Patent Publication Number: US-9432853-B2

Title: Positioning device of mobile communication terminal, method for constructing wireless LAN information of device, positioning server of mobile communication terminal, and method for driving server

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present disclosure relates in some aspects to an apparatus for positioning a mobile communication terminal, a method for establishing wireless LAN information of the apparatus, a positioning server of a mobile communication terminal, and a method for operating the positioning server. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus for positioning a mobile communication terminal, a method for establishing wireless LAN information of the apparatus, a positioning server of a mobile communication terminal, and a method for operating the positioning server, wherein mobility is determined on access points by using positioning information provided at the request of mobile terminal positioning, related information is deleted for the access points determined as having the mobility from wireless LAN information stored in a wireless LAN server, whereby updating the wireless LAN information based on stationary access points to make it available to providing mobile terminal positioning service. 
     BACKGROUND 
     The statements in this section merely provide background information related to the present disclosure and may not constitute prior art. 
     With the rapid development of electronic and communication technologies, a variety of wireless communication services based on wireless networks have been provided. Accordingly, services provided by mobile communication systems based on wireless communication networks have evolved from voice services to multimedia services that transmit various data such as packet data. 
     Among a variety of wireless Internet services using mobile communication terminals, a location based service (LBS) has attracted much attention due to the wide application and convenience thereof. LBS is a communication service that determines a location of a mobile communication terminal, such as a portable phone and a personal digital assistant (PDA), and provides additional information related to the determined location. 
     Positioning technologies for providing the LBS may be classified into a network based positioning technology, a handset based positioning technology, and a hybrid positioning technology. Specifically, the network based positioning technology detects a location by way of software using a radiowave environment, which is a cell radius of a base station in a mobile communication network, in order to determine a location of a mobile communication terminal. The handset based positioning technology uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver mounted on a mobile communication terminal in order to determine a location of a mobile communication terminal. The hybrid positioning technology is a combination of the network based positioning technology and the handset based positioning technology. 
     Among these positioning technologies, the network based positioning technology is widely used in a shadow region where the GPS radiowave does not propagate. However, the positioning performance of the network based positioning technology may be degraded by relay environments or the like. In addition, since base stations are not densely installed, the network based positioning technology may not accurately determine the locations. 
     On the other hand, as bridge-type transportable access points, such as Egg of KT, are gradually distributed, positioning error is caused in the handset based positioning technology. That is, the accurate positioning of the access points based on the handset based positioning technology is not achieved, resulting in degradation in the reliability of the positioning. 
     DISCLOSURE 
     Technical Problem 
     One or more embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to provide a positioning apparatus of a mobile communication terminal, a method for establishing wireless LAN information of the apparatus, a positioning server of a mobile communication terminal, and a method for operating the positioning server, in which wireless LAN information of access points are collected by using a mobile vehicle or the like and are stored in a database, the database is updated on stationary access point basis by using positioning information provided at the request of positioning the mobile communication terminal, and a positioning service is provided by using the updated wireless LAN information. 
     SUMMARY 
     An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an apparatus for positioning a mobile communication terminal, including: an access point for performing wireless local area network (WLAN)/wireless personal area network (WPAN) communications with a mobile communication terminal; a node information-based server for managing wireless environment information of a node in charge of the communications of the mobile communication terminal; a wireless LAN server including a database storing wireless LAN information of the access point; and a positioning server for calculating a distance between the access point and the node or between the access point and the mobile communication terminal by using positioning information received when the positioning is requested to the mobile communication terminal, the wireless LAN information, and the wireless environment information, and if the calculated distance is greater than or equal to a predetermined distance, determining the access point to be transportable, clearing the access point from the database, and providing the result of positioning based on one or more stationary access points stored in the database when a positioning service is provided. 
     Another embodiment of the present disclosure provides a positioning server of a mobile communication terminal, including: a memory unit for storing wireless LAN information of an access point performing local wireless communications with a mobile communication terminal, wireless environment information of a node in charge of the communications of the mobile communication terminal, and positioning information received at the request of positioning the mobile communication terminal, and storing a comparative value for comparing a distance between the mobile communication terminal and the access point or between the access point and the node; a calculation unit for calculating the distance between the mobile communication terminal and the access point by using the positioning information and the wireless LAN information, and calculating the distance between the access point and the node by using the wireless LAN information and the wireless environment information; and a mobility determination unit for determining whether or not pieces of the information of the access point respectively included in the positioning information and the wireless LAN information are matched with each other, comparing the distance with the comparative value if match is made, and deleting the information of the access point included in the positioning information from the wireless LAN information when the distance is greater than or equal to the comparative value. 
     Still another embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for establishing wireless LAN information of a positioning apparatus of a mobile communication terminal, including: collecting wireless LAN information of access points for performing local wireless communications with a mobile communication terminal, and storing the collected wireless LAN information in a database; requesting the mobile communication terminal to perform positioning and receiving positioning information; requesting for wireless environment information of a node in charge of the communications of the mobile communication terminal and receiving the wireless environment information; determining possible matches through comparison between pieces of the information of the access points included respectively in the wireless LAN information and the positioning information; calculating a distance between the mobile communication terminal and an access point or between the mobile communication terminal and the access point by using the positioning information, the wireless LAN information, and the wireless environment information, when the pieces of the information of the access points are matched with each other; determining whether or not the distance is greater than or equal to a comparative value prestored in a memory by comparing the distance with the comparative value; and deleting the information of the access point included in the positioning information from the wireless LAN information stored in the database, when the distance is determined to be greater than or equal to the comparative value. 
     Yet another embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for operating a positioning server of a mobile communication terminal, including: storing wireless LAN information of an access point for performing local wireless communications with a mobile communication terminal, wireless environment information of a node in charge of the communications of the mobile communication terminal and positioning information received at the request of positioning the mobile communication terminal, and storing a comparative value for comparing a distance between the mobile communication terminal and the access point or between the access point and the node; calculating the distance between the mobile communication terminal and the access point by using the positioning information and the wireless LAN information, and calculating the distance between the access point and the node by using the wireless LAN information and the wireless environment information; and controlling to determine whether or not pieces of the information of the access point respectively included in the positioning information and the wireless LAN information are matched with each other, compare the distance with the comparative value if match is made, and thereby delete the information of the access point included in the positioning information from the wireless LAN information when the distance is greater than or equal to the comparative value. 
     ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS 
     According to the present disclosure as described above, wireless LAN information prestored in a wireless LAN server is updated based on stationary access point by using positioning information provided at the request of positioning the mobile communication terminal, and the wireless LAN information is used for the positioning of the mobile communication terminal. Therefore, positioning error can be prevented from occurring by a mobile access point. The accuracy of the positioning is improved as is the resultant reliability. 
    
