Patent ID: 9560627
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G01S,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for assisting a mobile device to perform positioning measurements on positioning signals periodically transmitted by at least some of a plurality of cells in a wireless communication network, the method comprising: receiving cell information, obtained by the mobile device, of one or more of the plurality of cells in the wireless communication network, wherein the cell information indicates an observed frequency channel number of a first cell in the wireless communication network, observed by the mobile device; maintaining data corresponding to a known frequency channel number and a known physical frequency of the first cell of the wireless communication network; converting the observed frequency channel number to an observed physical frequency of the first cell; setting an assigned frequency channel number to the observed frequency channel number if the observed physical frequency is the same as the known physical frequency of the first cell; generating assistance data to include the assigned frequency channel number for use by the mobile device for performing the positioning measurements based on the received cell information; and sending the assistance data to the mobile device.