WO2015074250A1

WO2015074250A1 - Method for determining location and base station

Info

Publication number: WO2015074250A1
Application number: PCT/CN2013/087698
Authority: WO
Inventors: 刘中全; 原华山
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2013-11-22
Filing date: 2013-11-22
Publication date: 2015-05-28
Also published as: CN103858462B; CN103858462A

Abstract

A method for determining a location and a base station. The method for determining a location comprises: after a base station is powered, configuring the base station using a configuration file acquired from an OSS; acquiring, by the base station, three MDT measurement reports, wherein the three MDT measurement reports are respectively provided to the base station by three UE, each of the three UE being a UE which has accessed a cell governed by the base station; and determining, by the base station, a location of the base station according to the three MDT measurement reports so that the location of the base station can be determined without using methods of engineering exploration measurement or a GPS receiver, thereby being able to effectively save costs and enhance the flexibility of the system.

Description

Method for determining position and base station

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a wireless communication technology, and in particular, to a method and a base station for determining a location.

BACKGROUND With the development of long-term evolution (English: Full Time Evolution, abbreviated as LTE) technology, base station deployment is more and more extensive, and the location of the base station itself is becoming more and more important.

In the prior art, there are two ways to determine the location of a base station, one is based on a surveying method, and the measurement engineer performs on-site measurement to determine the location of the base station, and the other is based on a base station global positioning system (English full name) : Global Positioning System, abbreviated as: GPS) Receiver, after the base station is powered up, the base station acquires the location of the base station through its own GPS receiver.

However, determining the location of the base station based on the method of surveying and surveying requires a large amount of manpower and material resources, and the time consumed is long and the cost is high; determining the location of the base station based on the manner of the base station GPS receiver will result in high hardware cost of the base station.

Therefore, the existing methods for determining the location of the base station are relatively expensive, and it is difficult to adapt to the increasingly widespread deployment and application requirements of the base station.

Summary of the invention

The embodiments of the present invention provide a method for determining a location and a base station, so as to solve the problem that the existing method for determining the location of the base station is relatively high, and it is difficult to adapt to the needs of an increasingly widespread deployment and application of the base station.

A first aspect of the present invention provides a method of determining a location, comprising:

After the base station is powered on, configuring the base station by using a configuration file obtained from an OSS of the operation support system;

The base station acquires three minimized drive test MDT measurement reports, where the three MDT measurement reports are respectively provided by the three user equipment UEs to the base station, and the three UEs are all under the jurisdiction of the base station. UE of the cell;

The base station determines the location of the base station based on the three MDT measurement reports.

In a first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, each of the MDT measurement reports includes first information and second information, where the first information is used to indicate a bit of the UE that provides the MDT measurement The second information is used to indicate a timing advance required to implement synchronization between the UE that provides the MDT measurement report and the base station;

Determining, by the base station, the location of the base station according to the three MDT measurement reports, the base station determining, according to each of the time advancements, a distance value, where each of the distance values respectively indicates the providing the MDT measurement report The distance between the UE and the base station;

The base station determines the location of the base station based on the determined three distance values and the locations of the three UEs.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the location of the base station is an intersection of three circles, where the three circles have the three triangles respectively The position of the UE, the radius of each circle is the distance between the UE at the dot position and the base station.

With reference to the first aspect, or the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, or the second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a third possible implementation manner, after the base station is powered on, using the information obtained from the OSS The configuration file configuration of the base station includes:

The base station is powered on, and establishes a connection between the base station and the OSS;

The base station acquires a common configuration from the OSS through the connection, and the common configuration can be used to configure a plurality of base stations including the base station;

The base station configures the base station according to the public configuration.

With reference to the first aspect, or the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, or the second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, or the third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner, The method also includes:

Transmitting, by the base station, a location of the base station to the OSS, where a location of the base station is used to generate a dedicated configuration of the base station, where the dedicated configuration can only be used to configure the base station;

The base station receives a dedicated configuration generated by the OSS for the base station, and configures the base station by using the dedicated configuration.