    
     
       DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a diagram showing an apparatus for positioning a mobile communication terminal according to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 2  is an exemplary diagram of the mobile communication terminal of  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 3  is a diagram showing a configuration of a positioning server of  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 4  is a diagram showing a pCell DB structure of  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 5  is a diagram showing a DB structure of a WLAN server of  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 6  is a diagram showing a process of establishing wireless LAN information of the apparatus for positioning the mobile communication terminal which is shown in  FIG. 1 ; and 
         FIG. 7  is a diagram showing a method for driving a positioning server of  FIG. 1 . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, like reference numerals designate like elements although they are shown in different drawings. Further, in the following description of the present embodiments, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted for the purpose of clarity. 
     Additionally, in describing the components of the present disclosure, there may be terms used like first, second, A, B, (a), and (b). These are solely for the purpose of differentiating one component from the other but not to imply or suggest the substances, order or sequence of the components. If a component were described as ‘connected’, ‘coupled’, or ‘linked’ to another component, they may mean the components are not only directly ‘connected’, ‘coupled’, or ‘linked’ but also are indirectly ‘connected’, ‘coupled’, or ‘linked’ via a third component. 
       FIG. 1  is a diagram showing an apparatus for positioning a mobile communication terminal according to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure.  FIG. 2  is an exemplary diagram of the mobile communication terminal of  FIG. 1 .  FIG. 3  is a diagram showing a configuration of a positioning server of  FIG. 1 .  FIG. 4  is a diagram showing a pCell DB structure of  FIG. 1 .  FIG. 5  is a diagram showing a DB structure of a WLAN server of  FIG. 1 . 
     As shown in  FIGS. 1 to 5 , a positioning apparatus for positioning a mobile communication terminal according to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure includes an access point  110  (hereinafter, referred to as an “AP”), a mobile communication network  130 , a positioning server  150 , node information-based servers  160  and  170 , and a wireless LAN (WLAN) server  180 . The positioning apparatus may further include a mobile communication terminal  100 , a wired communication network  140 , and an LBSP  190 . The node information-based servers  160  and  170  may include Integrated LBS Indoor Solution Server (ILIS server)  160  and/or a device management server  170 , which store and manage wireless environment information, such as base station information. The node information-based servers  160  and  170  may include various servers or devices as long as they can provide latitude and longitude coordinates of the base station. 
     In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the mobile communication terminal  100  may include a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a smartphone, a cellular phone, a Personal Communication Service (PCS) phone, a Global System for Mobile (GSM) phone, a Wideband CDMA (W-CDMA) phone, a CDMA-2000 phone, and a Mobile Broadband System (MBS) phone in order for applicability to various wireless/wired environments. The MBS phone refers to the mobile communication terminal  100  that is to be used in a next-generation system under discussion. In addition, the mobile communication terminal  100  according to the embodiment of the present disclosure may further include a Personal Computer (PC), a notebook computer, and the like. 
     The mobile communication terminal  100  includes a wireless communication module and/or a wireless LAN module, and may further include a GPS module. The mobile communication terminal  100  equipped with the wireless communication module connects to the mobile communication network  130  and performs voice communication and data communication with the other party. In addition, the mobile communication terminal  100  equipped with the wireless LAN module can connect to the wired communication network  140  through the recognized neighboring AP  100 , and receive a variety of webpage data. Furthermore, the mobile communication terminal  100  may be classified into a GPS terminal  101  and a non-GPS terminal  102  depending on its equipment of a GPS module. The mobile communication terminal  100  equipped with the GPS module receives data provided through a GPS satellite  120 . 
     The mobile communication terminal  100  connects to the Internet through the mobile communication network  130  by using Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) being Internet connection protocol, HTML-based Microsoft Internet Explorer (MIE) using HTTP protocol, Handheld Device Transport Protocol (HDPT), i-Mode of NTT DoKoMo, or a specific communication company&#39;s browser for wireless Internet connection. Among the Internet connection protocols used in the mobile communication terminal  100 , the MIE uses m-HTML, which is an abbreviated modification of HTML. The i-Mode uses a language called compact HTML (c-HTML), which is a subset of HTML. 
     The mobile communication terminal  100 , such as a recent smartphone, provides much faster wireless Internet by using a specific communication company&#39;s browser for wireless Internet connection, such as Opera Mini for i-Phone, or provides ultra-high speed wireless Internet by using the browser together with WiFi and Wibro (called WiMax), which are a local wireless communication network. 
     The mobile communication terminal  100  performs a network-based positioning or a handset-based positioning in response to a positioning request from the positioning server  150 . For example, in order to perform the network-based positioning, the mobile communication terminal  100  may provide GPS information, base station information, and AP information to the positioning server  150  through the mobile communication network  130 . When performing the network-based positioning, a positioning protocol message of a specific standard is used between the mobile communication terminal  100  and the positioning server  150 . The positioning protocol is a standardized protocol of an application layer standard for positioning the mobile communication terminal  100 . 
     For example, in the case of an asynchronous network (WCDMA), the GPS terminal  101  capable of receiving a GPS signal uses a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) message to provide positioning information requested by the positioning server  150 , for example, GPS information, base station information, and AP information, whereas the non-GPS terminal  102  incapable of receiving a GPS signal uses a Positioning Calculation Application Part (PCAP) message to provide positioning information requested by the positioning server  150 , for example, GPS information, base station information, and AP information. On the other hand, in the case of a synchronous network (CDMA), the GPS terminal  101  uses an Interim Standard-801 (IS-801) message to provide positioning information to the positioning server  150 , and the non-GPS terminal  102  uses a Pilot Strength Measurement (PSM) message to provide positioning information to the positioning server  150 . Since the GPS terminal  101  can use a variety of positioning protocols, such as Radio Resource Location Services Protocol (RRLP) or Radio Resource Control (RRC), as well as SUPL and IS-801, there is no special limitation to the positioning protocol. 
