Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a positioning method, a positioning server, a terminal and a base station. The positioning method includes: notifying a terminal of difference threshold information; receiving cell subset information that is determined by the terminal according to the difference threshold information, where the cell subset information is used to indicate a cell pair whose reference signal measured value exceeds the difference threshold, or the cell subset information is used to indicate a cell pair whose reference signal measured value does not exceed the difference threshold; determining a configuration of a PRS according to the cell subset information, and notifying the terminal of the configuration of the PRS; and receiving an RSTD that is obtained by the terminal through measurement according to the configuration of the PRS, and determining a location of the terminal according to the RSTD.

Abstract: A data demodulation method, apparatus, and system are presented. The method includes obtaining notification information indicating that UE is in a high-speed moving state; performing time-frequency synchronization processing on first downlink data according to the notification information to obtain second downlink data; and performing demodulation processing on the second downlink data to obtain third downlink data, where in the demodulation processing, inter-TTIs filtering for a channel estimation is not performed, or a filtering coefficient as a weight of a current TTI for a channel estimation is greater than a filtering coefficient as a weight of a TTI that is at the time when the UE is in the non-high-speed moving state for a channel estimation. The demodulation method is applicable to a high-speed scenario for improving a downlink data throughput of the UE.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of mobile communications technologies, and in particular, to an indoor positioning method and an apparatus. In this solution, a positioning server obtains floor numbers of floors on which at least one base station is located; the positioning server receives identification information of a first terminal; the positioning server determines the first terminal according to the identification information; and the positioning server determines vertical location information of the first terminal according to the floor numbers of the floors on which the at least one base station is located. When a terminal is located indoors, positioning is meaningful only when a specific floor on which the terminal is located is determined.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communications field and disclose a data transmission device, method, and system, so as to better improve an average downlink throughput of UE. A specific solution is: A determining unit determines a downlink frequency shift according to a received uplink signal sent by a terminal device, and determines a second transmit frequency according to the downlink frequency shift and a first transmit frequency; and a sending unit sends a downlink signal to the terminal device according to the second transmit frequency determined by the determining unit, so that the terminal device receives the downlink signal according to a receive frequency corresponding to the first transmit frequency, where the downlink signal includes at least one of a DMRS or downlink data. The present invention is applied in a data transmission process.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a load balance method and relevant apparatuses to implement load balance between base stations in a communications network that includes an LTE base station. The method in an embodiment of the present invention includes: obtaining, by a radio resource management RRM server, load information reported by base stations, where the base stations include a Long Term Evolution LTE base station; determining an overloaded base station in the base stations; determining a target base station according to the load information, where the target base station is a base station to share a load of the overloaded base station; and instructing the overloaded base station and the target base station to perform load balance.

Abstract: The present invention provides a positioning parameter coordination apparatus, system, and method. A single positioning controller (SPC) receives a positioning request message sent by a positioning request device, obtains capability information of a user equipment (UE) according to an identifier of the UE, and determines at least one first access network device to complete positioning configuration. The SPC positions the UE according to a positioning parameter of the UE.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a timing value adjustment method and apparatus, which relate to the communications field and reduce a probability that power of a terminal exceeds a limit. A specific solution is that: an absolute timing difference of a timing advance group TAG pair is obtained according to an absolute value of a difference between transmit timing values or receive timing values of the two TAGs in the TAG pair, where the TAG pair is formed by any two TAGs in a TAG set; and it is determined that the absolute timing difference of the TAG pair meets a predetermined condition, and first signaling is sent to a network device, where the first signaling includes identifiers of the two TAGs in the TAG pair. The present invention is used in a timing value adjustment process.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a positioning method, a positioning server, a terminal and a base station. The positioning method includes: notifying a terminal of difference threshold information; receiving cell subset information that is determined by the terminal according to the difference threshold information, where the cell subset information is used to indicate a cell pair whose reference signal measured value exceeds the difference threshold, or the cell subset information is used to indicate a cell pair whose reference signal measured value does not exceed the difference threshold; determining a configuration of a PRS according to the cell subset information, and notifying the terminal of the configuration of the PRS; and receiving an RSTD that is obtained by the terminal through measurement according to the configuration of the PRS, and determining a location of the terminal according to the RSTD.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a positioning information processing method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a test terminal, a cell-specific reference signal sent by a base station, and obtaining an original cell-specific reference signal; obtaining, by the test terminal, a multipath characteristic quantity according to the received cell-specific reference signal and the original cell-specific reference signal; and sending, by the test terminal to a server, RSRP, timing information, and a multipath characteristic quantity that are corresponding to each test site, so that the server implements a positioning service.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of communications technologies, and disclose a positioning method and device, so as to resolve a prior-art problem of relatively low positioning precision caused by a relatively long message transmission delay. A specific solution is as follows: A positioning controller: sends, to a user device, a message that carries positioning auxiliary information including an identifier of a first base station and an identifier of at least one second base station; receives a message that carries a positioning measurement result; obtains location information of the first base station and location information of the at least one second base station; and determines location information of the user device according to the positioning measurement result, the location information of the first base station, and the location information of the at least one second base station.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a positioning method. When a primary cell PCell and a serving cell SCell that are of user equipment UE have different uplink-downlink configurations at a same subframe location, and the UE does not support simultaneous transmission and reception, the method includes: receiving, by a first device, positioning information of the UE, where the positioning information includes positioning assistance information, or positioning assistance information and a UE identifier, and the positioning assistance information includes at least positioning reference signal PRS information, or PRS information and a Cell ID; determining, by the first device and according to the positioning information, that the UE performs PRS measurement at the same subframe location of the SCell that has same configuration, and avoiding, by the first device, scheduling data or configuring a sounding signal sounding at the same subframe location of the PCell and the SCell that have different configurations.