A second aspect of the present invention provides a base station, including:

a configuration unit, configured to: after the base station is powered on, configure the base station by using a configuration file obtained from an operation support system OSS;

An acquiring unit, configured to obtain three minimized drive test MDT measurement reports after the configuration unit configures the base station, where the three MDT measurement reports are respectively provided by the three UEs to the base station, where Each of the three UEs is a UE that has accessed a cell under the jurisdiction of the base station; and,

a determining unit, configured to determine a location of the base station according to the three MDT measurement reports after the acquiring unit acquires the three MDT measurement reports.

In a first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, each of the MDT measurement reports includes first information and second information, where the first information is used to indicate a location of a UE that provides the MDT measurement, The second information is used to indicate a timing advance required to implement synchronization between the UE that provides the MDT measurement report and the base station; and the determining unit includes:

a first determining unit, configured to determine, after the acquiring unit acquires the three MDT measurement reports, a distance value according to each of the timing advances, where each distance value respectively indicates a UE that provides an MDT measurement report and The distance between the base stations; and,

a second determining unit, configured to determine, according to the three distance values and locations of the three UEs, the location of the base station after the first determining unit obtains the three distance values.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the location of the base station is an intersection of three circles, wherein the three circles have the three dots The location of the UE, the radius of each circle is the distance from the UE at the location and the base station.

With reference to the second aspect, or the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, or the second possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the configuration unit includes: Establishing a connection between the base station and the OSS after the base station is powered on;

a configuration obtaining unit, configured to acquire a public configuration from the OSS through the connection after the connection unit establishes a connection with the OSS, where the public configuration can be used to configure a base station including the base station Multiple base stations; and,

And a base station configuration unit, configured to configure the base station according to the public configuration after the configuration acquiring unit acquires the public configuration.

With reference to the second aspect, or the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, or the second possible implementation manner of the second aspect, or the third possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in the fourth possible implementation manner of the second aspect The base station further includes:

a sending unit, configured to send a location of the base station to the OSS after the determining unit obtains the location of the base station, where a location of the base station is used to generate a dedicated configuration of the base station; And a receiving unit, configured to: after the sending unit sends the location of the base station, receive a dedicated configuration generated by the OSS for the base station, and configure the base station by using the dedicated configuration.

A third aspect of the present invention provides a base station, including: a processor, a receiver, a memory, and a power supply;

The power source is configured to provide power to the processor, the receiver, and the memory; the receiver is configured to acquire a configuration file from an operation support system OSS, and obtain a minimized drive test MDT from three user equipment UEs, respectively. a measurement report, the three UEs are UEs that have accessed a cell under the jurisdiction of the base station;

The processor is configured to configure the base station by using the configuration file after the base station is powered on, and determine a location of the base station according to the three MDT measurement reports.

In a first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, each of the MDT measurement reports includes first information and second information, where the first information is used to indicate a location of a UE that provides the MDT measurement, The second information is used to indicate a timing advance required to implement synchronization between the UE providing the MDT measurement report and the base station;

Determining, by the processor, the location of the base station according to the three MDT measurements: the processor is configured to determine a distance value according to each of the timing advances, where each of the distance values respectively indicates The distance between the UE providing the MDT measurement report and the base station; determining the location of the base station according to the determined three distance values and the positions of the three UEs.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the location of the base station is an intersection of three circles, where the dots of the three circles are respectively The positions of the three UEs, the radius of each circle is the distance between the UE at the dot position and the base station.

With reference to the third aspect, or the first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, or the second possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the processor is used on the base station After the power is configured, configuring the base station by using a configuration file obtained from the OSS includes:

The processor is configured to establish a connection between the base station and the OSS, obtain a common configuration from the OSS by using the connection, and the common configuration can be used to configure multiple base stations including the base station; The base station is configured in accordance with the public configuration.

In combination with the third aspect or the first possible implementation of the third aspect or the second possible implementation of the third aspect or the third possible implementation of the third aspect, the fourth possibility in the third aspect In an implementation manner, the base station further includes a transmitter, where:

The transmitter is configured to send a location of the base station to the OSS, where a location of the base station is used to generate a dedicated configuration of the base station, where the dedicated configuration can only be used to configure the base station;

The receiver is further configured to receive a dedicated configuration generated by the OSS for the base station;

The processor is further configured to configure the base station by using the dedicated configuration;

The power source is also used to provide power to the transmitter.

With reference to the third aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the third aspect or the second possible implementation manner of the third aspect or the third possible implementation manner of the third aspect or the fourth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, In a fifth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the memory is used to store the configuration file.