     In the case of the synchronous network, the positioning information provided by the GPS terminal  101  to the positioning server  150  through the IS-801 message includes system information being currently serviced, a pilot signal of a neighboring base station, signal strength (Ec/Io), and the like. The system information includes, for example, System ID (SID), Network ID (NID), Base Station ID (BSID), base station sector number (Ref_PN) being currently serviced, pilot phase within Ref_PN, signal strength, and the like. In addition, the pilot signal of the neighboring base station includes a neighboring base station sector number (measurement PN) collected from the GPS terminal  101 , a pilot phase within each neighboring base station sector number, signal strength, and the like. In the case of the asynchronous network, the positioning information provided by the GPS terminal  101  through the SUPL message may be Mobile Country Code (MCC), Mobile Network Code (MNC), UC-ID, Primary Scrambling Code (PSC), Received Signal Code Power (RSCP), signal strength (Ec/Io), observed time difference between System Frame Numbers (SFNs), or time difference between RX-TX of the GPS terminal  101 . The embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and may include positioning-related data used in any type of communication systems. The non-GPS terminal  102  provides positioning information, which is substantially identical to the positioning information provided by the GPS terminal  101 , to the positioning server  150  through the PCAP message or the PSM message. 
     When the GPS terminal  101  performs positioning in response to the request from the positioning server  150  by using the SUPL or IS-801 message, the positioning message such as the SUPL message (hereinafter, referred to as a first positioning message) passes through the configuration of the mobile communication network  130  of  FIG. 2 , for example, network nodes such as a NodeB  200 , an RNC  210 , and an MSC/VLR  220 , and is call-processed. On the other hand, when the non-GPS terminal  102  performs positioning by using the PCAP or PSM message, a positioning message such as the PCAP message (hereinafter, referred to as a second positioning message) passes through all the respective network nodes and is call-processed. Therefore, the first positioning message can be call-processed much faster than the second positioning message. 
     The AP  110  includes a small base station, such as a femto or pico base station, which is widely installed within a building. The femto or pico base station is classified depending on the maximum number of mobile communication terminals  100  that can be connected, in terms of the classification of the small base stations. In addition, the AP  110  includes a local wireless communication module for performing local wireless communication (such as WiFi) with the mobile communication terminal  100 . In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the local wireless communication may be performed by Bluetooth communication, ZigBee communication, infrared communication (IrDA), Radio Frequency (e.g., Ultra High frequency (UHF) and Very High Frequency (VHF)) and Ultra Wideband (UWB) communication, as well as WiFi. Accordingly, the AP  110  may extract a position of a data packet, designate an optimal communication path to the extracted position, and transfer the data packet to a next device, for example, the mobile communication terminal  100 , along the designated communication path. The AP  110  may share several communication lines in the general network environment, and include a router, a repeater, and a relay. In addition, the AP  110  may include a bridge product of a specific manufacturer, such as Egg of the Korean telecommunications company KT, or MiFi of Verizon of U.S.A. 
     The AP  110  is roughly classified into a stationary AP  111  and a transportable AP  112 . The stationary AP  111  may include a router, a repeater, and a relay, and the transportable AP  112  may include a bridge product of the specific manufacturer, for example, Egg of KT. While ensuring the free mobility, the transportable AP  112  can read a receiver address of the mobile communication terminal  100  from transmitter information transmitted through the wired communication network  140 , designates the optimal communication path, and transmits data through the designated communication path. 
     In  FIG. 1 , although the APs  110  are configured separately from the mobile communication network  130 , the APs  110  may be included in the mobile communication network  130  in practice. Therefore, the embodiment of the present disclosure does not limit the APs  110  to the specific configuration. 
     In the case of the WCDMA network, as shown in  FIG. 2 , the mobile communication network  130  may include a relay (not shown), a NodeB  200 , a Radio Network Controller (RNC)  210 , a Mobile Switching Center (MSC)/Visitor Location Register (VLR)  220 , and a Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN)  240 . The RNC  210  serves to relay a voice or data call between the NodeB  200  and the MSC/VLR  220  or between the NodeB  200  and the SGSN  240 . The NodeB  200  and the RNC  210  in the WCDMA network are referred to as a Base Station Transmission System (BTS) and a Base Station Controller (BSC) in the CDMA network, respectively. In addition, in an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) network, the NodeB  200  and the RNC  210  may also be referred to as an evolved-NodeB (e-NodeB) and a Mobility Management Entity (MME), respectively. The MME is an integration of the RNC  210  and the MSC/VLR  220  in the WCDMA network and performs substantially the same functions as those of the RNC  210  and the MSC/VLR  220 . Therefore, the mobile communication network  130  according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited to the CDMA network, but may be a generic term for a GSM network, a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, and the like. 
     For example, the NodeB  200  is arranged in units of cells. The NodeB  200  receives a call request signal from the mobile communication terminal  100  through a traffic channel among signal channels and transmits the received call request signal to the RNC  210  or performs a location registration to determine a location of the mobile communication terminal  100  existing in a cell coverage managed by the NodeB  200 . In addition, the NodeB  200  is an endpoint device directly connected to the mobile communication terminal  100  and performs baseband signal processing, wireless/wired conversion, wireless signal transmission/reception, and the like. When the mobile communication terminal  100  existing in the cell coverage of the NodeB  200  belongs to a receiver, the NodeB  200  determines the location of the mobile communication terminal  100  and transmits the call request signal received from the MSC/VLR  220  through the RNC  210 . 
     In addition, the NodeB  200  can obtain latitude and longitude information of the NodeB  200  by using the signal from the GPS satellite  120 . The location information of the NodeB  200  can be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal  100  through a system parameter message of a forward link paging channel or may be transmitted to the device management server  170 . The mobile communication terminal  100  can register new location information by calculating a moving distance of the mobile communication terminal  100  by using the location information of the NodeB  200  of the cell to which the mobile communication terminal  100  belongs. The location registration is a process of notifying the MSC/VLR  220  of the location, state, identifier, and slot period of the mobile communication terminal  100  and other features through the NodeB  200 . When the NodeB  200  is to set a received signal to the mobile communication terminal  100 , the mobile communication terminal  100  can be effectively called in the location registration process. The location registration of the mobile communication terminal  100  may be performed when the power of the mobile communication terminal  100  is turned on or off, when the mobile communication terminal  100  moves between the MSC/VLR  220 , or when the parameters of the mobile communication terminal  100  are changed. 
