WO2010099688A1 - 位置相关信息的发送方法及系统、处理方法及系统 - Google Patents

位置相关信息的发送方法及系统、处理方法及系统 Download PDF

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WO2010099688A1
WO2010099688A1 PCT/CN2009/075463 CN2009075463W WO2010099688A1 WO 2010099688 A1 WO2010099688 A1 WO 2010099688A1 CN 2009075463 W CN2009075463 W CN 2009075463W WO 2010099688 A1 WO2010099688 A1 WO 2010099688A1
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谢峰
鲁照华
刘扬
张磊
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  • the present invention relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to a method and system for transmitting location related information of a base station in a wireless communication system, and a method and system for processing location related information for a child base station.
  • Background technique
  • a base station refers to a device that provides a service to a terminal, and a wireless communication is performed between the base station and the terminal through electromagnetic waves.
  • the wireless communication system can provide wireless coverage for terminals within a geographical range covered by the base station signal through the base station. This geographical range is called a cell.
  • a wireless communication system needs to deploy a base station with a large coverage.
  • a base station is generally called a macro base station, and a cell covered by the macro base station is generally called a macrocell.
  • the wireless communication system needs to provide higher quality wireless communication services for the terminal in certain environments or scenarios in consideration of different needs of the terminal and different usage environments, and some base stations with small coverage and low transmission power are adopted.
  • These small base stations include small base stations, micro base stations, and child base stations.
  • a child base station can also be called a home base station, a personal base station, or a micro base station.
  • the macro base station is a wireless access device used in an outdoor environment, and the child base station is different from the macro base station, and is a wireless access device used in an indoor environment.
  • a child base station By deploying a child base station in a wireless communication system, it can be a home or a home type.
  • the Office Environment (SOHO) provides high speed and/or proprietary wireless communication services.
  • the cell served by the base station is called a Femtocell, and the terminal that is served in the area is usually stationary or only moving at a low speed. For example, the terminal moves at a walking speed.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system, and FIG. 1 includes: a macro base station 11, a child base station 21, a child base station 25, and a terminal 31.
  • the cell served by the macro base station 11 is denoted by a1
  • the cell served by the child base station 21 to the child base station 25 is denoted by bl ⁇ b5.
  • a macro base station can cover an area of 2 to 3 kilometers in a circle, and the coverage of the base station does not exceed 30 meters. Due to the huge difference in their coverage, a large number of child base stations, such as hundreds or even thousands of child base stations, may be deployed within the coverage of the macro base station to improve the quality of communication services in the room.
  • the maximum number of terminals that a base station can simultaneously access is usually six to eight. Base stations are usually divided into open and proprietary.
  • an open base station can access any terminal; and a proprietary child base station is only open to a proprietary terminal, and other terminals cannot be in a proprietary coverage area of the base station. Access to a proprietary child base station.
  • the base station In a wireless communication system consisting of a macro base station and a large number of base stations covered by the macro base station, in order to ensure the promised quality of service, when the terminal can obtain the service from the child base station, the base station should replace the macro base station to provide communication services for the terminal. And the terminal is switched from the macro base station to the child base station.
  • the preconditions for the terminal to obtain the service from the child base station include: The child base station is accessible to the terminal, that is, the child base station is a proprietary child base station or the child base station is authorized to open, and the child base station can also access the new terminal. And the terminal has entered the service area of the child base station.
  • the wireless communication system provides relevant information of the child base station to the terminal, and the related information provided includes communication information of the child base station, such as carrier frequency and preamble.
  • the communication information that can be used for communication such as the base station identification number and the cell load, also implies that:
  • the child base station provided by the system is such a precondition that the terminal can access the child base station. Since the coverage of the base station is small and the coverage of the macro base station is large, whether the terminal can access the child base station largely depends on whether the terminal enters the service area of the child base station.
  • the location of the base station relative to the terminal can be known, it can be conveniently known whether the terminal enters the service area of the child base station, but the existing wireless communication system is not provided in the related information of the child base station to identify the location of the child base station.
  • the location information causes the terminal and its users to be unaware of the location of the child base station that it can access, which is not conducive to terminal access and/or handover to the child base station, thereby reducing the quality of service of the system.
  • the system needs to determine whether the terminal enters the service area of the child base station, and performs access and/or handover when entering the service area of the child base station.
  • the judging scheme used is: the terminal attempts to detect the signal of the child base station, or the slave base station attempts to listen to the signal of the terminal.
  • the process of attempting to detect or monitor using the existing judgment scheme has a large uncertainty, and the process of such an attempt causes the system to be in a working state and takes a lot of time, which leads to inefficient use of the system and the system. A lot of extra overhead and so on.
  • the location of the terminal is known under the support of the LBS. On this basis, only the terminal can be known.
  • the location of the base station can determine whether the terminal enters the service area of the child base station, that is, the terminal can perform scanning, and/or handover, and/or access processing according to the location related information of the child base station. In this way, the certainty of the judgment can be enhanced, and the judgment can be made and the power consumption and communication overhead of the system can be reduced, and the processing of scanning, and/or switching, and/or access can be easily performed. At present, there is no corresponding implementation solution for this perspective involving location. Summary of the invention
  • the main purpose of the present invention is to provide a method and a system for transmitting location-related information, where the location information of the child base station is transmitted at the transmitting end, so that the receiving end acquires the location-related information of the child base station to guide the terminal to access.
  • the base station, and/or the terminal switch to the child base station, and/or the terminal locates the child base station, and/or the terminal realizes its own positioning, thereby improving the service quality of the system.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for processing location-related information, in which a terminal at a receiving end performs scanning, and/or switching, and/or access processing according to location-related information of a child base station, which can enhance judgment.
  • the certainty in turn, can determine and reduce system power consumption and communication overhead, facilitating the processing of scanning, and/or switching, and/or access.
  • a method for transmitting location related information comprising:
  • the base station sends the location related information of the child base station to the terminal to support the terminal accessing the child base station, And/or the terminal switches to the child base station, and/or the terminal locates the child base station, and/or the terminal implements its own positioning.
  • the method further includes: acquiring, by the base station, location related information of the child base station.
  • the base station acquires location-related information of the child base station by means of its own receiving/measuring/calculating, and/or air interface, and/or relay station, and/or backbone network, and/or backhaul.
  • the base station includes a macro base station, a small base station, a micro base station, and a child base station; and the sending manner includes at least one of broadcast, multicast, and unicast.
  • the obtaining is specifically: acquiring, by the child base station, location related information of the child base station; the sending is specifically:: the child base station actively sends the location related information of the child base station to the terminal, or the child base station receives the terminal After the request message, the base station is passively transmitted to the terminal.
  • the obtaining is specifically: obtaining, by the child base station, the location-related information of the terminal, and acquiring, by the base station, location-related information of the child base station according to the location-related information of the terminal;
  • the sending is specifically: the child base station actively sends the location related information of the child base station to the terminal, or the child base station passively transmits the information to the terminal after receiving the request message of the terminal.
  • the location related information acquired by the child base station is further:
  • the other terminal determines the location-related information of the terminal as the reference information, acquires the location-related information of the other terminal according to the reference information, and acquires the location-related information of the child base station according to the location-related information of the other terminal;
  • the type of the terminal or the other terminal includes: a terminal type of the access base station, and a terminal type that is not connected to the child base station.
  • the obtaining is specifically: acquiring, by the macro base station, location related information of the child base station; or acquiring, by the macro base station, location related information of the terminal, or acquiring, by the macro base station, the location related information of the terminal by the base station, according to the location of the terminal
  • the information macro base station acquires location related information of the child base station;
  • the sending is specifically:: the macro base station actively sends the location related information of the child base station to The terminal, or the macro base station, after receiving the request message of the terminal, is passively transmitted by the macro base station to the terminal.
  • the child base station is specifically: the child base station that the terminal can access, including: an open child base station, and/or a proprietary child base station authorized by the terminal.
  • the child base station includes: a child base station that the terminal accesses, and/or a child base station that the terminal does not access.
  • the method further includes: the location-related information of the eNB is carried in the neighboring cell list message, or carried in the mapping relationship between the eNB and the macro eNB, or carried by other messages;
  • the location related information of the child base station includes: at least one of an identification number/index number of the child base station, location identification information, a carrier frequency of the child base station, a preamble of the child base station, and a type of location identification information.
  • the location identification information includes at least one of three manners, where the three manners are specifically: geographic location information of the base station and/or the terminal, and characteristics of satellite positioning GPS signals received by the base station and/or the terminal. Information, base station positioning signal characteristic information measured by the base station and/or the terminal; the location identification information type corresponding to the three modes, including: geographic location information type, GPS signal characteristic information type, base station positioning signal characteristic information type At least one of them.
  • the location identification information type identifies the location identification information, and is further associated with at least one of a location of the child base station, a location at which the terminal can access the child base station, and a capability of the terminal.
  • the request message further encapsulates the location identification information type, and the sending further includes: transmitting location identification information corresponding to the location identification information type to the terminal.
  • a system for transmitting location-related information comprising: a sending unit, configured to send, by a base station, location related information of a child base station to a terminal, to support terminal access to a child base station, and/or to switch to a child base station, and/or The terminal locates the child base station, and/or the terminal realizes its own positioning.
  • a method for processing location related information comprising: The terminal performs scanning, and/or switching, and/or access processing according to the location-related information of the child base station.
  • the terminal further performs scanning, and/or switching, and/or connection according to location related information of the child base station received and saved by the terminal, and/or location related information of the child base station generated and saved by the terminal. Processing of incoming.
  • the performing is specifically: determining, according to location related information of the child base station received and saved by the terminal, whether the terminal enters and/or prepares to enter the service area of the child base station; if yes, performing scanning, and/or switching, and/or Or processing of access; otherwise, processing of scanning, and/or switching, and/or access is not performed.
  • the performing is specifically: determining, according to location related information of the child base station generated and saved by the terminal, whether the terminal enters and/or prepares to enter a service area of the child base station; if yes, performing scanning, and/or switching, And/or processing of access; otherwise, processing of scanning, and/or switching, and/or access is not performed.
  • the performing is specifically: determining, according to the combination information of the location information of the child base station received and saved by the terminal, and the location information related to the generated and saved child base station, whether the terminal enters and/or prepares to enter the service of the child base station. If yes, then the processing of scanning, and/or switching, and/or access is performed; otherwise, processing of scanning, and/or switching, and/or access is not performed.
  • the method further includes: the terminal according to the location related information of the child base station, and/or the current location identification information of the terminal, and/or the neighbor list message, and/or the interference signal strength currently measured by the terminal, and/or Or the current state of the terminal, and/or the indication of the base station, initiate processing of scanning, and/or handover, and/or access, and determine a processing priority order for scanning and/or switching and/or access.
  • a processing system for location-related information comprising: an execution unit, configured to perform processing of scanning, and/or switching, and/or access according to location-related information of the child base station.
  • An implementation of the present invention is: the base station sends the location related information of the child base station to the terminal, To support the terminal access to the child base station, and/or the terminal to switch to the child base station, and/or the terminal to locate the child base station, and/or the terminal to achieve its own positioning.
