Granted Patent B2

US 12,568,463 · App. 18/206,696 · Granted Mar 3, 2026

Inventor: Akinori Taira (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION

H04W64/006H04L5/0051

Abstract

Claims (72)

1 . A positioning system comprising:

an approximate position calculation circuitry to calculate an approximate position of a mobile station;

a database to store information indicating a geographical position of a zone in which the mobile station is able to be present, information indicating an anchor to be used for positioning of the mobile station in each zone, and information on a communication parameter necessary for the mobile station to communicate with the anchor or measure a positioning signal from the anchor;

a zone judgement circuitry to judge a zone to which the mobile station belongs on a basis of an approximate position of the mobile station and information stored in the database;

an anchor-to-be-used determination circuitry to determine an anchor to be used by the mobile station for communication or measurement of a positioning signal on a basis of a zone to which the mobile station belongs and information stored in the database;

a positioning information acquisition circuitry to acquire positioning information indicating a positional relationship between the determined anchor and the mobile station by communication with the determined anchor or measurement of the positioning signal from the determined anchor; and

a position calculation circuitry to calculate a position of the mobile station on a basis of the positioning information and information stored in the database.

2 . The positioning system according to claim 1 , wherein

the database stores the information in advance.

3 . The positioning system according to claim 1 , wherein

the database acquires the information via a communication line and stores the information before starting use of the mobile station.

4 . The positioning system according to claim 1 , wherein

information on the communication parameter stored in the database includes:

a cell global identity as information for identifying the anchor; and

as radio signal specifications, one or more of a center frequency, a frequency bandwidth, a subcarrier width, a cyclic prefix length, N ID cell =3N ID (1) +N ID (2) that is synchronization signal information based on 3rd Generation Partnership Project standard TS 38.211, a port number, scramble IDs for generating types of demodulation reference signals, positioning reference signal resource allocation information, a downlink positioning reference signal sequence ID, and DL-PRS-ID-Info, NR-DL-PRS-AssistanceData, NR-DL-PRS-BeamInfo, NR-DL-PRS-Info, NR-DL-PRS-ResourceID, NR-DL-PRS-ResourceSetID, and NR-SelectedDL-PRS-IndexList described in TS 37.355-g20 that is information of which notification is performed by an upper layer in a 3rd Generation Partnership Project system.

5 . The positioning system according to claim 1 , wherein

information on the communication parameter stored in the database includes:

unique information of the anchor as information for identifying the anchor; and

as radio signal specifications, one or more of a channel number, scrambled timestamp sequence packet configuration information, a pulse repetition frequency mode, a preamble code, start frame delimiter field configuration information, a physical header parameter, and space time streams field configuration information.

6 . The positioning system according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case of failing in calculation of an approximate position of the mobile station performed by the approximate position calculation circuitry, a case of failing in judgement of a zone to which the mobile station belongs performed by the zone judgement circuitry, a case of failing in acquisition of the positioning information performed by the positioning information acquisition circuitry, or a case of failing in calculation of a position of the mobile station performed by the position calculation circuitry,

the positioning system shifts to an autonomous mode not using the database, observes a broadcast signal of the anchor around the mobile station to acquire received power, a propagation state, and radio signal specifications, and determines an anchor to be used for positioning.

7 . The positioning system according to claim 1 , wherein

the approximate position calculation circuitry, the database, the zone judgement circuitry, the anchor-to-be-used determination circuitry, the positioning information acquisition circuitry, and the position calculation circuitry are mounted on the mobile station.

8 . The positioning system according to claim 1 , wherein

the database, the zone judgement circuitry, the anchor-to-be-used determination circuitry, and the position calculation circuitry are mounted on a positioning network device installed on the ground, and

the approximate position calculation circuitry and the positioning information acquisition circuitry are mounted on the mobile station.

9 . A positioning network device that constitutes, together with a mobile station, a positioning system that measures a position of the mobile station, the positioning network device comprising:

an approximate position calculation instruction circuitry to instruct the mobile station to calculate an approximate position of the mobile station;

a database to store information indicating a geographical position of a zone in which the mobile station is able to be present, information indicating an anchor to be used for positioning of the mobile station in each zone, and information on a communication parameter necessary for the mobile station to communicate with the anchor or measure a positioning signal from the anchor;

a zone judgement circuitry to judge a zone to which the mobile station belongs on a basis of an approximate position of the mobile station calculated by the mobile station and information stored in the database;

an anchor-to-be-used determination circuitry to determine an anchor to be used by the mobile station for communication or measurement of a positioning signal on a basis of a zone to which the mobile station belongs and information stored in the database; and

a position calculation circuitry to calculate a position of the mobile station on a basis of positioning information acquired by the mobile station and indicating a positional relationship between the determined anchor and the mobile station, and information stored in the database.