Abstract: A positioning method for a user equipment, a data sending method, a device and a user equipment are disclosed. After receiving a positioning service trigger, the method comprises: acquiring a velocity estimate of a UE to be positioned; selecting configuration information of a PRS according to the velocity estimate, setting a PRS sending period of an evolved base station eNB, and sending the PRS sending period to the eNB; sending the configuration information of the PRS to the UE, enabling the UE to receive the PRS sent by the eNB according to the configuration of the PRS and estimate a measurement of RSTD; and receiving the measurement of RSTD sent by the UE, and calculating a geographic position of the UE according to the measurement of RSTD. The embodiments of the disclosure improve effectively the accuracy of positioning the user equipment.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a measurement method, user equipment, a base station, and a wireless communications system, where the method includes: determining, according to transmit bandwidth and transmit time of a new carrier type cell-specific reference signal in a cell of the first base station and the transmit bandwidth and the transmit time of the new carrier type cell-specific reference signal in the cell of the second base station, measurement bandwidth and measurement time corresponding to a cell in which user equipment is located; and transmitting measurement configuration information including the measurement bandwidth and the measurement time to the user equipment. The first base station may acquire the transmit bandwidth and the transmit time, and deliver, to UE, measurement configuration information including two pieces of information, namely, measurement bandwidth and measurement time. Therefore, a solution for performing effective measurement in a new carrier type is provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for obtaining location information, and pertains to the field of mobile communications. The method includes: receiving signal features and an identity of a to-be-positioned terminal that are sent by all base stations in multiple base stations, where the signal feature of a base station includes a signal power and an additional feature, and the additional feature includes at least a base station identity of the base station and signal transmission time; determining a relative power set according to signal powers sent by the multiple base stations, where the relative power set includes a relative power between any two base stations in the multiple base stations; and determining, according to the relative power set and additional features sent by the multiple base stations, location information of a terminal corresponding to the identity of the to-be-positioned terminal.

Abstract: A drive test information exchange method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a positioning controller, a positioning request message sent by user equipment UE; sending, by the positioning controller, positioning assistance information to the UE after the positioning controller receives the positioning request message sent by the UE; receiving, by the positioning controller, a measurement result sent by the UE; obtaining, by the positioning controller, positioning information according to the measurement result; and sending, by the positioning controller, drive test information to a drive test unit according to the indication information. The method and the apparatus of the present invention may be used to enable a process of obtaining drive test information by a drive test unit to be simpler, and a delay to be shorter.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for configuring a serving cell in dual connectivity, user equipment, and a base station. According to the method, a master eNodeB sends RRC connection reconfiguration signaling to the user equipment, where the RRC connection reconfiguration signaling carries indication information used to indicate whether an SFN of the master eNodeB and an SFN of the secondary eNodeB have same parity, or carries an SFN of the secondary eNodeB. The UE executes primary secondary cell pSCell configuration at the secondary eNodeB according to the RRC connection reconfiguration signaling. The UE may determine parity of the SFN of the secondary eNodeB according to the received indication information or the SFN of the secondary eNodeB, and then the UE performs random access to the SeNB.

Abstract: A method is provided. The method includes allocating a specified time period for receiving an uplink reference signal to each node, receiving an uplink reference signal that is received in the specified time period and forwarded by each node, obtaining power or a signal-to-noise ratio of the uplink reference signal forwarded by each node, selecting a time period corresponding to an uplink reference signal with maximum power or a maximum signal-to-noise ratio as a positioning time period, obtaining a corresponding positioning node according to the positioning time period and the specified time period for receiving an uplink reference signal, and determining a location of the mobile terminal according to a location of the positioning node.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a radio link monitoring method and UE. The radio link monitoring method provided in the embodiments of the present invention includes: monitoring, by user equipment UE, downlink quality of a serving cell on a physical layer by using an extended link monitoring period, where the extended link monitoring period is greater than an original link monitoring period; and sending, by the UE, an in-synchronization indication message or an out-of-synchronization indication message to an upper layer of the UE when a monitoring result satisfies a preset report condition. According to the method in the embodiments of the present invention, power consumption and device costs can be reduced.

Abstract: An access point, a terminal, and a Wireless Fidelity indoor positioning method are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a first access point, a first positioning signal sent by a terminal, and recording a moment for receiving the first positioning signal as a first moment t1; receiving, a second positioning signal sent by an ith second access point in n second access points, and recording a fourth moment ti4; sending, a response signal of the second positioning signal to the ith second access point, and recording a fifth moment ti5; receiving, a second moment ti2, a third moment ti3, and a sixth moment ti6 that are sent by the ith second access point; and determining, location coordinates of the terminal. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, clock synchronization is not required. In addition, terminal positioning accuracy is improved.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for enhancing measurement in a wireless communication system. The method includes: obtaining, according to a measurement period or triggered by an event, a measurement amount, where the measurement amount includes a ratio of a valid signal based on a reference signal to a non-valid signal based on the reference signal measured based on the reference signal; reporting the measurement amount to a base station; or performing cell selection or cell reselection according to the measurement amount.