In the above technical solution, after the base station is powered on, the operating support system can be utilized (English full name:

Operation Support System, abbreviated as: OSS) Obtain the configuration file to configure the base station, and obtain three minimized drive tests (English full name: Minimization Drive Test, abbreviated as: MDT), where the three MDT measurements The four advertisements are provided to the base station by three user equipments (English: User Equipment, abbreviated as: UE), and the three UEs are all UEs that have accessed the cell under the jurisdiction of the base station, and the base station will The three MDT measurement reports determine the location of the base station, so that the location of the base station does not need to be determined by means of surveying or GPS receivers, which can effectively save costs and enhance system flexibility.

DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic diagram of a method for determining a location in an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is another schematic diagram of a method for determining a location in an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic diagram of a location of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is another schematic diagram of a structure of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 6 is another schematic diagram of a structure of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The embodiments of the present invention provide a method for determining a location and a base station, so as to solve the problem that the existing method for determining the location of the base station is relatively high, and it is difficult to adapt to the needs of an increasingly widespread deployment and application of the base station. For a better understanding of the technical solution of the present invention, please refer to FIG. 1 , which is an embodiment of a method for determining a location according to an embodiment of the present invention, including:

After the base station is powered on, the base station is configured by using a configuration file obtained from the OSS. In the embodiment of the present invention, after the base station is powered on, the base station can be configured by using a configuration file obtained from the OSS. The configuration file is a public configuration, and the public configuration can be used to configure multiple base stations including the base station.

Optionally, the configuring, by the base station, the base station by using the configuration file obtained from the OSS, the method includes: the base station is powered on, and establishing a connection between the base station and the OSS, where the base station obtains a common configuration from the OSS, and the base station according to the The public configuration configures the base station.

102. The base station acquires three MDT measurement reports, and the three MDT measurement reports are respectively composed of three

The UE is provided to the base station, and the three UEs are all UEs that have access to the cell under the control of the base station. In the embodiment of the present invention, after the base station configures the base station by using the configuration file, the cell activation process is started, and the activation is started. The cell under the jurisdiction of the base station, and after the cell is activated, the UE in the range of the cell can access the cell under the jurisdiction of the base station.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the three UEs are UEs that are randomly selected by the base station and have MDT capability, and the base station sends an MDT command to the three UEs, and after receiving the MDT command, the three UEs generate an MDT. The measurement report is fed back to the base station.

103. The base station determines a location of the base station according to three MDT measurement reports.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the base station is powered on, the information carried by the three MDT measurement reports can be used to determine the location of the base station itself, so that the location of the base station is not required to be determined by means of the survey measurement or the GPS receiver. Effective cost savings and increased system flexibility.

Referring to FIG. 2, in a method for determining a location according to an embodiment of the present invention, the MDT measurement report includes first information and second information, where the first information is used to indicate a location of a UE that provides a measurement report, and second The information is used to indicate the timing advance required for synchronization between the UE and the base station that provides the MDT measurement report (in English: Timing Advance, abbreviated as TA), and the base station performs the embodiment shown in FIG. After steps 101 and 102, the following steps may be performed to implement the above step 103, that is, the example of implementing the above step 103 may include the following steps.

201. The base station determines, according to each timing advance, a distance value, where each distance value respectively indicates a distance between each UE that provides the MDT measurement report and the base station; For example, if three time advances are TA1, TA2, and TA3, which are sent to the base station by UE1, UE2, and UE3, respectively, in this step, the base station determines, according to TA1, TA2, and TA3, corresponding to each time advance. Distance values, for example, rl, r2, and r3, respectively, each distance value indicating the distance between each UE providing the MDT report and the base station, that is, rl indicates the distance between UE1 and the base station, and r2 indicates the distance between UE2 and the base station. , r3 indicates the distance of UE3 from the base station.

Optionally, the distance value is equal to a product of a timing advance in the MDT measurement report and a signal transmission speed, where the signal transmission speed is a speed at which the MDT measurement report is transmitted from the UE to the base station.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the location of the UE and the location of the base station are represented by using latitude and longitude.