10 . The positioning network device according to claim 9 , wherein

the database stores the information in advance.

11 . The positioning network device according to claim 9 , wherein

the database acquires the information via a communication line and stores the information before starting use of the mobile station.

12 . The positioning network device according to claim 9 , wherein

information on the communication parameter stored in the database includes:

a cell global identity as information for identifying the anchor; and

as radio signal specifications, one or more of a center frequency, a frequency bandwidth, a subcarrier width, a cyclic prefix length, N ID cell =3N ID (1) +N ID (2) that is synchronization signal information based on 3rd Generation Partnership Project standard TS 38.211, a port number, scramble IDs for generating types of demodulation reference signals, positioning reference signal resource allocation information, a downlink positioning reference signal sequence ID, and DL-PRS-ID-Info, NR-DL-PRS-AssistanceData, NR-DL-PRS-BeamInfo, NR-DL-PRS-Info, NR-DL-PRS-ResourceID, NR-DL-PRS-ResourceSetID, and NR-SelectedDL-PRS-IndexList described in TS 37.355-g20 that is information of which notification is performed by an upper layer in a 3rd Generation Partnership Project system.

13 . The positioning network device according to claim 9 , wherein

information on the communication parameter stored in the database includes:

unique information of the anchor as information for identifying the anchor; and

as radio signal specifications, one or more of a channel number, scrambled timestamp sequence packet configuration information, a pulse repetition frequency mode, a preamble code, start frame delimiter field configuration information, a physical header parameter, and space time streams field configuration information.

14 . The positioning network device according to claim 9 , wherein

in a case of failing in calculation of an approximate position of the mobile station performed by the mobile station, a case of failing in judgement of a zone to which the mobile station belongs performed by the zone judgement circuitry, a case of failing in acquisition of the positioning information performed by the mobile station, or a case of failing in calculation of a position of the mobile station performed by the position calculation circuitry,

the positioning network device shifts to an autonomous mode not using the database, observes a broadcast signal of the anchor around the mobile station to acquire received power, a propagation state, and radio signal specifications, and determines an anchor to be used for positioning.

15 . A positioning control circuit for controlling a positioning system, the positioning system comprising:

a database to store information indicating a geographical position of a zone in which the mobile station is able to be present, information indicating an anchor to be used for positioning of the mobile station in each zone, and information on a communication parameter necessary for the mobile station to communicate with the anchor or measure a positioning signal from the anchor, and

the positioning control circuit causing the positioning system to:

calculate an approximate position of the mobile station;

judge a zone to which the mobile station belongs on a basis of an approximate position of the mobile station and information stored in the database;

determine an anchor to be used by the mobile station for communication or measurement of a positioning signal on a basis of a zone to which the mobile station belongs and information stored in the database;

acquire positioning information indicating a positional relationship between the determined anchor and the mobile station by communication with the determined anchor or measurement of the positioning signal from the determined anchor; and

calculate a position of the mobile station on a basis of the positioning information and information stored in the database.

16 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a program for controlling a positioning system, the positioning system comprising:

a database to store information indicating a geographical position of a zone in which the mobile station is able to be present, information indicating an anchor to be used for positioning of the mobile station in each zone, and information on a communication parameter necessary for the mobile station to communicate with the anchor or measure a positioning signal from the anchor, and

the program causing the positioning system to:

calculate an approximate position of the mobile station;

judge a zone to which the mobile station belongs on a basis of an approximate position of the mobile station and information stored in the database;

determine an anchor to be used by the mobile station for communication or measurement of a positioning signal on a basis of a zone to which the mobile station belongs and information stored in the database;

acquire positioning information indicating a positional relationship between the determined anchor and the mobile station by communication with the determined anchor or measurement of the positioning signal from the determined anchor; and

calculate a position of the mobile station on a basis of the positioning information and information stored in the database.

17 . A positioning method performed by a positioning system, the positioning system comprising:

a database to store information indicating a geographical position of a zone in which the mobile station is able to be present, information indicating an anchor to be used for positioning of the mobile station in each zone, and information on a communication parameter necessary for the mobile station to communicate with the anchor or measure a positioning signal from the anchor, and

the positioning method comprising:

calculating, by an approximate position calculation circuitry, an approximate position of the mobile station;

judging, by a zone judgement circuitry, a zone to which the mobile station belongs on a basis of an approximate position of the mobile station and information stored in the database;

determining, by an anchor-to-be-used determination circuitry, an anchor to be used by the mobile station for communication or measurement of a positioning signal on a basis of a zone to which the mobile station belongs and information stored in the database;

acquiring, by a positioning information acquisition circuitry, positioning information indicating a positional relationship between the determined anchor and the mobile station by communication with the determined anchor or measurement of the positioning signal from the determined anchor; and

calculating, by a position calculation circuitry, a position of the mobile station on a basis of the positioning information and information stored in the database.

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