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- Patent Title: Location estimation of wireless terminals based on combinations of signal strength measurements and geometry-of-arrival measurements
- Patent Title (中): 基于信号强度测量和到达几率测量的组合的无线终端的位置估计
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Application No.: US10751790Application Date: 2004-01-05
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Publication No.: US07233799B2Publication Date: 2007-06-19
- Inventor: David Stevenson Spain, Jr.
- Applicant: David Stevenson Spain, Jr.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Polaris Wireless, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Polaris Wireless, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: DeMont & Breyer LLC
- Main IPC: H04Q7/20
- IPC: H04Q7/20

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for estimating the location of a wireless terminal are disclosed. The location of the wireless terminal is estimated based on one or more signal strength measurements in conjunction with: (i) one or more angle-of-arrival measurements, (ii) one or more time-of-arrival measurements, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii). At each measurement time, the illustrative embodiment (a) determines the candidate locations for the wireless terminal, (b) computes a measurement likelihood function for any signal strength measurements that are available at that time, (c) computes a measurement likelihood function for any geometry-of-arrival measurements that are available at that time, (d) computes a joint likelihood function for all measurements available at that time, and (e) updates the location probability distribution for the wireless terminal with the joint measurement likelihood function. Estimates of the location of the wireless terminal are obtained from the location probability distribution.
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