     The RNC  210  controls the NodeB  200  and performs a wireless channel allocation and deallocation with respect to the mobile communication terminal  100 , a transmission power control of the mobile communication terminal  100  and the NodeB  200 , a decision of a soft handoff and a hard handoff between cells, transcoding and vocoding, GPS clock division, and operational and maintenance functions with respect to the NodeB  200 . In addition, the RNC  210  transmits subscriber information of the mobile communication terminal  100  with its location registered to the MSC/VLR  220 . The RNC  210  transmits the call request signal, received from the mobile communication terminal  100  through the NodeB  200 , to the MSC/VLR  220 . On the other hand, the RNC  210  transmits the call request signal, received from the MSC/VLR  220 , to the mobile communication terminal  100  through the NodeB  200 . 
     The MSC/VLR  220  performs basic and additional service processing, subscriber&#39;s incoming and outgoing call processing, location registration procedure and handoff procedure processing, and interworking with other networks. For example, the MSC/VLR  220  of the IS-95/A/B/C system includes subsystems, such as an Access Switching Subsystem (ASS) for performing distributed call processing, an Interconnection Network Subsystem (INS) for performing concentrated call processing, a Central Control Subsystem (CCS) for managing centralization of operation and maintenance, and a Location Registration Subsystem (LRS) for performing storage and management of information on mobile subscribers. In addition, the MSC/VLR  220  for the 3G and 4G networks may include an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) switch. The ATM switch increases a transmission rate and an efficient use of communication lines by a packet transmission in units of cells. When the location registration of the mobile communication terminal  100  is performed through the NodeB  200  and the RNC  210 , the MSC/VLR  220  temporarily stores subscriber information of the mobile communication terminal  100  in the MSC/VLR  220 , and requests an HLR  230  to register the location of the mobile communication terminal  100 . 
     The HLR  230  receives the location information of the mobile communication terminal  100  from the MSC/VLR  220 , and performs registration recognition, registration deletion, location check, and the like. In addition, the HLR  230  stores profile information of the mobile communication terminal  100  under state of call waiting. The profile information refers to Mobile Identification Number (MIN), Electronic Serial Number (ESN) and/or subscribed mobile communication service information of the mobile communication terminal  100 . MSR/VLR  220  receives and stores visited subscriber&#39;s delivered information of site where the registration of positional information is carried out and subscriber data delivered as it is transmitted from the calling mobile communication terminal  100 , received at the called mobile communication terminal  100 , and the like. When the mobile communication terminal  100  performs the location information registration, the MSC/VLR  220  temporarily stores the subscriber information and notifies the HLR  230  of the information. The MSC/VLR  220  receives and manages copies of terminal identification number, terminal unique number, and service information from the HLR  230 , and utilizes the received copies for location control, call processing, and external operation processing of the mobile communication terminal  100 . 
     The SGSN  240  may include a Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN). For the purpose of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) service, the SGSN  240  supports mobility management of the mobile communication terminal  100 , session management for incoming/outgoing call processing and packet data transmission/reception processing, and authentication and billing functions. In addition, the SGSN  240  has a packet data routing processing function. The GGSN is a serving node of an IP-based packet network that provides a high-speed packet data service for GPRS. The GGSN performs session management and packet data routing processing for packet data service, and provides an interface connecting the mobile communication terminal  130  to the wired communication network  140 , such as Internet network, and the GPRS is an asynchronous communication system that supports a data transmission rate of 384 Kbps, provides a multimedia mail, and maximizes the efficiency of a transmission line. 
     As shown in  FIGS. 1 and 3 , the positioning server  150  interworks with the mobile communication network  130 , the ILIS server  160 , the device management server  170 , the WLAN server  180 , and the LBSP  190 . When receiving the positioning request from the LBSP  190 , the positioning server  150  requests the positioning of the mobile communication terminal  100  in order for the handset-based positioning or the network-based positioning, receives GPS information, AP information and/or base station information as the positioning information from the mobile communication terminal  100 , and determines mobility with respect to the respective APs  110  of wireless LAN information stored in the DB  180   a  of the WLAN server  180  by using wireless environment information, such as the received positioning information, the wireless LAN information provided from the WLAN server  180 , and base station information provided from the node information-based servers  160  and  170 . 
     In other words, in order to determine the mobility with respect to the respective APs  110  of the wireless LAN information stored in the DB  180   a  of the WLAN server  180 , the positioning server  150  uses a first method of calculating a distance between the AP  110  and the NodeB  200  by using the base station information provided when the positioning of the mobile communication terminal  100  is requested, and the wireless LAN information of the AP  110  stored in the DB  180   a  of the WLAN server  180 , and determining the mobility of the AP  110  according to the result value, or a second method of calculating a distance between the mobile communication terminal  100  and the AP  110  by using GPS positioning result of the mobile communication terminal  100  when the mobile communication terminal  100  succeeds in the GPS positioning, and determining the mobility of the AP  110  according to the result value or determining the mobility of the AP  110  by using only a difference of the GPS positioning results. The difference of the GPS positioning results refers to the other positioning information of the positioning information, based on the AP information of the positioning information provided as the GPS positioning result, for example, MAC address. If there are changes in latitude and longitude coordinates of the mobile communication terminal  100  after comparison, it is determined that there is a movement in the corresponding AP  110 . This comparative information may be not GPS information but base station information, based on the AP information. The first method is classified into a method of calculating a distance between the AP  110  and the NodeB  200 , based on the wireless environment information such as base station information