Patent ID: 11895613
Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. An apparatus of a plurality of apparatuses which provide access for user equipment to a communication network, the apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:
acquiring a result of a measurement related to a position of a user equipment, wherein the result comprises an angle of arrival of signals transmitted between the user equipment and the access point;
acquiring additional information comprising:
an evaluation of the result of the measurement, wherein the evaluation comprises a quality of the measurement comprising at least one item of the following group:
a reliability of the measurement, a likelihood of the measurement,
a likelihood of the measurement, a quality index of the measurement, and a signal to noise ratio on a channel via which the signals transmitted between the user equipment and the access point are received; and
a reference towards which the measurement was done, wherein the reference comprises at least one of a reference direction to which the angle of arrival was measured and an orientation of an antenna array; and

transmitting, to a central node, in at least one message, the result of the measurement and the additional information, wherein the additional information is to be used by the central node for combining the result of the measurement related to the position of the user equipment, which have been acquired by the plurality of apparatuses.