202. The base station determines the location of the base station according to the determined three distance values and the positions of the three UEs. For example, the location of the base station is an intersection of three circles, and the dots of the three circles are respectively for the three UEs. Position, the radius of each circle is the distance between the UE corresponding to the dot and the base station. Then, according to the example of step 201, in this step, the first circle can be obtained by taking the position of UE1 as the center and rl as the radius, and the second circle can be obtained by taking the position of UE2 as the center and r2 as the radius, and the position of UE3 is obtained. The third circle is obtained by centering the circle and r3 is the radius. The intersection of the three circles is the position of the base station. Referring to FIG. 3, which is a schematic diagram of a location of a base station, where point A is the location of the base station, and the distance between the point A and the location of the UE1 is rl, the distance from the location of the UE2 is r2, and the distance from the location of the UE3 is R3.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the base station implements the foregoing step 103 by using the foregoing steps 201 and 202, the following steps may be further performed:

203. The base station sends the location of the base station to the OSS, where the location of the base station is used to generate a dedicated configuration of the base station.

It can be understood that the dedicated configuration refers to only the configuration of the base station, that is, the configuration dedicated to the base station.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the location of the base station, the OSS generates a dedicated configuration of the base station according to the location of the base station, and sends the dedicated configuration to the base station.

204. The base station receives a dedicated configuration generated by the OSS for the base station, and configures the base station by using the dedicated configuration.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the base station determines the location of the base station according to the timing of the three UEs and the time advance required for synchronization between each of the three UEs and the base station, so that the base station does not need to pass. The location of the base station is determined by means of surveying or GPS receivers, which can effectively save costs and enhance system flexibility. Further, the base station may also send the location of the base station to the OSS, and the OSS generates a dedicated configuration of the base station according to the location of the base station and sends the configuration to the base station to implement accurate configuration of the base station.

The present invention also provides an apparatus for implementing a method of determining a position, which is described below.

Please refer to FIG. 4, which is an embodiment of a structure of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention. The base station includes: a configuration unit 401, configured to configure the base station by using a configuration file acquired from an operation support system OSS after the base station is powered on;

The obtaining unit 402 is configured to obtain three minimized drive test MDT measurement reports after the configuration unit 401 is configured by the configuration unit 401, where the three MDT measurement reports are respectively provided by the three UEs to the base station, and the three UEs are all connected. Entering the UE of the cell under the jurisdiction of the base station; and,

The determining unit 403 is configured to determine the location of the base station according to the three MDT measurement reports after the acquiring unit 402 obtains the three MDT measurement reports.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the base station is powered on, the configuration unit 401 of the base station configures the base station by using a configuration file acquired from the OSS, and then, the acquiring unit 402 acquires three MDT measurement reports, the three MDTs. The measurement reports are respectively provided by the three UEs to the base station, and the three UEs are all UEs that have accessed the cell under the jurisdiction of the base station, and the determining unit 403 determines the location of the base station according to the three MDT measurement reports.

After the power is turned on, the base station provided by the embodiment of the present invention can determine the location of the base station by using the information carried by the three MDT measurement reports, so that the location of the base station does not need to be determined by means of the survey measurement or the GPS receiver. Effective cost savings and increased system flexibility.

For a better understanding of the base station in the embodiment of the present invention, refer to FIG. 5, which is an embodiment of a structure of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention, including:

The above configuration unit 401, the obtaining unit 402 and the determining unit 403 in the embodiment of FIG. In the embodiment of the present invention, each MDT measurement report includes first information and second information, where the first information is used to indicate the location of the UE that provides the MDT measurement report, and the second information is used to indicate that the MDT measurement report is provided. The timing advance required for synchronization between the UE and the base station, and the determining unit 403 includes:

The first determining unit 501 is configured to acquire the three MDT measurement reports in the acquiring unit 402. Then, determining a distance value according to each timing advance, each distance value respectively indicating a distance between each UE and the base station that provides the MDT measurement report; and,

The second determining unit 502 is configured to determine, after the first determining unit 501 obtains three distance values, the location of the base station according to the three distance values and the positions of the three UEs.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the location of the base station is an intersection of three circles, wherein the circles of the three circles are the positions of three UEs, and the radius of each circle is the UE with the position at the dot and the base station. the distance between.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the foregoing configuration unit 401 specifically includes:

The connection unit 503 is configured to establish a connection between the base station and the OSS after the base station is powered on. The configuration obtaining unit 504 is configured to obtain a public configuration from the OSS through the connection after the connection unit 503 establishes a connection with the OSS. The public configuration can be used to configure a plurality of base stations including the base station; and,