provided from the ILIS server  160 , and a method of calculating a distance between the AP  110  and the NodeB  200 , based on the wireless environment information provided from the device management server  170 . Since the ILIS server  160  can determine the latitude and longitude coordinates of the base station by using the neighboring base station information, it can obtain more accurate location information than the base station information provided by the device management server  170 . When the base station information provided from the mobile communication terminal  100  after the positioning server  150  requests the positioning is single or base station information which is absent from the pCell DB  160   a  of the ILIS server  160 , the mobility of the AP  110  can be determined by using the latitude and longitude coordinates of the NodeB  200  provided by the device management server  170 . On the other hand, when the positioning information provided by the mobile communication terminal  100  is equal to or more than, say, three pieces, including the neighboring base station information, the mobility of the AP  110  can be determined by using the latitude and longitude coordinates of the base station  200  provided by the ILIS server  160 . 
     When the plurality of APs  110  stored in the DB  180   a  of the WLAN server  180  are determined as the transportable AP  112  by using the wireless LAN information through the above-described procedure, the positioning server  150  requests the WLAN  180  to delete or clear the corresponding APs  110  and updates the DB  180   a  based on the stationary APs  111 . If the specific AP  110  is deleted from the DB  180   a  of the WLAN server  180  just because of its single movement, the number of the APs  110  available for positioning is reduced. Therefore, the positioning server  150  according to the embodiment of the present disclosure may determine the number of continuous positional changes of the specific AP  110 , request the deletion of the corresponding APs  110  according to the determination made, and update the DB  180   a  based on the stationary APs  111 . For this purpose, the resultant number of movements occurred can be additionally stored in the DB  180   a . As such, since the wireless LAN information stored in the DB  180   a  of the WLAN server  180  is constructed based on the stationary AP  111 , the positioning server  150  may provide the positioning result, based on the GPS positioning result of the mobile communication terminal  100 , at the service request of the service subscriber for the service such as “find friends”. In addition, when in the GPS shadow region where the GPS signal is not received, the positioning server  150  may provide the positioning result based on the base station provided from the ILIS server  160 . Furthermore, the positioning server  150  may provide the positioning result based on the AP information of the stationary AP  111  updated after being stored in the WLAN server  180 . 
     In order to perform the above operation, as shown in  FIG. 3 , the positioning server  150  may include a call processing unit  300  and a transportable AP determination unit  310 . The call processing unit  300  performs the call processing while interworking with the ILIS server  160 , the device management server  170 , the WLAN server  180 , and the LBSP  190 . In addition, the transportable AP determination unit  310  determines the mobility of the APs  110  stored in the WLAN server  180  as the wireless LAN information by using the positioning information of the communication terminal  100  under positioning request, which can be provided through the call processing unit  300 , the wireless LAN information stored in the WLAN server  180 , the wireless environment information of the node information-based servers  160  and  170 , and updates the wireless LAN information stored in the WLAN server  180 . 
     For example, the transportable AP determination unit  310  may include a memory unit  311 , a mobility determination unit  313 , and a calculation unit  315 . The memory unit  311  receives and stores the positioning information from the mobile communication terminal  100  under positioning request, the wireless environment information of the NodeB  200  provided by the ILIS server  160  and the node information-based servers  160  and  170 , and the wireless LAN information provided from the WLAN server  180 . The wireless environment information may include latitude and longitude coordinates of the NodeB  200 , and may include latitude and longitude coordinates of the AP  110 . Furthermore, the memory unit  311  stores a comparative value that can compare whether or not a calculation value calculated by the calculation unit  315 , that is, a distance between the NodeB  200  and the AP  100  or a distance between the mobile communication terminal  100  and the AP  110 , is greater than or equal to a predetermined distance. The predetermined distance may represent a maximum communicable range where the NodeB  200  communicates with the mobile communication terminal  100 . Since the predetermined distance may be differently set for each region, the embodiment of the present disclosure does not specially limit the predetermined distance. 
     The mobility determination unit  313  preferentially determines whether or not the MAC address of the AP  110  among the pieces of the positioning information stored in the memory unit  311  is matched with the MAC address stored in the wireless LAN information. If matched, the mobile determination unit  313  compares the distance calculation value provided by the calculation unit  315  with a prestored comparative value, and determines whether or not the distance calculation value is greater than or equal to the comparative value. As the comparison result, if the distance calculation value is greater than or equal to the comparative value, the mobility determination unit  313  provides the determination result to the WLAN server  180 , such that the wireless LAN information of the corresponding AP  110  stored in the DB  180   a  is deleted. 
     The calculation unit  315  calculates the latitude and longitude coordinates of the mobile communication terminal  100  under positioning request from the GPS information stored in the memory unit  311 , calculates a distance between the mobile communication terminal  100  and the AP  110  by using the latitude and longitude coordinates of the mobile communication terminal  100  and the latitude and longitude coordinates of the AP  110  stored in the memory unit  311 , and provides the calculation value to the mobility determination unit  313 . In addition, the calculation unit  315  calculates a distance between the AP  110  and the NodeB  200  by using the latitude and longitude coordinates of the AP  110  and the NodeB  200  stored in the memory unit  311 , and provides the calculation value to the mobility determination unit  313 . 
     For example, the information processed in the transportable AP determination unit of  FIG. 3  is shown in Table 1 below. All pieces of the information shown in Table 1 below may be stored in the memory unit  311  of the positioning server  150 . The wireless LAN information and the first base station information are information provided from the WLAN server  180 , the second base station information is information provided by the node information-based servers  160  and  170 , and the distance calculation value represents the resultant value calculated in the calculation unit  315  by using the latitude and longitude coordinates of the wireless LAN information and the latitude and longitude coordinates of the second base station information. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 1 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 Second 
                   
