Patent ID: 8964579
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G01S,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for positioning a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, by the UE from a plurality of base stations, positioning subframes including reference signals; and measuring, by the UE, a timing difference between a time of arrival of a positioning subframe of one of the plurality of base stations and a time of arrival of a positioning subframe of another of the plurality of base stations, wherein the positioning subframes are periodically transmitted by each of the plurality of base stations according to a predetermined period, wherein the predetermined period of the positioning subframes is set to be smaller than a repetition period of a same reference signal sequence, wherein the predetermined period of the positioning subframes is defined in a unit of subframes, and wherein a reference signal sequence included in each of the positioning subframes is different from each other.