  • Another implementation of the present invention is: The terminal performs processing of scanning, and/or handover, and/or access according to location-related information of the child base station.
  • the macro base station provides a wide range of coverage, while the child base station provides the terminal with fast and flexible in the home or home office environment. Communication service.
  • the base station it serves will switch from the outside macro base station to the home base station.
  • the system needs to determine whether the terminal is close to the home base station.
  • the terminal initiates a process of scanning and switching.
  • the existing judgment schemes used to determine whether the terminal enters the service area of the child base station do not utilize the LBS provided by the terminal, resulting in a series of problems such as inefficient use of the system and large overhead of the system.
  • the location of the terminal is known from the perspective of location consideration, the location of the terminal is known by the LBS. On this basis, it is only necessary to know the location of the child base station that the terminal can access, and it can be determined whether the terminal has entered the Aberdeen.
  • the service area of the base station For example, if the terminal is switched from the macro base station to the child base station, if the distance between the terminal and the child base station can be obtained, it can be determined by determining whether the distance falls within the signal coverage range of the current terminal to access the child base station.
  • the terminal enters the service area of the child base station.
  • the signal coverage of the base station is 20m.
  • the present invention is precisely the two implementations that correspond to this consideration of position. By adopting the two implementation schemes of the invention, the determination of the judgment can be enhanced, and the judgment of the system can be reduced, and the power consumption and communication overhead of the system can be reduced, thereby avoiding a series of low efficiency of the system and a large overhead of the system.
  • the problem is that it facilitates the processing of scanning, and/or switching, and/or access.
  • the time and resource occupation overhead of the terminal scanning related child base station can be reduced; the scanning, accessing and switching performance of the wireless communication system can be improved; and the resource occupation overhead of the communication and the system can be reduced.
  • 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of an implementation process of a sending method according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an implementation process of a processing method according to the present invention.
  • the basic idea of the present invention is: adopting two implementations of sending and processing for location-related information, one is: transmitting location-related information of the child base station to the terminal at the transmitting end, to support the terminal accessing the child base station, And/or the terminal switches to the child base station, and/or the terminal locates the child base station, and/or the terminal implements its own positioning.
  • the terminal performs scanning, and/or switching, and/or access processing according to the location-related information of the child base station.
  • a method for transmitting location-related information includes the following steps: Step 101: A base station acquires location-related information of a child base station.
  • Step 102 The base station sends the location related information of the child base station to the terminal to support the terminal accessing the child base station, and/or the terminal switching to the child base station, and/or the terminal positioning to the child base station, and/or the terminal to implement its own positioning.
  • the specific implementation of the method includes three cases.
  • the method includes: directly acquiring the location-related information of the child base station by the child base station, and the location-related information of the child base station is actively sent to the terminal by the child base station; or directly acquiring the location-related information of the child base station, and the child base station is receiving After the request message to the terminal, the child base station passively transmits the location related information of the child base station to the terminal.
  • the location information of the terminal is directly obtained by the child base station, and the location related information of the child base station is indirectly obtained according to the location related information of the terminal, and the location related information of the child base station is actively sent to the terminal by the child base station; or, directly Location related information of the terminal, and by the terminal
  • the location related information indirectly acquires the location related information of the child base station, and after receiving the terminal request message, the child base station passively transmits the location related information of the child base station to the terminal.
  • the location related information of the base station is sent to other terminals by the child base station, or the base station passively transmits the location related information of the child base station to the terminal after receiving the request message of the other terminal.
  • their types include: the type of terminal that accesses the child base station, and the terminal type that is not connected to the child base station.
  • the macro base station directly acquires the location-related information of the child base station; or the macro base station directly acquires the location-related information of the terminal, or the macro base station indirectly acquires the location-related information of the terminal through the child base station, and is indirectly indirectly related to the location information of the terminal.
  • the method further includes: the base station acquiring location related information of the child base station by means of its own receiving/measuring/calculating, and/or air interface, and/or relay station, and/or backbone network, and/or backhaul; Sending the location-related information of the eNB to the terminal, or after receiving the request message of the terminal, the base station passively sends the message to the terminal.
  • the base station includes a macro base station, a small base station, a micro base station or a child base station.
  • the manner in which the location information of the base station is sent includes: at least one of broadcast, multicast, and unicast.
  • the child base station is specifically: a child base station that the terminal can access, including an open child base station and/or a proprietary child base station authorized by the terminal.
  • the child base station includes: a child base station that the terminal has accessed, and/or a child base station that the terminal has not accessed.
  • the location related information of the child base station is carried in the neighboring area list message, or at the child base station
  • the mapping relationship information with the macro base station is carried, or carried by other messages.
  • the location-related information of the base station includes: at least one of an identification number of the base station/an index number of the base station, location identification information, a carrier frequency of the child base station, a preamble of the child base station, and a type of location identification information.
  • the location identification information includes at least one of three ways.
  • the three modes are specifically: geographical location information of the base station and/or the terminal under it, and satellite positioning (GPS) signal characteristic information received by the base station and/or the terminal under it, the base station and/or its Base station positioning signal characteristic information measured by the terminal.
  • the location identification information type corresponds to the three modes, and includes: at least one of a geographical location information type, a GPS signal feature information type, and a base station positioning signal feature information type.
  • the location identification information type identifies the location identification information, and is further associated with at least one of a location of the child base station, a location at which the terminal can access the child base station, and a capability of the terminal.
  • the request message is further encapsulated with the location identification information type, and the location related information of the sending base station is specifically: the location related information of the base station includes the location identification information, and the location identification information The location identification information corresponding to the type is sent to the terminal.
  • the first embodiment of the method is: the base station acquires the location related information of the child base station, and the location related information of the child base station is actively sent by the child base station to the terminal.
  • the child base station can receive the GPS signal and/or perform the measurement required for the LBS and transmit it according to the request from the backbone network or other base station such as the macro base station.
  • the GPS signal is received for a child base station with GPS or other GPS functions.
  • the base station can process the GPS signals by itself and/or perform the measurement results required by the LBS to locate the location of the child base station, and calculate and generate the child base station by the child base station.
  • Geographical location information such as latitude and longitude information, is sent to other base stations if necessary.
  • the other base stations here refer to the previous request The base station, or the control base station that initializes the power-on process.
  • the base station can also send these GPS signals and/or the measurement results required to perform the LBS measurement to a specific server such as an LBS server, and then the LBS server calculates the geographical location information of the child base station, and then The geographical location information of the base station is sent to the relevant child base station.
  • a specific server such as an LBS server
  • the child base station can actively provide the terminal with the location-related information of the child base station to the terminal served by the child base station.
  • the location related information of the child base station includes the location identification information
  • the base station can broadcast and/or unicast its own location identification information to the terminal.
  • the terminal receives the location identification information of the base station broadcast and/or unicast and saves it for use in scanning, switching and/or access.
  • the second embodiment of the method is: in a plurality of terminals, the base station acquires location-related information of at least one of the terminals, and obtains location-related information of the current terminal, that is, the current base station that knows the location-related information corresponding to the current terminal. Location related information. Further, the other terminal uses the location related information of the current terminal as a reference value, thereby obtaining location related information of the other terminal corresponding to the current child base station, that is, knowing the location of the current base station corresponding to the location related information of other terminals. information. Moreover, whether it is the location-related information of the current child base station corresponding to the current terminal or the location-related information of the current child base station corresponding to the other terminal, it is actively sent by the child base station.
  • the location identification information type can be carried in the indication message.
  • the location identification information type corresponds to the location identification information included in the location related information of the child base station.
  • the location identification information includes geographic location information such as latitude and longitude information, GPS signal characteristic information, and base station positioning signal characteristic information.
  • the location identification information type carried in the indication message also needs to be determined according to the capability of the current terminal, and the base station can query whether the current terminal has GPS capability or the current terminal can also actively report whether it has GPS capability.
  • the terminal can perform the process of collecting the specified location identification information, such as receiving the GPS signal and/or performing the measurement required by the LBS and transmitting.
  • the reception of the GPS signal is for a terminal having GPS capability.
  • the current terminal determines whether it is necessary to generate latitude and longitude information according to the received GPS signal and/or the measured result according to the type of location identification information requested by the child base station, or directly report the received GPS signal and/or the measured result.
  • the base station After receiving the location identification information sent by the current terminal, the base station can further process the information and calculate the location of other terminals.
  • the location of other terminals is calculated according to the measurement result reported by the current terminal and/or the received GPS signal.
  • Location calculations can also be handled by a specific server such as an LBS server.
  • the base station can also comprehensively process the measurement results sent by the multiple terminals and/or the received GPS signals to generate information that can be used to indicate which location ranges can access the child base station, that is, which The location range belongs to the service area of the child base station.
  • the child base station can actively provide the terminal with the location-related information of the child base station to the terminal served by the child base station.
  • the location related information of the child base station includes the location identification information
  • the base station can broadcast and/or unicast its own location identification information to the terminal.
  • the terminal receives the location identification information broadcast and/or unicast by the base station and saves the information for use in scanning, switching and/or access.
  • the third embodiment of the method is: the macro base station acquires the location related information of the child base station; or obtains the location related information of the terminal, and obtains the location related information of the terminal, that is, the location of the child base station corresponding to the location related information of the terminal is obtained. information. Moreover, the location related information of the child base station is actively sent by the macro base station to the terminal.
  • the macro base station can acquire location-related information of the child base station within the coverage of the macro base station through its own receiving/measuring, air interface, relay station, backbone network, and/or backhaul.
  • the location related information of the base station includes the location identification information type and bit Set the identification information.
  • the location identification information includes: latitude and longitude information, GPS signal feature information, and base station positioning signal feature information.
  • the location-related information of the base station may also include: an identification number of the base station/an index number of the base station, a carrier frequency, a preamble such as a content identifying the synchronization signal feature, a media access control (MAC) layer version, and the like for communication.
  • MAC media access control
  • the macro base station obtains the location related information of the child base station in two cases. If the location related information includes the location identification information, one case is: the macro base station directly acquires the location identification information of the child base station; the other case is: the macro base station The location identification information of the terminal under the child base station is directly obtained, and the location identification information of the child base station is obtained indirectly.
  • the macro base station may acquire the location identification information of the terminal through the secondary base station, or the macro base station directly acquires the location identification information of the terminal.
  • the macro base station can record the location identification information of the terminal as the location identification information that can access the child base station. The macro base station can save these location identification information for provision to the serving terminal.
  • the macro base station can unicast the location-related information of the child base station to the terminal.
  • the macro base station can actively send the open (OSG, Open Subscriber Group) base station and/or the terminal to obtain the authorized proprietary (CSG). , Closed Subscriber Group ) The location information of the base station to the terminal. Once the terminal receives these location information, it can be saved for use in scanning, switching, and/or access.
  • OSG Open Subscriber Group
  • CSG Closed Subscriber Group
  • the fourth embodiment of the method is: acquiring location-related information of the child base station, and the location-related information of the child base station is passively transmitted to the terminal by the child base station at the request of the terminal.