               
               
                 Wireless LAN Information 
                   
                 Base Station 
                 Distance 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 MAC 
                 First Base Station Information 
                 Information 
                 Calculation 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 addr 
                 Lat. 
                 Long. 
                 RSS 
                 MCC 
                 MNC 
                 UC_ID 
                 PSC 
                 EC_NO 
                 Lat. 
                 Long. 
                 Value 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 11:22:34:0f: 
                 128.434 
                 72.343 
                 80 
                 450 
                 05 
                 100 
                 101 
                 70 
                 128.435 
                 72.349 
                 300 m  
               
               
                 9s:aa 
               
               
                 44:11:22: 
                 128.434 
                 72.344 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 128.434 
                 72.349 
                 50 m 
               
               
                 34:0f:92 
               
               
                 55:11:22:34: 
                 128.434 
                 72.345 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 128.434 
                 72.349 
                 6200 m  
               
               
                 0f:aa 
               
               
                 aa:22:34:0f: 
                 128.434 
                 72.346 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 128.434 
                 72.349 
                 60 m 
               
               
                 9s:aa 
               
               
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                 128.434 
                 72.349 
                 . . . 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     For example, after calculating the distance by using the respective latitude and longitude coordinates of the AP  110  and the NodeB  200 , if the calculation value such as 6,200 m exists as shown in Table 1 above, it may be determined as representing not the initially installed location of the AP  110  but the movement of the AP  110 . 
     If the comparative value stored in the memory unit  311  is 300 m, the mobility determination unit  313  compares the distance calculation value of 6,200 mm with the comparative value. If it is determined that the corresponding AP  110  has moved, the wireless LAN information of the corresponding AP  110  stored in the DB  180   a  of the WLAN server  180  is deleted, and the DB  180   a  of the WLAN server  180  is updated based on the stationary AP  111 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 4 , the ILIS server  160  further includes a pCell DB  160   a  used for pCell positioning. The pCell DB  160   a  stores grid cells which are divided by each pCell ID with the positioning result data generated from each positioning operation assuming basic data. The grid cells are cells obtained by dividing a specific region by a preset size. The grid cells include a pCell ID based on a base station sector number (reference PN) and a Primary Scrambling Code (PSC) of the NodeB  200  disposed at the specific location. For example, the grid cells may be set to 100×100, 50×50, 30×30, 25×25, 20×20, 10×10, 5×5 and such. Reference data capable of representing basic data may also be stored together with such basic data. The reference data are data to be compared considering pattern matching during the pCell positioning, greatly influencing the positioning accuracy, and they undergo updating when the pCell DB  160   a  is updated. The pCell DB  160   a  of the ILIS server  160  defines the positioning result data at each cell. The respective cells further include system information being currently serviced, a pilot signal of a neighboring base station, signal strength (Ec/Io). As described above, the system information being currently serviced includes an SID, an NID, a BSID, a Ref_PN, a pilot phase within the Ref_PN, and signal strength. 
     The pCell DB  160   a  refers to a general data structure implemented in a storage space (hard disk or memory) of a computer system using a database management program (DBMS). The pCell DB  160   a  refers to a type of data storage that can freely search or extract, delete, edit, and add data. The pCell DB  160   a  may be implemented to achieve the object of one embodiment of the present disclosure by using a relational database management system (RDBMS), such as Oracle, Infomix, Sybase, and DB2, an object-oriented database management system (OODBMS), such as Gemston, Orion, and O2, and an XML native database, such as Excelon, Tamino, and Sekaiju. The pCell DB  160   a  includes appropriate fields or elements so as to achieve its own function. 
     The device management server  170  manages a Base Station Almanac (BSA) for managing the operating equipment of the mobile communication network  130 . That is, the device management server  170  stores the wireless environment information of the plurality of NodeBs  200  and the relay managing the plurality of NodeBs  200 , and may provide the corresponding wireless environment information at the request from the positioning server  150 . In addition, when there occurs a change in accepting the NodeB  200 , the device management server  170  stores the wireless environment information, such as the base station information, according to the change of the NodeB  200 . 