The base station configuration unit 505 is configured to configure the base station according to a common configuration after the configuration obtaining unit 504 acquires the public configuration.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the base station further includes:

The sending unit 506 is configured to: after the determining unit 403 obtains the location of the base station, send the location of the base station to the OSS, where the location of the base station is used to generate a dedicated configuration of the base station;

The receiving unit 507 is configured to: after the sending unit 506 sends the location of the base station, receive a dedicated configuration generated by the OSS for the base station, and configure the base station by using the dedicated configuration.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the base station is powered on, the connection unit in the configuration unit 401 of the base station

503 establishing a connection between the base station and the OSS; then the configuration obtaining unit 504 obtains a common configuration from the OSS through the connection, the common configuration can be used to configure a plurality of base stations including the base station; and the base station in the configuration unit 401 The configuration unit 505 configures the base station according to the common configuration. After the configuration unit 401 completes the configuration of the base station, the acquiring unit 402 acquires three MDT measurement reports, which are respectively provided by the three UEs to the base station, and the three UEs are all connected to the base station. The UE of the cell under jurisdiction, and then the first determining unit 501 in the determining unit 403 determines a distance value by using the timing advance in each MDT measurement report, each distance value indicating each UE and base station providing the MDT measurement report respectively. The distance between the base stations is determined by the second determining unit 502 according to the determined three distance values and the positions of the three UEs. And determining the base station After the location, the sending unit 506 in the base station sends the location of the base station to the OSS, the location of the base station is used to generate a dedicated configuration of the base station; and the receiving unit 507 receives the dedicated configuration generated by the OSS for the base station, and The base station is configured with this dedicated configuration.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the base station determines the location of the base station according to the time advance of the three UEs and the time advance required for synchronization between each of the three UEs and the base station, so that the survey does not need to pass the survey. Or the way of the GPS receiver determines the location of the base station, which can effectively save costs and enhance the flexibility of the system. Further, the base station may also send the location of the base station to the OSS, and the OSS generates a dedicated configuration of the base station according to the location of the base station and sends the configuration to the base station to implement accurate configuration of the base station.

Referring to FIG. 6, an embodiment of a structure of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a processor 601, a receiver 602, a memory 603, and a power source 604. The power source 604 is configured to be a processor 601, a receiver 602, and Memory 603 provides electrical energy.

The receiver 602 is configured to obtain a configuration file from the OSS, and obtain an MDT measurement report from the three UEs, where the three UEs are all UEs that have accessed the cell under the control of the base station.

The processor 601 is configured to configure the base station by using a configuration file after the base station is powered on, and determine the location of the base station according to the three MDT measurement reports.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, each MDT measurement report includes first information and second information, where the first information is used to indicate a location of a UE that provides an MDT measurement, and the second information is used to indicate that the MDT is provided. Measuring the amount of time required to achieve synchronization between the reported UE and the base station;

Optionally, the determining, by the processor 601, the location of the base station according to the three MDT measurement reports includes: the processor 601, configured to determine, according to each timing advance, a distance value, where each distance value respectively indicates each of the provided MDTs Measuring the distance between the reported UE and the base station; determining the location of the base station according to the determined three distance values and the positions of the three UEs, where the location of the base station is the intersection of three circles, wherein the dots of the three circles are respectively For the location of the three UEs, the radius of each circle is the distance from the UE and the base station located at the dot.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the processor 601 is configured to: after the base station is powered on, configure the base station by using a configuration file acquired from the OSS, where the processor 601 is configured to establish a connection between the base station and the OSS. Obtaining a common configuration from the OSS through the connection, the common configuration being able to be used to configure a plurality of base stations including the base station; configuring the base station according to the common configuration. Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the base station further includes a transmitter 605, and the power source 604 provides power to the transmitter 605, where the transmitter 605 is configured to send the location of the base station to the OSS, where the location of the base station is used. Generating a dedicated configuration of the base station, the dedicated configuration can only be used to configure the base station; optionally, the receiver 602 is further configured to receive a dedicated configuration generated by the OSS for the base station; optionally, the processor 601 is further configured to utilize This dedicated configuration configures the base station.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the memory 603 is configured to store a configuration file, such as the public configuration described above, and, for example, the dedicated configuration described above.

Optionally, in the base station provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the receiver 602 and the transmitter 605 may be respectively connected to an antenna, or may be combined into a transceiver and connected to the antenna.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the base station is powered on, the base station is configured by using a public configuration acquired from the OSS, and three MDT measurement reports are obtained, where the three MDT measurement reports are respectively provided by the three UEs to the base station. The three UEs are UEs that have access to the cell under the control of the base station, and each MDT measurement report includes first information and second information, where the first information is used to indicate the location of the UE that provides the MDT measurement report. And the second information is used to indicate a timing advance required for synchronization between the UE and the base station that provides the MDT measurement report, and the base station determines, according to each timing advance, a distance between the UE and the base station that indicates the MDT measurement report is provided. a distance value, and determining a location of the base station according to the determined three distance values and positions of the three UEs, so that the location of the base station is not required to be determined by means of a survey measurement or a GPS receiver, which can effectively save cost and enhance System flexibility. And the base station can also send the location of the base station to the OSS, and the OSS generates a dedicated configuration of the base station according to the location of the base station and sends the configuration to the base station to implement accurate configuration of the base station.

It should be noted that the embodiment of the present invention is described by taking a base station as an example, but the embodiment of the present invention is not only applicable to a base station, but also applicable to any device having the following functions or performing the following steps: capable of utilizing configuration after power-on The file is configured to obtain three MDT measurement reports and determine the location of the device itself based on the three MDT measurement reports.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the present invention can be implemented by hardware implementation, firmware implementation, or a combination thereof. When implemented in software, the functions described above may be stored in or transmitted as one or more instructions or code on a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium includes a computer storage medium and a communication medium, wherein the communication medium includes a direction from one location to another Any medium that transfers computer programs. A storage medium may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example and not limitation, computer readable media may comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, disk storage media or other magnetic storage device, or can be used for carrying or storing in the form of an instruction or data structure. The desired program code and any other medium that can be accessed by the computer. Also. Any connection may suitably be a computer readable medium. For example, if the software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave, then the coaxial cable , fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, wireless, and microwaves are included in the fixing of the associated media. As used in the present invention, a disc (D i sk ) and a disc (CD) include a compact disc (CD), a laser disc, a compact disc, a digital versatile disc (DVD), a floppy disc, and a Blu-ray disc, wherein the disc is usually magnetically replicated, The disc uses a laser to optically replicate the data. Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of the computer readable media.

The method for determining the location and the base station provided by the present invention are described in detail above. For those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the embodiment of the present invention, there are changes in the specific implementation manner and application scope. In conclusion, the contents of the present specification should not be construed as limiting the invention.

Claims

Rights request

1. A method of determining a location, characterized by including:

After the base station is powered on, the base station is configured using the configuration file obtained from the operation support system OSS;

The base station obtains three minimum drive test MDT measurement reports. The three MDT measurement reports are respectively provided to the base station by three user equipments UE. The three UEs have all accessed the jurisdiction of the base station. UE of the cell;

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that each MDT measurement report contains first information and second information, and the first information is used to indicate the source of the MDT measurement report.

The location of the UE, the second information is used to indicate the time advance required to achieve synchronization between the UE that provides the MDT measurement report and the base station;

The base station determines the location of the base station based on the three MDT measurement reports: the base station determines a distance value based on each of the time advances, and each distance value indicates the location of the MDT measurement report provided by the base station. The distance between the UE and the base station;

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that the position of the base station is the intersection of three circles, wherein the dots of the three circles are the positions of the three UEs, and each circle The radius of is the distance between the UE located at the dot and the base station.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that, after the base station is powered on, configuring the base station using the configuration file obtained from the OSS includes:

The base station is powered on and the connection between the base station and the OSS is established;

The base station obtains a public configuration from the OSS through the connection, and the public configuration can be used to configure multiple base stations including the base station;

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the method further includes:

The base station sends the location of the base station to the OSS, and the location of the base station is used to generate the A dedicated configuration of the base station, the dedicated configuration can only be used to configure the base station;

The base station receives the dedicated configuration generated by the OSS for the base station, and uses the dedicated configuration to configure the base station.

