claim 1 , wherein when the first difference between the AoA or the AoD of signals from any two of the at least two terminal antennae reaches the first threshold, the second difference between the ToF of the signals from the two terminal antennae has not reached the second threshold and the AoD of the two terminal antennae are not dividable into two groups, or when the first difference between the AoA or the AoD of the signals from the two terminal antennae has not reached the first threshold and the AoD of the two terminal antennae has the less one of different standard deviations, the path type determining module determines that the path type of the signals belong to a double-signal direct path type, and the positioning module calculates the position information using a right angle-hypotenuse-side triangle congruence theorem.

9. A channel-based positioning system, comprising:

a base station including at least two base station antennae;

a terminal apparatus including at least two terminal antennae and configured for transmitting a plurality of signals to the base station for the base station to obtain a plurality of channel state information (CSI); and

a positioning device, including:

a receiving module configured for receiving the plurality of CSI;

a calculating module configured for calculating a plurality of angles of departure (AoD), a plurality of angles of arrival (AoA) and a plurality of time of flight (ToF) of the plurality of signals of the terminal apparatus relative to the base station based on the plurality of signals comprising the CSI;

a path type determining module configured for determining a path type of the plurality of signals based on the plurality of AoD, the plurality of AoA and the plurality of ToF and determining whether a first difference between the AoA or the AoD of signals from any two of the at least two terminal antennae reaches a first threshold, whether a second difference between the ToF of the signals from the two terminal antennae reaches a second threshold, whether the AoD of the two terminal antennae has a greater one or a less one of different standard deviations, or whether the AoD of the two terminal antennae are dividable in two groups or not; and

a positioning module configured for calculating position information of the terminal apparatus relative to the base station based on the path type of the plurality of signals.

10. The channel-based positioning system of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of AoA are calculated based on phase differences between signals transmitted respectively from one of the at least two terminal antennae to any two of the at least two base station antennae.

11. The channel-based positioning system of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of AoD are calculated based on phase differences between signals transmitted respectively from any two of the at least two terminal antennae to one of the at least two base station antennae.

12. The channel-based positioning system of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of ToF are calculated based on phase differences between sub-carriers of a signal transmitted from one of the at least two terminal antennae to one of the at least two base station antennae.

13. The channel-based positioning system of claim 9 , wherein when the first difference between the AoA or the AoD of signals from any two of the at least two terminal antennae reaches the first threshold and the second difference between the ToF of the signals from the two terminal antennae reaches the second threshold, the path type determining module determines that the path type of the signals belong to a single-signal reflected path type, and the positioning module calculates the position information using an angle-side-angle triangle congruence theorem.

14. The channel-based positioning system of claim 9 , wherein when the first difference between the AoA or the AoD of signals from any two of the at least two terminal antennae has not reached the first threshold and the AoD of the two terminal antennae has the greater one of different standard deviations, the path type determining module determines that the path type of the signals belong to a double-signal same-direction reflected path type, and the positioning module calculates the position information using a side-side-side triangle congruence theorem.

15. The channel-based positioning system of claim 9 , wherein when the first difference between the AoA or the AoD of signals from any two of the at least two terminal antennae reaches the first threshold, the second difference between the ToF of the signals from the two terminal antennae has not reached the second threshold and the AoD of the two terminal antennae are dividable into two groups, the path type determining module determines that the path type of the signals belong to a double-signal opposite-direction reflected path type, and the positioning module calculates the position information using a side-side-side triangle congruence theorem.

16. The channel-based positioning system of claim 9 , wherein when the first difference between the AoA or the AoD of signals from any two of the at least two terminal antennae reaches the first threshold, the first difference between the ToF of the signals from the two terminal antennae has not reached the second threshold and the AoD of the two terminal antennae are not dividable into two groups, or when the first difference between the AoA or the AoD of the signals from the two terminal antennae has not reached the first threshold and the AoD of the two terminal antennae has the less one of different standard deviations, the path type determining module determines that the path type of the signals belong to a double-signal direct path type, and the positioning module calculates the position information using a right angle-hypotenuse-side triangle congruence theorem.

17. A channel-based positioning method, comprising:

obtaining a plurality of channel state information (CSI) of a plurality of signals transmitted by a terminal apparatus to a base station, wherein the terminal apparatus includes at least two terminal antennae, and the base station includes at least two base station antennae;

calculating a plurality of angles of departure (AoD), a plurality of angles of arrival (AoA) and a plurality of time of flight (ToF) of the plurality of signals of the terminal apparatus relative to the base station based on the plurality of signals comprising the CSI;

determining a path type of the plurality of signals based on the plurality of AoD, the plurality of AoA and the plurality of ToF and determining whether a first difference between the AoA or the AoD of signals from any two of the at least two terminal antennae reaches a first threshold, whether a second difference between the ToF of the signals from the two terminal antennae reaches a second threshold, whether the AoD of the two terminal antennae has a greater one or a less one of different standard deviations, or whether the AoD of the two terminal antennae are dividable in two groups or not; and

calculating position information of the terminal apparatus relative to the base station based on the path type of the plurality of signals.

18. The channel-based positioning method of claim 17 , wherein the plurality of AoA are calculated based on phase differences between signals transmitted respectively from one of the at least two terminal antennae to any two of the at least two base station antennae.

19. The channel-based positioning method of claim 17 , wherein the plurality of AoD are calculated based on phase differences between signals transmitted respectively from any two of the at least two terminal antennae to one of the at least two base station antennae.

20. The channel-based positioning method of claim 17 , wherein the plurality of ToF are calculated based on phase differences between sub-carriers of a signal transmitted from one of the at least two terminal antennae to one of the at least two base station antennae.

21. The channel-based positioning method of claim 17 , further comprising when the first difference between the AoA or the AoD of signals from any two of the at least two terminal antennae reaches the first threshold and the second difference between the ToF of the signals from the two terminal antennae reaches the second threshold, determining that the path type of the signals belong to a single-signal reflected path type, and calculating the position information using an angle-side-angle triangle congruence theorem.

22. The channel-based positioning method of claim 17 , further comprising when the first difference between the AoA or the AoD of signals from any two of the at least two terminal antennae has not reached the first threshold and the AoD of the two terminal antennae has the greater one of different standard deviations, determining that the path type of the signals belong to a double-signal same-direction reflected path type, and calculating the position information using a side-side-side triangle congruence theorem.

23. The channel-based positioning method of claim 17 , further comprising when the first difference between the AoA or the AoD of signals from any two of the at least two terminal antennae reaches the first threshold, the second difference between the ToF of the signals from the two terminal antennae has not reached the second threshold and the AoD of the two terminal antennae are dividable into two groups, determining that the path type of the signals belong to a double-signal opposite-direction reflected path type, and calculating the position information using a side-side-side triangle congruence theorem.

24. The channel-based positioning method of claim 17 , further comprising when the first difference between the AoA or the AoD of signals from any two of the at least two terminal antennae reaches the first threshold, the second difference between the ToF of the signals from the two terminal antennae has not reached the second threshold and the AoD of the two terminal antennae are not dividable into two groups, or when the first difference between the AoA or the AoD of the signals from the two terminal antennae has not reached the first threshold and the AoD of the two terminal antennae has the less one of different standard deviations, determining that the path type of the signals belong to a double-signal direct path type, and calculating the position information using a right angle-hypotenuse-side triangle congruence theorem.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2018
From: CHIU, PI-CHEN; HO, TING-WU; LIU, CHIA-LUNG
To: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 044524/0943 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 106139175 A · Nov 13, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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