     The WLAN server  180  includes the DB  180   a  that stores the wireless LAN information of the AP  110  of  FIG. 1 . As shown in  FIG. 5 , the DB  180   a  may be divided into a primary DB and a secondary DB. The primary DB represents a DB in which the wireless LAN information, such as the locations of the APs  110  previously installed over the entire regions, is collected by using a mobile vehicle or the like, without discrimination between the stationary type and the transportable type, and the collected wireless LAN information is matched into the grid cells divided on the pCell ID basis. The secondary DB represents a DB in which the wireless LAN information of the primary DB is processed and organized in a table form while distinguishing the wireless LAN information on MAC address basis. In this manner, the amount of the wireless LAN information of the APs  110 , constructed in the primary DB and the secondary DB, may be adjusted to increase or decrease according to the time point at which the wireless LAN information is established. The WLAN server  180  updates the primary and secondary DBs, based on the stationary APs  111 , by deleting the related information of the transportable APs  112  among the corresponding APs  110  stored in the primary and secondary DBs as the wireless LAN information in response to the request from the positioning server  150 . Then, when there is the request from the positioning server  150 , the positioning result is provided based on the stationary APs  111 . 
       FIG. 6  is a diagram showing a process of establishing the wireless LAN information of the apparatus for positioning the mobile communication terminal shown in  FIG. 1 . 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1 to 3 and 6  together, the WLAN server  180  first collects wireless LAN information of the APs  110  previously installed over the entire regions and prestores the collected wireless LAN information (S 601 ). This process may collect the wireless LAN information of the APs  110  previously installed over the entire regions by performing local wireless communications by using a mobile vehicle, and the amount of the prestored wireless LAN information is adjusted to increase or decrease according to the time point at which the wireless LAN information is collected. 
     The positioning server  150  requests the mobile communication terminal  100  to perform the positioning (S 603 ). The mobile communication terminal  100  may be provided with a wireless LAN module and/or a GPS module. 
     The mobile communication terminal  100  drives the wireless LAN module and GPS module to perform communication in response to the positioning request from the positioning server  150 , and provides the positioning server  150  with GPS information, AP information and/or base station information, which are collected as the positioning information (S 605 ). 
     The positioning server  150  requests wireless environment information, such as base station information, to the node information-based servers  160  and  170 , such as the ILIS server  160  and the device management server  170 , and receives wireless environment information from the node information-based servers  160  and  170  (S 607 ). 
     In addition, the positioning server  150  requests wireless LAN information to the WLAN server  180 , and receives the wireless LAN information from the WLAN server  180  (S 609 ). 
     The positioning server  150  may receive information after requesting wireless LAN information earlier than the wireless environment information. Before the request for positioning the mobile communication terminal  100 , the positioning server  150  may make an advance request and receive the wireless environment information and wireless LAN information, and then, store the received information in the separate memory unit  311 . Therefore, the embodiment of the present disclosure would not limitedly adhere to this specific sequence. 
     The positioning server  150  determines the mobility of the APs  110  by using the positioning information from the mobile communication terminal  100 , the wireless environment information from the node information-based servers  160  and  170 , and the wireless LAN information from the WLAN server  180  (S 611 ). 
     The mobility determination of the APs  110  is to determine mobility with respect to the APs  110  prestored in the DB  180   a  of the WLAN server  180 . For this purpose, after the positioning request, the AP information of the positioning information from the mobile communication terminal  100  is used. 
     In other words, the AP information provided as the positioning information, for example, the MAC address of the AP  110 , is compared with the MAC address of the AP  110  prestored in the DB  180   a  of the WLAN server  180 . When the two MAC addresses are matched with each other, a distance between the NodeB  200  and the AP  110  is calculated by using the wireless environment information of the corresponding AP  110  and the wireless LAN information. When the distance is outside of a predetermined range, it is determined that the AP  110  has moved. In this case, the distance is calculated by using the latitude and longitude coordinates of the NodeB  200  included in the wireless environment information, and the latitude and longitude coordinates of the AP  110  included in the wireless LAN information. 
     The wireless environment information, such as the base station information, may have different latitude and longitude coordinates provided from the ILIS server  160  or the device management server  170  constituting the node information-based servers  160  and  170 . The latitude and longitude coordinates from the ILIS server  160  are measured considering also a plurality of pieces of base station information provided as the positioning information, for example, neighboring base station information. This would make the latitude and longitude coordinates more accurate than the latitude and longitude coordinates offered by the device management server  170 . 
     As another method, in order to determine the mobility of the APs  110 , the positioning server  150  can calculate the distance between the mobile communication terminal  100  and the AP  110  by using the latitude and longitude coordinates of the mobile communication terminal  110  calculated from the GPS information provided as the positioning information, and the latitude and longitude coordinates of the AP  110  provided as the wireless LAN information. 