  • the child base station can receive the GPS signal and/or perform the measurement required for the LBS and transmit it according to the request from the backbone network or other base station such as the macro base station.
  • the GPS signal is received for a child base station with GPS or other GPS functions.
  • the base station can process these GPS signals by itself and/or perform measurement measurements required by the LBS to The location is located, and the base station calculates and generates geographic location information, such as latitude and longitude information, and then sends it to other base stations if necessary.
  • the other base stations herein refer to the base station that initiated the request, or the system initiates the power-on control base station.
  • the base station can also send these GPS signals and/or the measurement results required to perform the LBS measurement to a specific server, such as an LBS server, and then calculate the geographical location information of the child base station by the LBS server.
  • the geographical location information of the base station is sent to the relevant base station.
  • the terminal may request the child base station to provide its location identification information, and the base station may send its own location identification information to the terminal after receiving the terminal request.
  • the child base station can request the child base station to send the location identification information corresponding to the location information type according to the location information type encapsulated in the terminal request message.
  • the secondary base station provides geographic location information to the terminal. The terminal receives the geographical location information of the child base station and saves it for use in scanning, switching, and/or access.
  • the fifth embodiment of the method is: in a plurality of terminals, the base station acquires location-related information of at least one of the terminals, and obtains location-related information of the current terminal, that is, the current base station that knows the location-related information corresponding to the current terminal. Location related information. Further, the other terminal uses the location related information of the current terminal as a reference value, thereby obtaining location related information of the other terminal corresponding to the current child base station, that is, knowing the location of the current base station corresponding to the location related information of other terminals. information.
  • the location-related information of the current base station corresponding to the location-related information of the terminal is at the request of the terminal or other terminal. , passively sent by the child base station.
  • the child base station can instruct the terminal it serves to collect and report the location identification information of the current terminal, and the indication of the base station
  • the type of location identification information can be carried in the message.
  • the location identification information type corresponds to the location identification information included in the location related information of the child base station.
  • the location identification information includes geographic location information such as latitude and longitude information, GPS signal characteristic information, and base station positioning signal characteristic information.
  • the location identification information type carried in the indication message also needs to be determined according to the capability of the terminal, and the base station can query whether the terminal has GPS capability or the terminal can also actively report whether it has GPS capability.
  • the terminal After receiving the indication message, the terminal can perform the process of collecting the specified location identification information, such as receiving the GPS signal and/or performing the measurement required by the LBS and transmitting.
  • the reception of the GPS signal is for a terminal having GPS capability.
  • the terminal determines whether it is necessary to generate latitude and longitude information according to the received GPS signal and/or the measured result according to the type of location identification information requested by the secondary base station, or directly report the received GPS signal and/or the measured result.
  • the base station After receiving the location identification information sent by the current terminal, the base station can further process the information and calculate the location of other terminals.
  • the location of other terminals is calculated according to the measurement result reported by the current terminal and/or the received GPS signal.
  • Location calculations can also be handled by a specific server such as an LBS server.
  • the base station can also comprehensively process the measurement results sent by the multiple terminals and/or the received GPS signals to generate information that can be used to indicate which location ranges can access the child base station, that is, which The location range belongs to the service area of the child base station.
  • a terminal without GPS capability can request the location identification information from the child base station, and after receiving the terminal request, the base station can unicast itself.
  • the location identification information is given to the terminal.
  • the terminal receives location identification information and saves it for use in scanning, switching, and/or access.
  • the sixth embodiment of the method is: the macro base station acquires the location-related information of the child base station; or obtains the location-related information of the terminal, and obtains the location-related information of the terminal, that is, the location-related information of the child base station corresponding to the location-related information of the terminal is obtained. information. Moreover, the location information of the base station The information is passively transmitted by the macro base station to the terminal at the request of the terminal.
  • the macro base station can acquire location-related information of the child base station within the coverage of the macro base station through its own receiving/measuring, air interface, relay station, backbone network, and/or backhaul.
  • the location related information of the base station includes location identification information type and location identification information.
  • the location identification information includes: latitude and longitude information, GPS signal characteristic information, and base station positioning signal characteristic information.
  • the location-related information of the base station may also include: the identification number/index number of the base station, the carrier frequency, the preamble, such as the content of the identity of the synchronization signal, and the MAC layer version, for communication.
  • the macro base station obtains the location related information of the child base station in two cases.
  • the macro base station directly acquires the location identification information of the child base station; the other case is: the macro base station The location identification information of the terminal under the child base station is directly obtained, and the location identification information of the child base station is obtained indirectly.
  • the macro base station may acquire the location identification information of the terminal through the secondary base station, or the macro base station directly acquires the location identification information of the terminal. For example, when the terminal under the macro base station prepares or starts to switch to the child base station, the macro base station can record the location identification information of the terminal as the location identification information that can access the child base station. The macro base station can save these location identification information for provision to the serving terminal.
  • the terminal may request the macro base station to provide location-related information of the child base station.
  • the Acer station can send the location information of the authorized CSG base station and/or the terminal to the terminal. Once the terminal receives these location information, it can be saved for use in scanning, switching, and/or access.
  • a system for transmitting location-related information comprising: a sending unit, configured to send, by a base station, location related information of a child base station to a terminal, to support terminal access to a child base station, and/or to switch to a child base station, and/or The terminal locates the child base station, and/or the terminal realizes its own positioning.
  • a method for processing location-related information includes the following steps: Step 201: Perform judgment according to location related information of the child base station saved by the terminal.
  • step 201 includes three cases. In the first case, the terminal judges based on the location-related information of the child base station received and saved by the terminal. In the second case, the terminal judges based on the location-related information of the generated and saved child base station. In the third case, the terminal judges based on the combined information of the location information of the received and stored base station and the location information of the generated and stored child base station.
  • Step 202 Determine whether the terminal has entered and/or is ready to enter the service area of the child base station. If yes, go to step 203; otherwise, go to step 204.
  • the preparation entry means that the terminal is close to the service area of the child base station and has not entered the state of the service area of the child base station.
  • Step 203 Perform scanning, and/or switching, and/or access processing; and proceed to step 205.
  • Step 204 Perform processing of scanning, and/or switching, and/or access.
  • Step 205 End the processing flow of the location related information of the current base station.
  • the method further includes: the terminal according to the location related information of the child base station, and/or the current location identification information of the terminal, and/or the neighbor list information, and/or the interference signal strength currently measured by the terminal, and/or the terminal.
  • the current state, and/or indication of the base station initiates scanning, and/or handover, and/or access processing, and determines a processing priority order for scanning and/or switching and/or accessing.
  • the seventh embodiment of the method is as follows:
  • the terminal judges the location information of the received base station, and after determining the location, the terminal can accurately determine whether the terminal has entered the service area of the child base station.
  • the terminal is a terminal having GPS capability.
  • the terminal in the macro base station service area may request the serving base station to provide location information of the child base station that it can access.
  • the terminal receives the location information of the child base station and saves it.
  • the GPS-capable terminal can calculate its position based on the GPS signal. By comparing its location with the location of the child base station or the location of the terminal under the child base station, the terminal can determine whether it has entered the service area of the child base station. When the terminal determines that it has entered the service area of the child base station, the terminal may The handover from the macro base station to the child base station is directly initiated.
  • the eighth embodiment of the method is as follows:
  • the terminal judges the location-related information of the received base station, and after multiple scanning and positioning, can accurately determine whether the terminal has entered the service area of the child base station.
  • the terminal is a terminal that does not contain GPS capabilities.
  • the terminal within the macro base station service area may request the serving base station to provide location information of the child base station that it can access.
  • the terminal receives the location information of the child base station and saves it.
  • Terminals without GPS capability can use other LBS positioning methods to locate their location.
  • other LBS positioning methods include: the terminal measures the downlink signal of the positioning base station, or locates the uplink signal of the terminal by the base station. Through these LBS positioning methods, the terminal can obtain its own location. At this time, it may not be as accurate as GPS positioning.
  • the terminal can judge the distance between the terminal and the child base station according to its own location and the location of the child base station.
  • the terminal may not need to perform scanning, and the positioning may be performed after a relatively long interval or after the terminal moves a significant distance to determine the distance from the base station. This process continues until the terminal is located and finds that one or more of the child base stations are nearby. Due to the limitation of the positioning accuracy, it may not be possible to determine whether or not the child base station service area has been entered. At this time, the terminal can scan the base station or the base stations. , through signal measurement to accurately determine whether it is possible to switch to the base station.
  • the base station or the terminal can initiate handover from the macro base station to the child base station. Finally, the terminal smoothly accesses the child base station.
  • the ninth method is as follows: The terminal judges the location-related information of the generated base station, and after a positioning judgment, it can accurately determine whether the terminal has entered the service area of the child base station. Moreover, the terminal is a terminal having GPS capability.
  • the GPS-capable terminal can calculate its position based on the GPS signal. When it is connected to the child base station, it can obtain its own location identification information through GPS positioning. Then, the terminal associates this location with the information of the child base station to generate location related information of the child base station.
  • the information of the base station may be a base station identification number/index number, a carrier frequency or a preamble. Then, when the terminal is in the macro base station service area, the terminal can compare with the location information of the child base station by its own location, where the location related information of the child base station is actually the terminal's own historical location information, and here Your own location is where the terminal can access the base station. When the terminal finds that it has reached the historical location of the base station, the terminal can judge that it can switch to the child base station, and then directly initiate the handover from the macro base station to the child base station.
  • the method embodiment 10 is: the terminal judges the location related information of the generated child base station, and after multiple scanning and positioning judgments, can accurately determine whether the terminal has entered the service area of the child base station. Moreover, the terminal is a terminal that does not contain GPS capabilities.
  • LBS positioning methods can be used to locate its location.
  • other LBS positioning methods include: the terminal measures the downlink signal of the positioning base station, or locates the uplink signal of the terminal by the base station. Through these LBS positioning methods, the terminal can acquire its own location. This may not be as accurate as GPS positioning. And its own location here means that the terminal can access the location of the child base station. Thus, the terminal associates this location with the information of the child base station to generate location related information of the child base station.
  • the information of the base station may be a base station identification number/index number, a carrier frequency or a preamble.
  • the terminal can locate itself again by using the LBS positioning method, and determine the distance between the two positions according to the position and the historical position of the terminal, if the distance between the two is far, the terminal It is not necessary to perform scanning, and positioning is performed after a relatively long interval, or after the terminal has moved a significant distance, to determine the distance from the location of the accessible base station. This process continues until the terminal is positioned and the historical location is nearby. Due to the limitation of the positioning accuracy, it may not be possible to make a judgment as to whether or not the child base station has entered the service area of the child base station, and there may be more than one child base station nearby.
  • the terminal can scan the associated base station and measure the signal to accurately determine whether it can be switched to the child base station.
  • the condition of the handover that is, when the terminal is located in the signal coverage area of the child base station, and the signal between the terminal and the child base station can be ensured Communication strength, the base station or the terminal can initiate handover from the macro base station to the child base station. Finally, the terminal smoothly accesses the child base station.
  • Embodiment 11 of the method is: combining the position-related information of the received base station and the position-related information of the generated child base station, the terminal judges the obtained combined information, and after determining by one positioning, the terminal can accurately It is determined whether the terminal has entered the service area of the child base station.
  • the terminal is a terminal having GPS capability.
  • a GPS-capable terminal can calculate its position based on the GPS signal. For the child base station that has been accessed, the terminal can obtain its own location identification information through GPS positioning. Then, the terminal associates this location with the information of the child base station to generate location related information of the child base station.
  • the information of the base station may be a base station identification number/index number, a carrier frequency or a preamble.
  • the terminal may request the OSG child base station and the location information of the authorized CSG child base station from the serving base station, such as the macro base station. Then, the terminal saves the location-related information of the received base station and the location-related information of the self-generated base station.
  • the terminal can compare the position information of the base station with the location of the child base station, and the location related information of the base station includes the received location information of the child base station and its historical location information. .
  • the terminal finds that it has entered the service area of the child base station, the terminal can judge that it has been able to switch to the child base station, and then directly initiates the handover from the macro base station to the child base station.
  • the method embodiment 12 is: combining the received position information of the child base station with the generated position information of the child base station, the terminal judges the obtained combined information, and after multiple scanning and positioning judgment, It is accurately determined whether the terminal has entered the service area of the child base station. Moreover, the terminal is a terminal that does not contain GPS capabilities.
  • LBS positioning methods can be used to locate its location.
  • other LBS positioning methods include: the terminal measures the downlink signal of the positioning base station, or locates the uplink signal of the terminal by the base station. Pass Through these LBS positioning methods, the terminal can obtain its own location. This may not be as accurate as GPS positioning. And its own location here means that the terminal can access the location of the child base station.
  • the terminal associates this location with the information of the child base station to generate location related information of the child base station.
  • the information of the base station may be a base station identification number/index number, a carrier frequency or a preamble.
  • the terminal may request the OSG child base station and the location information of the authorized CSG child base station from the serving base station, such as the macro base station. Then, the terminal saves the location related information of the received child base station and the location related information of the child base station generated by itself.
  • the terminal can locate itself again by using the LBS positioning method, and determine the distance between the two locations according to the location of the terminal and the relevant location of the child base station, where the base station is related.
  • the location includes: the location of the base station and/or the location at which the child base station can be accessed. If the distance between the two is very long, the terminal may not need to perform scanning, and then perform positioning after a longer interval or after the terminal has moved a significant distance to determine the distance from the position at which the base station can be connected. This process continues until the terminal is located and the historical location is found or the base station is nearby.
  • the terminal can scan these base stations and use signal measurement to accurately determine whether it can be switched to the base station.
  • the priority of the scan can be determined based on the distance between the locations.
  • a processing system for location-related information comprising: an execution unit, configured to perform processing of scanning, and/or switching, and/or access according to location-related information of the child base station.
  • the macro base station referred to above is represented by Macro BS
  • the small base station is represented by Micro BS
  • the micro base station is represented by Pico BS
  • the secondary base station is represented by Femto BS/Femtocell BS
  • the identification number of the secondary base station is represented by BS ID.
  • the index number of the base station is represented by BS Index.
  • the preamble of the base station is denoted by Preamble.
  • the macro base station referred to herein may be slightly different from the base station in other wireless communication technology standards.
  • GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
  • BTS Base Transceiver Station
  • UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • NodeB Long Term Evolution
  • eNodeB Long Term Evolution
  • LTE-A Advanced Long Term Evolution
  • LTE-Advanced Advanced Long Term Evolution
  • the base station in the WiMAX network is called femto BS or WiMax Femtocell Access Point, where WiMax Femtocell Access Point is abbreviated as WFAP; in GSM or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network, it is called Feato Access Point (FAP, Femto Access Point). It is called a home base station (HNB, Home NodeB) in UMTS and LTE networks, and is called an evolved home base station (HeNB) in an LTE-A network.
  • the method of the present invention is applicable to a wireless communication network having a small base station, particularly a wireless communication network that covers a large base station and a base station covering d, and is also applicable to the above communication standard technologies.

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本发明公开了一种位置相关信息的发送方法，该方法包括：基站发送仔基站的位置相关信息给终端，以支持终端接入到仔基站、和/或终端切换到仔基站、和/或终端定位到仔基站、和/或终端实现自身的定位。本发明还公开了一种位置相关信息的发送系统，该系统包括：发送单元用于发送仔基站的位置相关信息给终端。采用本发明的发送方法及系统，发送位置相关信息，以指导终端接入到仔基站、和/或终端切换到仔基站、和/或终端定位到仔基站、和/或终端实现自身的定位，改善系统的服务质量。本发明还公开了一种位置相关信息的处理方法及系统，采用本发明的处理方法及系统，终端对位置相关信息进行处理，便于执行扫描、和/或切换、和/或接入的处理。

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位置相关信息的发送方法及系统、 处理方法及系统 技术领域
本发明涉及无线通信技术领域， 尤其涉及一种在无线通信系统中仔基 站的位置相关信息的发送方法及系统、 针对仔基站的位置相关信息的处理 方法及系统。 背景技术
无线通信系统中， 所谓基站指给终端提供服务的设备， 基站与终端之 间通过电磁波进行无线通信。 无线通信系统通过基站可以为基站信号所覆 盖地理范围内的终端提供无线覆盖， 这个地理范围称为小区。
通常， 无线通信系统为了能够大范围地为终端提供无线通信， 需要部 署覆盖范围大的基站， 这种基站通常称为宏基站， 宏基站所覆盖的小区通 常称为宏区 （Macrocell )。 同时， 无线通信系统考虑到终端的不同需求和不 同使用环境， 需要在某些环境或者场景下为终端提供更高质量的无线通信 服务， 一些覆盖范围小、 发射功率较低的基站因而被采用， 这些小型基站 包括小基站、 微基站和仔基站。 仔基站也可以称为家庭基站、 个人基站或 微基站。 宏基站是在室外环境下使用的无线接入设备， 而仔基站区别于宏 基站， 是在室内环境下使用的无线接入设备， 通过在无线通信系统中部署 仔基站， 可以为家庭或家庭式办公环境（SOHO )提供高速和 /或专有的无 线通信服务。 仔基站所服务的小区称为仔区 （Femtocell ), 在仔区内接受服 务的终端通常是静止的或者仅以低速运动的， 例如， 终端以步行速度运动。 如图 1所示为一个无线通信系统的组成结构示意图， 图 1 中包括： 宏基站 11、 仔基站 21~仔基站 25、 终端 31。 宏基站 11所服务的小区以 al表示， 仔基站 21~仔基站 25所服务的小区以 bl~ b5表示。 一个宏基站最大可覆盖方圓 2至 3公里的区域， 而仔基站的覆盖范围 不超过 30米。 由于它们覆盖范围的巨大差别， 在宏基站的覆盖范围内可能 部署有大量的仔基站， 比如几百甚至上千的仔基站以改善室内的通信服务 质量。 仔基站可同时接入的终端的最大个数通常为 6个到 8个。 仔基站通 常也分为开放的和专有的两种。 在不超过终端的最大个数的前提下， 开放 的仔基站可以对任何终端接入； 而专有的仔基站只对专有的终端开放， 其 他终端即使在专有的仔基站覆盖区也不能接入专有的仔基站。
在一个由宏基站以及大量被宏基站覆盖的仔基站的无线通信系统中， 为了保证承诺的服务质量， 当终端能够从仔基站获得服务时， 仔基站就应 替代宏基站为终端提供通信服务， 并将终端由宏基站切换到仔基站。 而终 端能够从仔基站获得服务的前提条件包括： 仔基站是终端可以接入的， 即 仔基站是终端获得授权的专有仔基站或者仔基站是开放的 , 仔基站还可以 接入新的终端， 而且终端已经进入仔基站的服务区。
在现有技术中， 为了便于终端接入和 /或切换到仔基站， 无线通信系统 为终端提供了一些仔基站的相关信息， 提供的相关信息中包括仔基站的通 信信息， 例如载频、 前导、 基站标识号、 小区负载等可用于通信的通信信 息， 同时也隐含了： 系统提供的仔基站是终端可接入仔基站的这样的前提 条件。 由于仔基站的覆盖范围很小， 而宏基站的覆盖范围很大， 终端能否 接入仔基站很大程度上取决于终端是否进入了仔基站的服务区。 如果能知 道仔基站相对于终端的位置， 就能由此方便地知道终端是否进入了仔基站 的服务区， 然而现有无线通信系统并没有在仔基站的相关信息中提供用以 标识仔基站位置的位置信息， 导致终端及其用户并不知道它能够接入的仔 基站的位置， 不利于终端接入和 /或切换到仔基站， 降低了系统的服务质量。
此外， 终端从宏基站接入和 /或切换到仔基站之前， 系统需要判断终端 是否进入仔基站的服务区， 当进入仔基站的服务区时执行接入和 /或切换。 现有技术中， 采用的判断方案是： 由终端尝试去检测仔基站的信号、 或者 由仔基站尝试去监听终端的信号。 采用现有判断方案尝试去检测或监听的 过程， 存在^艮大的不确定性， 而且这种尝试的过程造成系统一直处于工作 状态且耗时多， 会带来系统的使用效率不高及系统的额外开销较大等一系 列问题。
由于终端自身具备定位服务功能（LBS, Location-Based Service ) , 如 果从这个角度来考虑的话， 在 LBS的支持下终端的位置是可知的， 在此基 础上， 只需要再知道终端可接入的仔基站的位置， 就可以判断出终端是否 进入了仔基站的服务区， 也就是说终端可以根据仔基站的位置相关信息执 行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的处理。 这样， 既能增强判断的确定性， 又 能筒化判断且降低系统功耗和通信开销， 便于执行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 / 或接入的处理。 目前， 针对这个涉及位置的考虑角度， 尚未有相对应的实 现方案。 发明内容
有鉴于此， 本发明的主要目的在于提供一种位置相关信息的发送方法 及系统， 在发送端发送仔基站的位置相关信息， 以便接收端获取仔基站的 位置相关信息， 以指导终端接入到仔基站、 和 /或终端切换到仔基站、 和 / 或终端定位到仔基站、 和 /或终端实现自身的定位， 改善系统的服务质量。
本发明的另一目的在于提供一种位置相关信息的处理方法及系统， 接 收端的终端根据仔基站的位置相关信息， 执行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接入 的处理， 既能增强判断的确定性， 又能筒化判断且降低系统功耗和通信开 销， 便于执行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的处理。
为达到上述目的， 本发明的技术方案是这样实现的：
一种位置相关信息的发送方法， 该方法包括：
基站发送仔基站的位置相关信息给终端， 以支持终端接入到仔基站、 和 /或终端切换到仔基站、和 /或终端定位到仔基站、和 /或终端实现自身的定 位。
其中， 所述发送之前还包括： 基站获取仔基站的位置相关信息。
其中， 所述基站通过自身接收 /测量 /计算、 和 /或空口、 和 /或中继站、 和 /或骨干网、 和 /或回程的方式， 获取所述仔基站的位置相关信息。
其中， 所述基站包括宏基站、 小基站、 微基站、 仔基站； 所述发送的 方式包含广播、 组播、 单播中的至少一种。
其中， 所述获取具体为： 由仔基站获取仔基站的位置相关信息； 所述发送具体为： 由所述仔基站将仔基站的位置相关信息主动发送给 终端， 或者， 仔基站在收到终端的请求消息后， 由仔基站被动发送给终端。
其中， 所述获取具体为： 由仔基站获取终端的位置相关信息， 根据终 端的位置相关信息仔基站获取到仔基站的位置相关信息；
所述发送具体为： 由所述仔基站将仔基站的位置相关信息主动发送给 终端， 或者， 仔基站在收到终端的请求消息后， 由仔基站被动发送给终端。
其中， 所述获取到仔基站的位置相关信息进一步为：
其他终端将所述终端的位置相关信息确定为参照信息， 根据所述参照 信息获取其他终端的位置相关信息， 根据所述其他终端的位置相关信息仔 基站获取到仔基站的位置相关信息；
所述终端或所述其他终端的类型包括： 接入仔基站的终端类型， 以及 未接入仔基站的终端类型。
其中， 所述获取具体为： 由宏基站获取仔基站的位置相关信息； 或者， 由宏基站获取终端的位置相关信息、 或者由宏基站通过仔基站获取终 端的位置相关信息， 根据终端的位置相关信息宏基站获取到仔基站的位置 相关信息；
所述发送具体为： 由所述宏基站将仔基站的位置相关信息主动发送给 终端， 或者， 宏基站在收到终端的请求消息后， 由宏基站被动发送给终端。 其中， 所述仔基站具体为： 所述终端能接入的仔基站， 包括： 开放的 仔基站、 和 /或终端获得授权的专有仔基站。
其中， 所述仔基站包括： 所述终端接入过的仔基站、 和 /或终端未接入 过的仔基站。
其中， 该方法还包括： 所述仔基站的位置相关信息在邻区列表消息中 携带， 或者在仔基站与宏基站的映射关系信息中携带， 或者通过其它消息 携带；
所述仔基站的位置相关信息包括： 仔基站的标识号 /索引号、 位置识别 信息、 仔基站的载频、 仔基站的前导、 位置识别信息类型中的至少一种。
其中， 所述位置识别信息包括三种方式中的至少一种， 所述三种方式 具体为： 仔基站和 /或终端的地理位置信息， 仔基站和 /或终端接收到的卫星 定位 GPS信号特征信息，仔基站和 /或终端测量到的基站定位信号特征信息； 所述位置识别信息类型对应于所述三种方式， 包括： 地理位置信息类 型， GPS信号特征信息类型， 基站定位信号特征信息类型中的至少一种。
其中， 所述位置识别信息类型标识所述位置识别信息， 进一步与仔基 站的位置， 终端可接入仔基站的位置， 终端的能力中的至少一种内容相对 应关联。
其中， 所述请求消息中进一步封装有所述位置识别信息类型， 所述发 送进一步还包括： 将与所述位置识别信息类型相对应的位置识别信息发送 给终端。
一种位置相关信息的发送系统， 该系统包括： 发送单元， 用于基站发 送仔基站的位置相关信息给终端， 以支持终端接入到仔基站、 和 /或终端切 换到仔基站、 和 /或终端定位到仔基站、 和 /或终端实现自身的定位。
一种位置相关信息的处理方法， 该方法包括： 终端根据仔基站的位置相关信息执行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的处 理。
其中， 所述终端进一步根据终端接收及保存的所述仔基站的位置相关 信息、 和 /或终端生成及保存的所述仔基站的位置相关信息， 执行扫描、 和 / 或切换、 和 /或接入的处理。
其中， 所述执行具体为： 根据终端接收及保存的仔基站的位置相关信 息， 判断终端是否进入和 /或准备进入仔基站的服务区； 如果是， 则执行扫 描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的处理； 否则， 不执行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或 接入的处理。
其中， 所述执行具体为： 根据终端生成及保存的所述仔基站的位置相 关信息， 判断终端是否进入和 /或准备进入仔基站的服务区； 如果是， 则执 行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的处理； 否则， 不执行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的处理。
其中， 所述执行具体为： 根据终端接收及保存的仔基站的位置相关信 息， 和生成及保存的仔基站的位置相关信息所构成的结合信息判断终端是 否进入和 /或准备进入仔基站的服务区； 如果是， 则执行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的处理； 否则， 不执行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的处理。
其中， 该方法进一步包括： 所述终端根据仔基站的位置相关信息、 和 / 或终端当前的位置识别信息、 和 /或邻区列表消息、 和 /或终端当前测量到的 干扰信号强度、 和 /或终端当前的状态、 和 /或基站的指示， 发起扫描、 和 / 或切换、和 /或接入的处理， 以及确定扫描和 /或切换和 /或接入的处理优先级 顺序。
一种位置相关信息的处理系统， 该系统包括： 执行单元， 用于终端根 据仔基站的位置相关信息执行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的处理。
本发明的一种实现方案是： 基站发送仔基站的位置相关信息给终端， 以支持终端接入到仔基站、 和 /或终端切换到仔基站、 和 /或终端定位到仔基 站、 和 /或终端实现自身的定位。 本发明的另一种实现方案是： 终端根据仔 基站的位置相关信息执行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的处理。
在全球微波接入互操作性 （WiMAX , Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access )通信网络中， 宏基站提供了较大范围的覆盖率， 而仔基 站则为终端提供在家庭或居家办公环境中的快捷灵活的通信服务。 当终端 从外面回家的时候， 为其服务的基站将从外面的宏基站切换为家里的仔基 站。 在切换准备时， 系统需要判断终端是否已经接近家里的仔基站， 当系 统判定终端已经接近仔基站时， 即终端已经进入仔基站的服务区时， 终端 将发起扫描和切换的过程。 而判断终端是否进入仔基站的服务区所采用的 现有判断方案， 都没有利用终端具备的 LBS, 造成系统的使用效率不高及 系统的额外开销较大等一系列问题。 如果从涉及位置的考虑角度来说， 在 LBS 的支持下终端的位置是可知的， 在此基础上， 只需要再知道终端可接 入的仔基站的位置， 就可以判断出终端是否进入了仔基站的服务区。 举例 来说， 对于终端由宏基站切换到仔基站的情况， 如果能获得终端与仔基站 之间的距离， 通过判断距离是否落在当前终端要接入仔基站的信号覆盖范 围内， 就可以判断出终端是否进入仔基站的服务区了。 比如， 仔基站的信 号覆盖范围为 20m, 当终端与仔基站之间的距离 <=20m, 就能判断出终端 已经进入仔基站的服务区了。 而本发明正是与这个涉及位置的考虑角度相 对应的两种实现方案。 采用本发明的两种实现方案， 既能增强判断的确定 性， 又能筒化判断且降低系统功耗和通信开销， 从而能避免系统的使用效 率不高以及系统的额外开销较大等一系列问题，便于执行扫描、和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的处理。 也就是说， 采用本发明的两种实现方案， 可以减小终端 扫描相关仔基站的时间和资源占用开销； 改善无线通信系统扫描、 接入和 切换性能； 以及降低通信和系统的资源占用开销。 附图说明
图 1为无线通信系统的组成结构示意图；
图 2为本发明发送方法的实现流程示意图；
图 3为本发明处理方法的实现流程示意图。 具体实施方式 本发明的基本思想是： 采用针对位置相关信息的发送和处理两种实现 方案， 一种是： 在发送端发送仔基站的位置相关信息给终端， 以支持终端 接入到仔基站、 和 /或终端切换到仔基站、 和 /或终端定位到仔基站、 和 /或终 端实现自身的定位。 以便采用位置相关信息指引终端进入仔基站的服务区； 另一种是： 终端根据仔基站的位置相关信息执行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接 入的处理。
下面结合附图对技术方案的实施作进一步的详细描述。
如图 2所示， 一种位置相关信息的发送方法， 该方法包括以下步骤： 步骤 101、 基站获取仔基站的位置相关信息。
步骤 102、基站发送仔基站的位置相关信息给终端， 以支持终端接入到 仔基站、 和 /或终端切换到仔基站、 和 /或终端定位到仔基站、 和 /或终端实现 自身的定位。
这里， 举例来说， 该方法的具体实现包括三种情况。 第一种情况， 该 方法包括： 由仔基站直接获取仔基站的位置相关信息， 仔基站的位置相关 信息由仔基站主动发送给终端； 或者， 直接获取仔基站的位置相关信息， 仔基站在收到终端的请求消息后， 由仔基站将仔基站的位置相关信息被动 发送给终端。
第二种情况， 由仔基站直接获取终端的位置相关信息， 根据终端的位 置相关信息间接获取到仔基站的位置相关信息， 仔基站的位置相关信息由 仔基站主动发送给终端； 或者， 直接获取终端的位置相关信息， 并由终端 的位置相关信息间接获取仔基站的位置相关信息， 仔基站在收到终端请求 消息后， 由仔基站将仔基站的位置相关信息被动发送给终端。 进一步地， 存在多个终端， 其他终端将当前终端的位置相关信息确定为参照信息， 根 据参照信息间接获取其他终端的位置相关信息， 根据其他终端的位置相关 信息仔基站间接获取到仔基站的位置相关信息； 仔基站的位置相关信息由 仔基站主动发送给其他终端， 或者， 仔基站在收到其他终端的请求消息后， 由仔基站将仔基站的位置相关信息被动发送给终端。 其中， 无论终端还是 其他终端， 它们的类型都包括： 接入仔基站的终端类型， 以及未接入仔基 站的终端类型。
第三种情况， 宏基站直接获取仔基站的位置相关信息； 或者， 宏基站 直接获取终端的位置相关信息， 或者宏基站通过仔基站间接获取终端的位 置相关信息， 并由终端的位置相关信息间接获得仔基站的位置相关信息； 仔基站的位置相关信息由宏基站主动发送给终端， 或者， 宏基站在收到终 端请求消息后， 由宏基站将仔基站的位置相关信息被动发送给终端。
这里， 该方法还包括： 基站通过自身接收 /测量 /计算、 和 /或空口、 和 / 或中继站、 和 /或骨干网、 和 /或回程的方式， 获取仔基站的位置相关信息； 由基站主动发送仔基站的位置相关信息给终端， 或者， 在收到终端的请求 消息后， 由基站被动发送给终端。
其中， 基站包括宏基站、 小基站、 微基站或仔基站。 仔基站的位置相 关信息发送的方式包括： 广播、 组播、 单播中的至少一种。
其中， 仔基站具体为： 终端能接入的仔基站， 包括开放的仔基站和 /或 终端获得授权的专有仔基站。
其中， 仔基站包括： 终端接入过的仔基站、 和 /或终端未接入过的仔基 站。
其中， 仔基站的位置相关信息在邻区列表消息中携带， 或者在仔基站 与宏基站的映射关系信息中携带， 或者通过其它消息携带。 仔基站的位置 相关信息包括： 仔基站的标识号 /仔基站的索引号、 位置识别信息、 仔基站 的载频、 仔基站的前导、 位置识别信息类型中的至少一种。
其中， 位置识别信息包括三种方式中的至少一种。 该三种方式具体为： 仔基站和 /或其下的终端的地理位置信息， 仔基站和 /或其下的终端接收到的 卫星定位（GPS )信号特征信息， 仔基站和 /或其下的终端测量到的基站定 位信号特征信息。 位置识别信息类型对应于该三种方式， 包括： 地理位置 信息类型， GPS 信号特征信息类型， 基站定位信号特征信息类型中的至少 一种。
其中， 位置识别信息类型标识所述位置识别信息， 进一步与仔基站的 位置， 终端可接入仔基站的位置， 终端的能力中的至少一种内容相对应关 联。
其中， 就以上所涉及到的请求消息而言， 请求消息中进一步封装有位 置识别信息类型， 发送仔基站的位置相关信息具体为： 仔基站的位置相关 信息包括位置识别信息， 将与位置识别信息类型相对应的位置识别信息发 送给终端。
方法实施例一为： 仔基站获取仔基站的位置相关信息， 而且， 仔基站 的位置相关信息是由仔基站主动发送给终端的。
针对获取仔基站的位置相关信息而言， 举例来说， 仔基站可以自行或 者根据来自骨干网或其它基站比如宏基站的请求， 来接收 GPS信号和 /或执 行 LBS所需的测量并发送。这里，接收 GPS信号是针对含 GPS或其它 GPS 功能的仔基站而言。 当计算地理位置信息时， 一种情况是： 仔基站可以自 己处理这些 GPS信号和 /或执行 LBS所需测量的测量结果， 以对仔基站自 己的位置进行定位， 由仔基站计算并生成仔基站地理位置信息， 比如如经 纬度信息， 必要时， 再发送给其它基站。 这里的其他基站指之前发起请求 的基站， 或者系统初始化上电过程的控制基站。 另一种情况是： 仔基站也 可以将这些 GPS信号和 /或执行 LBS所需测量的测量结果发送到特定的服 务器比如 LBS服务器， 再由 LBS服务器计算出仔基站的地理位置信息后， 将仔基站的地理位置信息发送给相关仔基站。
针对由仔基站主动发送的仔基站的位置相关信息而言， 举例来说， 仔 基站对于由其服务的终端， 可以主动向终端提供仔基站的位置相关信息。 当仔基站的位置相关信息包括位置识别信息时， 仔基站可以广播和 /或单播 自己的位置识别信息给终端。 终端接收仔基站广播和 /或单播的位置识别信 息并保存， 以便在扫描、 切换和 /或接入中使用。
方法实施例二为： 多个终端中， 仔基站获取其中至少一个终端的位置 相关信息， 获知了当前终端的位置相关信息， 也就是获知了相对应于当前 终端的位置相关信息的当前仔基站的位置相关信息。 进而， 其他终端以当 前终端的位置相关信息为参照值， 从而获得其他终端相对应于当前仔基站 的位置相关信息， 也就是获知了相对应于其他终端的位置相关信息的当前 仔基站的位置相关信息。 而且， 无论是相对应于当前终端的当前仔基站的 位置相关信息， 还是相对应于其他终端的当前仔基站的位置相关信息， 都 是由仔基站主动发的。
针对先获取当前终端的位置相关信息， 并由此间接获取到仔基站的位 置相关信息而言， 举例来说， 仔基站可以指示它服务的终端收集并报告当 前终端的位置识别信息， 仔基站的指示消息中可以携带位置识别信息类型。 这里， 位置识别信息类型相对应于仔基站的位置相关信息中所包括的位置 识别信息。 位置识别信息包括地理位置信息比如经纬度信息、 GPS 信号特 征信息、 基站定位信号特征信息。 进一步地， 指示消息中携带的位置识别 信息类型也需要根据当前终端的能力来确定， 仔基站可以询问当前终端是 否有 GPS能力或者当前终端也可以主动上报自己是否有 GPS能力。 当前终 端接收到指示消息后就可以进行指定的位置识别信息的收集过程， 例如接 收 GPS信号和 /或执行 LBS所需的测量并发送。 这里， 接收 GPS信号是针 对含有 GPS能力的终端而言。 当前终端根据仔基站请求的位置识别信息类 型， 决定是否需要根据接收的 GPS信号和 /或测量的结果生成经纬度信息、 或者直接上报接收的 GPS信号和 /或测量的结果。
仔基站收到当前终端发来的位置识别信息以后， 可以进一步处理这些 信息， 计算其他终端的位置。 计算其他终端的位置时， 一种情况是： 比如 以当前终端作为参照物，根据当前终端上报的测量结果和 /或接收的 GPS信 号计算出其他终端的位置。 另一种情况是： 位置计算也可以交给特定的服 务器比如 LBS服务器来进行处理。 还有一种情况是： 仔基站还可以将多个 终端发来的测量结果和 /或接收的 GPS信号进行综合处理， 以生成能够被用 来指示哪些位置范围能够接入仔基站的信息， 即哪些位置范围属于仔基站 的服务区。
针对由仔基站主动发送的仔基站的位置相关信息而言， 举例来说， 仔 基站对于由其服务的终端， 可以主动向终端提供仔基站的位置相关信息。 当仔基站的位置相关信息包括位置识别信息时， 仔基站可以广播和 /或单播 自己的位置识别信息给终端。 终端接收仔基站广播和 /或单播的位置识别信 息并保存该信息， 以便在扫描、 切换和 /或接入中使用。
方法实施例三为： 宏基站获取仔基站的位置相关信息； 或者获得终端 的位置相关信息， 获知了终端的位置相关信息， 也就是获知了相对应于终 端的位置相关信息的仔基站的位置相关信息。 而且， 仔基站的位置相关信 息是由宏基站主动发送给终端的。
针对获取仔基站的位置相关信息而言， 举例来说， 宏基站可以通过自 身接收 /测量、 空口、 中继站、 骨干网和 /或回程获取宏基站覆盖范围内的仔 基站的位置相关信息。 仔基站的位置相关信息包括位置识别信息类型和位 置识别信息。 这里， 位置识别信息包括： 经纬度信息、 GPS信号特征信息、 基站定位信号特征信息。 仔基站的位置相关信息还可能包括： 仔基站的标 识号 /仔基站的索引号、 载频、 前导比如标识同步信号特征的内容、 媒体接 入控制 （MAC )层版本等用于通信的信息。 这里， 宏基站获取仔基站的位 置相关信息有两种情况， 如果位置相关信息包括位置识别信息， 则一种情 况是： 宏基站直接获取仔基站的位置识别信息； 另一种情况是： 宏基站直 接获取仔基站下的终端的位置识别信息， 并由此间接获取到仔基站的位置 识别信息。 其中， 对于第二种情况而言， 宏基站可以通过仔基站获取终端 的位置识别信息、 或者宏基站直接获取终端的位置识别信息。 比如， 当宏 基站下的终端准备或者开始切换到仔基站时， 宏基站就可以记录终端的位 置识别信息作为能接入仔基站的位置识别信息。 宏基站可以保存这些位置 识别信息以便提供给服务的终端。
针对由宏基站主动发送的仔基站的位置相关信息而言， 具体来说， 宏 基站可以单播仔基站的位置相关信息给终端。 例如， 当终端切换到宏基站 且终端未保存仔基站的位置相关信息的情况下， 宏基站可以主动发送开放 的（ OSG, Open Subscriber Group )仔基站和 /或终端获得授权的专有的（ CSG, Closed Subscriber Group )仔基站的位置信息给终端。 终端收到这些位置信 息后就可以保存起来以便在扫描、 切换和 /或接入中使用。
方法实施例四为： 获取仔基站的位置相关信息， 而且， 仔基站的位置 相关信息是在终端的请求下， 由仔基站被动发送给终端的。
针对获取仔基站的位置相关信息而言， 举例来说， 仔基站可以自行或 者根据来自骨干网或其它基站比如宏基站的请求， 来接收 GPS信号和 /或执 行 LBS所需的测量并发送。这里，接收 GPS信号是针对含 GPS或其它 GPS 功能的仔基站而言。 当计算地理位置信息时， 一种情况是： 仔基站可以自 己处理这些 GPS信号和 /或执行 LBS所需测量的测量结果， 以对仔基站自 己的位置进行定位， 由仔基站计算并生成地理位置信息， 比如如经纬度信 息， 必要时再发送给其它基站。 这里的其他基站指之前发起请求的基站， 或者系统初始化上电的控制基站。另一种情况是：仔基站也可以将这些 GPS 信号和 /或执行 LBS 所需测量的测量结果发送到特定的服务器比如说 LBS 服务器， 再由 LBS服务器计算出仔基站的地理位置信息后， 将仔基站的地 理位置信息发送给相关仔基站。
针对由仔基站被动发送的仔基站的位置相关信息而言， 举例来说， 终 端可以请求仔基站提供其位置识别信息， 仔基站接收到终端请求后可以发 送自己的位置识别信息给终端。 特别的， 仔基站可以根据终端请求消息中 封装的位置信息类型， 来请求仔基站发送与位置信息类型相对应的位置识 别信息。 例如， 如果终端请求的是地理位置信息， 则仔基站提供地理位置 信息给终端。 终端接收仔基站的地理位置信息并保存， 以便在扫描、 切换 和 /或接入中使用。
方法实施例五为： 多个终端中， 仔基站获取其中至少一个终端的位置 相关信息， 获知了当前终端的位置相关信息， 也就是获知了相对应于当前 终端的位置相关信息的当前仔基站的位置相关信息。 进而， 其他终端以当 前终端的位置相关信息为参照值， 从而获得其他终端相对应于当前仔基站 的位置相关信息， 也就是获知了相对应于其他终端的位置相关信息的当前 仔基站的位置相关信息。 而且， 无论是相对应于终端的位置相关信息的当 前仔基站的位置相关信息， 还是相对应于其他终端的位置相关信息的当前 仔基站的位置相关信息， 都是在终端或其他终端的请求下， 由仔基站被动 发送的。
针对先获取终端的位置相关信息， 并由此间接获取到仔基站的位置相 关信息而言， 举例来说， 仔基站可以指示它服务的终端收集并报告当前终 端的位置识别信息， 仔基站的指示消息中可以携带位置识别信息的类型。 这里， 位置识别信息类型相对应于仔基站的位置相关信息中所包括的位置 识别信息。 位置识别信息包括地理位置信息比如经纬度信息、 GPS 信号特 征信息、 基站定位信号特征信息。 进一步地， 指示消息中携带的位置识别 信息类型也需要根据终端的能力来确定， 仔基站可以询问终端是否有 GPS 能力或者终端也可以主动上报自己是否有 GPS能力。 终端接收到指示消息 后就可以进行指定的位置识别信息的收集过程，例如接收 GPS信号和 /或执 行 LBS所需的测量并发送。 这里， 接收 GPS信号是针对含有 GPS能力的 终端而言。 终端根据仔基站请求的位置识别信息类型， 决定是否需要根据 接收的 GPS 信号和 /或测量的结果生成经纬度信息、 或者直接上报接收的 GPS信号和 /或测量的结果。
仔基站收到当前终端发来的位置识别信息以后， 可以进一步处理这些 信息， 计算其他终端的位置。 计算其他终端的位置时， 一种情况是： 比如 以当前终端作为参照物，根据当前终端上报的测量结果和 /或接收的 GPS信 号计算出其他终端的位置。 另一种情况是： 位置计算也可以交给特定的服 务器比如 LBS服务器来进行处理。 还有一种情况是： 仔基站还可以将多个 终端发来的测量结果和 /或接收的 GPS信号进行综合处理， 以生成能够被用 来指示哪些位置范围能够接入仔基站的信息， 即哪些位置范围属于仔基站 的服务区。
针对由仔基站被动发送的仔基站的位置相关信息而言， 举例来说， 没 有 GPS能力的终端可以向仔基站请求其位置识别信息， 仔基站接收到到终 端请求后， 仔基站可以单播自己的位置识别信息给终端。 终端接收位置识 别信息并保存， 以便在扫描、 切换和 /或接入中使用。
方法实施例六为： 宏基站获取仔基站的位置相关信息； 或者获得终端 的位置相关信息， 获知了终端的位置相关信息， 也就是获知了相对应于终 端的位置相关信息的仔基站的位置相关信息。 而且， 仔基站的位置相关信 息是在终端的请求下， 由宏基站被动发送给终端的。
针对获取仔基站的位置相关信息而言， 举例来说， 宏基站可以通过自 身接收 /测量、 空口、 中继站、 骨干网和 /或回程获取宏基站覆盖范围内的仔 基站的位置相关信息。 仔基站的位置相关信息包括位置识别信息类型和位 置识别信息。 这里， 位置识别信息包括： 如经纬度信息、 GPS 信号特征信 息、 基站定位信号特征信息。 仔基站的位置相关信息还可能包括： 仔基站 的标识号 /索引号、 载频、 前导比如标识同步信号特征的内容、 MAC层版本 等用于通信的信息。 这里， 宏基站获取仔基站的位置相关信息有两种情况， 如果位置相关信息包括位置识别信息， 则一种情况是： 宏基站直接获取仔 基站的位置识别信息； 另一种情况是： 宏基站直接获取仔基站下的终端的 位置识别信息， 并由此间接获取到仔基站的位置识别信息。 其中， 对于第 二种情况而言， 宏基站可以通过仔基站获取终端的位置识别信息、 或者宏 基站直接获取终端的位置识别信息。 比如， 当宏基站下的终端准备或者开 始切换到仔基站时， 宏基站就可以记录终端的位置识别信息作为能接入仔 基站的位置识别信息。 宏基站可以保存这些位置识别信息以便提供给服务 的终端。
针对由宏基站被动发送的仔基站的位置相关信息而言， 具体来说， 终 端可以请求宏基站提供仔基站的位置相关信息。 收到终端的请求后， 宏基 站可以发送 OSG仔基站和 /或终端获得授权的 CSG仔基站的位置信息给终 端。 终端收到这些位置信息后就可以保存起来以便在扫描、 切换和 /或接入 中使用。
一种位置相关信息的发送系统， 该系统包括： 发送单元， 用于基站发 送仔基站的位置相关信息给终端， 以支持终端接入到仔基站、 和 /或终端切 换到仔基站、 和 /或终端定位到仔基站、 和 /或终端实现自身的定位。
如图 3所示， 一种位置相关信息的处理方法， 该方法包括以下步骤： 步骤 201、 根据终端保存的仔基站的位置相关信息进行判断。
这里， 步骤 201 的具体实现包括三种情况。 第一种情况， 终端根据终 端接收及保存的仔基站的位置相关信息进行判断。 第二种情况， 终端根据 生成及保存的仔基站的位置相关信息进行判断。 第三种情况， 终端根据接 收及保存的仔基站的位置相关信息， 和生成及保存的仔基站的位置相关信 息所构成的结合信息进行判断。
步骤 202、 判断终端是否已经进入和 /或准备进入仔基站的服务区。 如 果是， 则执行步骤 203; 否则， 执行步骤 204。
这里， 准备进入指： 终端接近于仔基站的服务区， 且尚未进入仔基站 的服务区的状态。
步骤 203、执行扫描、和 /或切换、和 /或接入的处理；转入执行步骤 205。 步骤 204、 不执行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的处理。
步骤 205、 结束当前仔基站的位置相关信息的处理流程。
其中， 该方法进一步包括： 终端根据仔基站的位置相关信息、 和 /或终 端当前的位置识别信息、 和 /或邻区列表信息、 和 /或终端当前测量到的干扰 信号强度、和 /或终端当前的状态、和 /或基站的指示，发起扫描、和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的处理， 以及确定扫描和 /或切换和 /或接入的处理优先级顺序。
方法实施例七为： 终端对接收到的仔基站的位置相关信息进行判断， 通过一次定位后的判断， 即可准确地判断出终端是否已经进入仔基站的服 务区。 而且， 该终端为含有 GPS能力的终端。
在宏基站服务区内的终端可以请求服务基站提供它可以接入的仔基站 的位置信息。 终端接收到仔基站的位置信息后保存起来。 含有 GPS能力的 终端可以根据 GPS信号来计算出自己的位置。 通过将自己的位置、 与仔基 站的位置或者仔基站下的终端的位置进行比对， 终端就能判断出自己是否 进入了仔基站的服务区。 当终端判断已进入仔基站的服务区时， 终端可以 直接发起从宏基站到仔基站的切换。
方法实施例八为： 终端对接收到的仔基站的位置相关信息进行判断， 通过多次扫描和定位后的判断， 才能准确地判断出终端是否已经进入仔基 站的服务区。 而且， 该终端为不含有 GPS能力的终端。
在宏基站服务区内的终端可以请求服务基站提供它可以接入的仔基站 的位置信息。 终端接收到仔基站的位置信息后保存起来。 没有 GPS能力的 终端可以利用其它的 LBS定位方法对自己的位置进行定位。 这里， 其它的 LBS 定位方法包括： 终端对定位基站的下行信号进行测量、 或者定位基站 对终端的上行信号进行测量。 通过这些 LBS定位方法， 终端可以获取自己 的位置。 此时可能没有 GPS定位那么准确， 终端可以根据自己的位置以及 仔基站的位置， 判断终端与仔基站之间的距离。
如果两者距离 4艮远时， 终端可以不用做扫描， 并且在间隔比较长的时 间， 或者终端移动了显著的距离以后再进行定位， 以判断离仔基站的距离。 这个过程持续进行直到终端经过定位后发现有一个或多个仔基站就在附 近， 由于定位精度的限制可能无法作出是否已进入仔基站服务区的判断， 此时， 终端可以扫描这个或这些仔基站， 通过信号测量以准确地判断出是 否可以切换到仔基站。 当切换的条件满足时， 即当终端位于仔基站的信号 覆盖范围内， 且能保证终端与仔基站之间的信号通信强度， 基站或者终端 就可以发起从宏基站到仔基站的切换。 最终， 终端顺利的接入仔基站。
方法实施例九为： 终端对生成的仔基站的位置相关信息进行判断， 通 过一次定位后的判断， 即可准确地判断出终端是否已经进入仔基站的服务 区。 而且， 该终端为含有 GPS能力的终端。
含有 GPS能力的终端可以根据 GPS信号来计算出自己的位置。 当它接 入到仔基站时，就可以通过 GPS定位获取自己当时的位置识别信息。 而后， 终端将这个位置与仔基站的信息关联起来， 生成仔基站的位置相关信息。 这里， 仔基站的信息可以是基站标识号 /索引号， 载频或前导。 之后， 当终 端在宏基站服务区中时， 终端就可以通过自己的位置与仔基站的位置相关 信息进行比对， 这里的仔基站的位置相关信息实际是终端自己的历史位置 信息， 而这里的自己的位置是终端可以接入仔基站的位置。 当终端发现自 己到了曾经接入到仔基站的历史位置时， 终端就可以判断已经可以切换到 仔基站了， 于是直接发起从宏基站到仔基站的切换。
方法实施例十为： 终端对生成的仔基站的位置相关信息进行判断， 通 过多次扫描和定位后的判断， 才能准确地判断出终端是否已经进入仔基站 的服务区。 而且， 该终端为不含有 GPS能力的终端。
当没有 GPS能力的终端接入到仔基站时，可以利用其它的 LBS定位方 法对自己的位置进行定位。 这里， 其它的 LBS定位方法包括： 终端对定位 基站的下行信号进行测量、 或者定位基站对终端的上行信号进行测量。 通 过这些 LBS定位方法， 终端可以获取自己的位置。 此时可能没有 GPS定位 那么准确。 而这里的自己的位置即意味着终端能够接入到仔基站的位置。 于是， 终端将这个位置与仔基站的信息关联起来， 生成仔基站的位置相关 信息。 这里， 仔基站的信息可以是基站标识号 /索引号， 载频或前导。 之后， 当终端在宏基站的服务区时， 终端可以利用 LBS定位方法对自己再次进行 定位， 并根据自己的位置以及历史位置判断两个位置之间的距离， 如果两 者距离 艮远时， 终端可以不用做扫描， 并且在间隔比较长的时间， 或者终 端移动了显著的距离以后再进行定位， 以判断离可接入仔基站的位置的距 离。 这个过程持续进行直到终端经过定位后发现历史位置就在附近。 由于 定位精度的限制可能无法做出是否已进入仔基站服务区的判断， 而且可能 有不止一个仔基站在附近。 这时候， 终端可以扫描关联的仔基站， 通过信 号测量以准确地判断出是否可以切换到仔基站。 当切换的条件满足时， 即 当终端位于仔基站的信号覆盖范围内， 且能保证终端与仔基站之间的信号 通信强度， 基站或者终端就可以发起从宏基站到仔基站的切换。 最终， 终 端顺利的接入仔基站。
方法实施例十一为： 对接收到的仔基站的位置相关信息和生成的仔基 站的位置相关信息相结合， 终端对所获得的结合信息进行判断， 通过一次 定位后的判断， 即可准确地判断出终端是否已经进入仔基站的服务区。 而 且， 该终端为含有 GPS能力的终端。
含有 GPS能力的终端可以根据 GPS信号来计算出自己的位置。对于已 经接入的仔基站， 终端可以通过 GPS定位获取自己当时的位置识别信息。 而后， 终端将这个位置与仔基站的信息关联起来， 生成仔基站的位置相关 信息。 这里， 仔基站的信息可以是基站标识号 /索引号， 载频或前导。 对于 未曾接入过的仔基站， 终端可以向服务基站比如宏基站请求 OSG仔基站以 及获得授权的 CSG仔基站的位置相关信息。 然后， 终端保存接收到的仔基 站的位置相关信息、 以及自己生成的仔基站的位置相关信息。
之后， 当终端在宏基站服务区时， 终端就可以通过自己的位置与仔基 站的位置相关信息进行比对， 仔基站的位置相关信息包括接收到的仔基站 位置识别信息以及自己的历史位置信息。 当终端发现自己进入仔基站服务 区时， 终端就可以判断已经可以切换到仔基站了， 于是直接发起从宏基站 到仔基站的切换。
方法实施例十二为： 对接收到的仔基站的位置相关信息和生成的仔基 站的位置相关信息相结合， 终端对所获得的结合信息进行判断， 通过多次 扫描和定位后的判断， 才能准确地判断出终端是否已经进入仔基站的服务 区。 而且， 该终端为不含有 GPS能力的终端。
当没有 GPS能力的终端接入到仔基站时，可以利用其它的 LBS定位方 法对自己的位置进行定位。 这里， 其它的 LBS定位方法包括： 终端对定位 基站的下行信号进行测量、 或者定位基站对终端的上行信号进行测量。 通 过这些 LBS定位方法， 终端可以获取自己的位置。 此时可能没有 GPS定位 那么准确。 而这里的自己的位置即意味着终端能够接入到仔基站的位置。 于是， 终端将这个位置与仔基站的信息关联起来， 生成仔基站的位置相关 信息。 这里， 仔基站的信息可以是基站标识号 /索引号， 载频或前导。 对于 未曾接入过的仔基站， 终端可以向服务基站比如可能是宏基站请求 OSG仔 基站以及获得授权的 CSG仔基站的位置相关信息。 然后， 终端保存接收到 的仔基站的位置相关信息、 以及自己生成的仔基站的位置相关信息。
之后， 当终端在宏基站的服务区时， 终端可以利用 LBS定位方法对自 己再次进行定位， 并根据自己的位置以及仔基站的相关位置判断两个位置 之间的距离， 这里的仔基站的相关位置包括： 仔基站的位置和 /或能接入仔 基站的位置。 如果两者距离很远时， 终端可以不用做扫描， 并且在间隔比 较长的时间、 或者终端移动了显著的距离以后再进行定位， 以判断离可接 入仔基站的位置的距离。 这个过程持续进行直到终端经过定位后发现历史 位置或者仔基站就在附近。 由于定位精度的限制可能无法做出是否已进入 仔基站服务区的判断， 而且可能有不止一个仔基站在附近。 这时候， 终端 可以扫描这些仔基站， 通过信号测量以准确地判断出是否可以切换到仔基 站。 扫描的优先级可以根据位置间距离比较来确定。 当切换的条件满足时， 即当终端位于仔基站的信号覆盖范围内， 且能保证终端与仔基站之间的信 号通信强度， 基站或者终端就可以发起从宏基站到仔基站的切换。 最终， 终端顺利的接入仔基站。
一种位置相关信息的处理系统， 该系统包括： 执行单元， 用于终端根 据仔基站的位置相关信息执行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的处理。
需要指出的是： 以上所涉及到的宏基站以 Macro BS 表示， 小基站以 Micro BS表示， 微基站以 Pico BS表示， 仔基站以 Femto BS/Femtocell BS 表示， 仔基站的标识号以 BS ID表示， 仔基站的索引号以 BS Index表示， 仔基站的前导以 Preamble表示。
就本发明的适用范围而言， 需要指出的是： 本文涉及的宏基站与仔基 站在其它无线通信技术标准中可能称呼略有不同。 例如， 在全球移动通信 系统（ GSM, Global System for Mobile Communications )网络中称为基站收 发台 （BTS , Base Transceiver Station ); 在通用移动通信系统 （UMTS , Universal Mobile Telecommunications System )、 长期演进 ( LTE, Long Term Evolution ) 网络中称为 NodeB; 在高级长期演进（ LTE-A, LTE- Advanced ) 网络中称为 eNodeB。 仔基站在 WiMAX网络中称为 femto BS或者 WiMax Femtocell Access Point, 这里 , WiMax Femtocell Access Point缩写为 WFAP; 在 GSM或者码分多址（ CDMA )网络中称为仔接入点（ FAP , Femto Access Point ); 在 UMTS、 LTE 网络中称为家庭基站（HNB , Home NodeB ), 在 LTE-A 网络中称为演进的家庭基站 （HeNB )。 本发明的方法适用于拥有覆 盖小的基站的无线通信网络， 特别是兼有覆盖大的基站和覆盖 d、的基站的 无线通信网络， 因而在以上这些通信标准技术中也同样适用。
以上所述， 仅为本发明的较佳实施例而已， 并非用于限定本发明的保 护范围。

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1、 一种位置相关信息的发送方法， 其特征在于， 该方法包括： 基站发送仔基站的位置相关信息给终端， 以支持终端接入到仔基站、 和 /或终端切换到仔基站、和 /或终端定位到仔基站、和 /或终端实现自身的定 位„
2、 根据权利要求 1所述的方法， 其特征在于， 所述发送之前还包括： 基站获取仔基站的位置相关信息。
3、 根据权利要求 2所述的方法， 其特征在于， 所述基站通过自身接收 /测量 /计算、 和 /或空口、 和 /或中继站、 和 /或骨干网、 和 /或回程的方式， 获 取所述仔基站的位置相关信息。
4、 根据权利要求 3所述的方法， 其特征在于， 所述基站包括宏基站、 小基站、 微基站、 仔基站； 所述发送的方式包含广播、 组播、 单播中的至 少一种。
5、 根据权利要求 4所述的方法， 其特征在于， 所述获取具体为： 由仔 基站获取仔基站的位置相关信息；
所述发送具体为： 由所述仔基站将仔基站的位置相关信息主动发送给 终端， 或者， 仔基站在收到终端的请求消息后， 由仔基站被动发送给终端。
6、 根据权利要求 4所述的方法， 其特征在于， 所述获取具体为： 由仔 基站获取终端的位置相关信息， 根据终端的位置相关信息仔基站获取到仔 基站的位置相关信息；
所述发送具体为： 由所述仔基站将仔基站的位置相关信息主动发送给 终端， 或者， 仔基站在收到终端的请求消息后， 由仔基站被动发送给终端。
7、 根据权利要求 6所述的方法， 其特征在于， 所述获取到仔基站的位 置相关信息进一步为：
其他终端将所述终端的位置相关信息确定为参照信息， 根据所述参照 信息获取其他终端的位置相关信息， 根据所述其他终端的位置相关信息仔 基站获取到仔基站的位置相关信息；
所述终端或所述其他终端的类型包括： 接入仔基站的终端类型， 以及 未接入仔基站的终端类型。
8、 根据权利要求 4所述的方法， 其特征在于， 所述获取具体为： 由宏 基站获取仔基站的位置相关信息； 或者，
由宏基站获取终端的位置相关信息、 或者由宏基站通过仔基站获取终 端的位置相关信息， 根据终端的位置相关信息宏基站获取到仔基站的位置 相关信息；
所述发送具体为： 由所述宏基站将仔基站的位置相关信息主动发送给 终端， 或者， 宏基站在收到终端的请求消息后， 由宏基站被动发送给终端。
9、 根据权利要求 1至 8中任一项所述的方法， 其特征在于， 所述仔基 站具体为： 所述终端能接入的仔基站， 包括： 开放的仔基站、 和 /或终端获 得授权的专有仔基站。
10、 根据权利要求 1至 8中任一项所述的方法， 其特征在于， 所述仔 基站包括： 所述终端接入过的仔基站、 和 /或终端未接入过的仔基站。
11、 根据权利要求 5至 8中任一项所述的方法， 其特征在于， 该方法 还包括： 所述仔基站的位置相关信息在邻区列表消息中携带， 或者在仔基 站与宏基站的映射关系信息中携带， 或者通过其它消息携带；
所述仔基站的位置相关信息包括： 仔基站的标识号 /索引号、 位置识别 信息、 仔基站的载频、 仔基站的前导、 位置识别信息类型中的至少一种。
12、 根据权利要求 11所述的方法， 其特征在于， 所述位置识别信息包 括三种方式中的至少一种， 所述三种方式具体为： 仔基站和 /或终端的地理 位置信息， 仔基站和 /或终端接收到的卫星定位 GPS信号特征信息， 仔基站 和 /或终端测量到的基站定位信号特征信息； 所述位置识别信息类型对应于所述三种方式， 包括： 地理位置信息类 型， GPS信号特征信息类型， 基站定位信号特征信息类型中的至少一种。
13、 根据权利要求 12所述的方法， 其特征在于， 所述位置识别信息类 型标识所述位置识别信息， 进一步与仔基站的位置， 终端可接入仔基站的 位置， 终端的能力中的至少一种内容相对应关联。
14、 根据权利要求 13所述的方法， 其特征在于， 所述请求消息中进一 步封装有所述位置识别信息类型， 所述发送进一步还包括： 将与所述位置 识别信息类型相对应的位置识别信息发送给终端。
15、 一种位置相关信息的发送系统， 其特征在于， 该系统包括： 发送 单元， 用于基站发送仔基站的位置相关信息给终端， 以支持终端接入到仔 基站、 和 /或终端切换到仔基站、 和 /或终端定位到仔基站、 和 /或终端实现自 身的定位。
16、 一种位置相关信息的处理方法， 其特征在于， 该方法包括： 终端根据仔基站的位置相关信息执行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的处 理。
17、 根据权利要求 16所述的方法， 其特征在于， 所述终端进一步根据 终端接收及保存的所述仔基站的位置相关信息、 和 /或终端生成及保存的所 述仔基站的位置相关信息， 执行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的处理。
18、 根据权利要求 17所述的方法， 其特征在于， 所述执行具体为： 根 据终端接收及保存的仔基站的位置相关信息， 判断终端是否进入和 /或准备 进入仔基站的服务区； 如果是， 则执行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的处理； 否则， 不执行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的处理。
19、 根据权利要求 17所述的方法， 其特征在于， 所述执行具体为： 根 据终端生成及保存的所述仔基站的位置相关信息， 判断终端是否进入和 /或 准备进入仔基站的服务区； 如果是， 则执行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的 处理； 否则， 不执行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的处理。
20、 根据权利要求 17所述的方法， 其特征在于， 所述执行具体为： 根 据终端接收及保存的仔基站的位置相关信息， 和生成及保存的仔基站的位 置相关信息所构成的结合信息判断终端是否进入和 /或准备进入仔基站的服 务区； 如果是， 则执行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的处理； 否则， 不执行 扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的处理。
21、 根据权利要求 16所述的方法， 其特征在于， 该方法进一步包括： 所述终端根据仔基站的位置相关信息、 和 /或终端当前的位置识别信息、 和 / 或邻区列表消息、 和 /或终端当前测量到的干扰信号强度、 和 /或终端当前的 状态、 和 /或基站的指示， 发起扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接入的处理， 以及确 定扫描和 /或切换和 /或接入的处理优先级顺序。
22、 一种位置相关信息的处理系统， 其特征在于， 该系统包括： 执行 单元， 用于终端根据仔基站的位置相关信息执行扫描、 和 /或切换、 和 /或接 入的处理。
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