6. A base station, characterized by including:

A configuration unit configured to configure the base station using the configuration file obtained from the operation support system OSS after the base station is powered on;

An acquisition unit configured to acquire three minimum drive test MDT measurement reports after the configuration unit configures the base station. The three MDT measurement reports are provided to the base station by three UEs respectively. The three UEs are all UEs that have accessed the cell under the jurisdiction of the base station; and,

A determining unit, configured to determine the location of the base station based on the three MDT measurement reports after the obtaining unit obtains the three MDT measurement reports.

7. The base station according to claim 6, wherein each MDT measurement report includes first information and second information, and the first information is used to indicate the location of the UE that provides the MDT measurement report, The second information is used to indicate the time advance required to achieve synchronization between the UE that provides the MDT measurement report and the base station; and, the determining unit includes:

The first determining unit is configured to determine a distance value according to each of the time advances after the obtaining unit obtains the three MDT measurement reports, and each distance value respectively indicates the distance between each UE that provides the MDT measurement report and The huge distance between said base stations; and,

The second determination unit is configured to determine the location of the base station based on the three distance values and the locations of the three UEs after the first determination unit obtains the three distance values.

8. The base station according to claim 7, wherein the position of the base station is the intersection of three circles, wherein the dots of the three circles are the positions of the three UEs, and each circle The radius of is the distance between the UE located at the dot and the base station.

9. The base station according to any one of claims 6 to 8, characterized in that the configuration unit includes:

A connection unit, configured to establish a connection between the base station and the OSS after the base station is powered on;

A configuration acquisition unit, configured to acquire a public configuration from the OSS through the connection after the connection unit establishes a connection with the OSS. The public configuration can be used to configure the following: multiple base stations within the base station; and,

A base station configuration unit, configured to configure the base station according to the public configuration after the configuration acquisition unit obtains the public configuration.

10. The base station according to any one of claims 6 to 9, characterized in that the base station further includes:

A sending unit, configured to send the location of the base station to the OSS after the determining unit obtains the location of the base station, and the location of the base station is used to generate a dedicated configuration of the base station; and, a receiving unit, Used to receive a dedicated configuration generated by the OSS for the base station after the sending unit sends the location of the base station, and configure the base station using the dedicated configuration.

11. A base station, characterized in that it includes: a processor, a receiver, a memory and a power supply; wherein,

The power supply is used to provide power for the processor, the receiver and the memory; the receiver is used to obtain configuration files from the operation support system OSS, and to obtain the minimized drive test MDT from three user equipments UE respectively. Measurement report, the three UEs are all UEs that have accessed the cell under the jurisdiction of the base station;

The processor is configured to configure the base station using the configuration file after the base station is powered on, and determine the location of the base station based on the three MDT measurement reports.

12. The base station according to claim 11, wherein each MDT measurement report includes first information and second information, and the first information is used to indicate the location of the UE that provides the MDT measurement report, The second information is used to indicate the time advance required to achieve synchronization between the UE that provides the MDT measurement report and the base station;

The processor is configured to determine the location of the base station based on the three MDT measurement reports: the processor is configured to determine a distance value based on each of the time advances, and each distance value indicates each of the Determine the distance between the UE that provides the MDT measurement report and the base station; determine the location of the base station based on the determined three distance values and the locations of the three UEs.

13. The base station according to claim 12, wherein the position of the base station is the intersection of three circles, wherein the dots of the three circles are the positions of the three UEs, and each circle The radius of is the distance between the UE located at the dot and the base station.

14. The base station according to claims 11 to 13, characterized in that the processor is configured to: After the base station is powered on, configuring the base station using the configuration file obtained from the OSS includes: the processor is used to establish a connection between the base station and the OSS, and obtain public configuration from the OSS through the connection , the common configuration can be used to configure multiple base stations including the base station; configure the base station according to the common configuration.

15. The base station according to claims 11 to 14, further comprising a transmitter, wherein:

The transmitter is used to send the location of the base station to the OSS, and the location of the base station is used to generate a dedicated configuration of the base station, and the dedicated configuration can only be used to configure the base station;

The receiver is also used to receive the dedicated configuration generated by the OSS for the base station;

The processor is also configured to configure the base station using the dedicated configuration;

The power supply is also used to provide electrical energy to the transmitter.

16. The base station according to claims 11 to 15, characterized in that the memory is used to store the configuration file.