     Then, the positioning server  150  may compare the distance calculation value with the comparative value prestored in the memory unit  311 , and determine the mobility of the APs  110 , that is, the APs prestored in the DB  180   a  of the WLAN server  180  as the wireless LAN information. 
     After determining the mobility of the APs in the above-described manner, the positioning server  150  requests to delete the wireless LAN information of the APs  110 , whose mobility is determined, from the DB  180   a  of the WLAN server  180  (S 613 ). 
     Then, the WLAN server  180  updates the wireless LAN information prestored in the DB  180   a , based on the stationary APs  111 , by deleting the wireless LAN information of the corresponding APs  110  from the DB  180   a.    
     Then, when there is the request from the service subscriber, the positioning server  150  may use the wireless LAN information as one method of providing the positioning result. 
     As another method of providing the positioning result when there is the request form the service subscriber, the positioning server  150  may provide the GPS information as the positioning result if the mobile communication terminal can receive the GPS signal. When the GPS signal cannot be received, the positioning server  150  may provide the positioning result by using the pattern matching of the pCell stored in the ILIS server  160 . 
       FIG. 7  is a diagram showing a method for driving the positioning server of  FIG. 1 . 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1, 3 and 7 , the positioning server  150  stores the wireless LAN information of the APs  110 , the positioning information from the mobile communication terminal  100  under positioning request, and the wireless environment information of the NodeB  200  in charge of the communication of the mobile communication terminal  100  in the memory unit  311 , and stores a comparative value for comparing a distance between the AP  110  and the NodeB  200  or a distance between the AP  110  and the mobile communication terminal  100  in the memory unit  311  (S 701 ). 
     In addition, the positioning server  150  calculates the distance between the mobile communication terminal  100  and the AP  110  by using the positioning information and the wireless LAN information, or calculates the distance between the AP  110  and the NodeB  200  by using the wireless LAN information and the wireless environment information (S 703 ). 
     In this case, the distance between the mobile communication terminal  100  and the AP  110  is calculated by using the latitude and longitude coordinates of the mobile communication terminal  100  calculated by the positioning information, and the latitude and longitude coordinates of the AP  110  provided as the wireless LAN information, and the distance between the AP  110  and the NodeB  200  is calculated by using the latitude and longitude coordinates of the AP  110  provided as the wireless LAN information, and the latitude and longitude coordinates of the NodeB  200  provided as the wireless environment information. 
     The positioning server  150  determines whether or not the pieces of the AP information included in the positioning information and the wireless LAN information, for example, the MAC addresses, are matched with each other. When they match, the positioning server  150  compares whether or not the distance between the mobile communication terminal  100  and the AP  110 , or the distance between the AP  110  and the NodeB  200 , is greater than or equal to the comparative value stored in the memory unit  311 . When the distance is greater than or equal to the comparative value, the positioning server  150  may control the WLAN server  180  to delete the AP information of the corresponding AP  110  from the wireless LAN information (S 705 ). 
     Although exemplary aspects of the present disclosure have been described for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from essential characteristics of the disclosure. Therefore, exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure have not been described for limiting purposes. Accordingly, the scope of the disclosure is not to be limited by the above embodiments but by the claims and the equivalents thereof. 
     In addition, terms like ‘include’, ‘comprise’, and ‘have’ should be interpreted in default as inclusive or open rather than exclusive or closed unless expressly defined to the contrary. All the terms that are technical, scientific or otherwise agree with the meanings as understood by a person skilled in the art unless defined to the contrary. Common terms as found in dictionaries should be interpreted in the context of the related technical writings not too ideally or impractically unless the present disclosure expressly defines them so. 
     INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY 
     As described above, the present disclosure is highly useful for application in the fields of a positioning apparatus of a mobile communication terminal, a method for establishing the wireless LAN information of the apparatus, a positioning server of the mobile communication terminal, and a method for driving the server. Wireless LAN information prestored in a wireless LAN server is updated on stationary access point basis by using positioning information provided at the request of positioning the mobile communication terminal, and the wireless LAN information is used for the positioning of the mobile communication terminal. Therefore, positioning error can be prevented from occurring by a transportable access point. This improves the accuracy of the positioning and the resultant reliability. 
     CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     If applicable, this application claims priority under 35 U.S.C §119(a) of Patent Application No. 10-2010-0066171, filed on Jul. 9, 2010 in Korea, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference. In addition, this non-provisional application claims priority in countries, other than the U.S., with the same reason based on the Korean Patent Application, the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference.