A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE ACCURACY OF TIME OF ARRIVAL MEASUREMENTS IN A WIRELESS AD-HOC COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
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    A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE ACCURACY OF TIME OF ARRIVAL MEASUREMENTS IN A WIRELESS AD-HOC COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK 审中-公开
    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR改进到达时间测量的精度IN A WIRELESS自组织通信网络

    公开(公告)号:EP1510021A4

    公开(公告)日:2006-09-20

    申请号:EP03757310

    申请日:2003-06-04

    申请人: MESHNETWORKS INC

    IPC分类号: H04L12/28 H04B7/26 H04B7/216

    摘要: A system and method for improved Time Of Arrival (TOA) distance measurements between nodes of a wireless ad-hoc network. Specifically, the present invention is a system and method of distance estimation using square-root raised-cosine pulse shaping and chip matched filters on direct sequence spreading waveforms, the multiplication of which produces raised-cosine filtered pulse responses. The responses are used to identify a time when a function is at a maximum, corresponding to the actual signal reception time. The system and method produces a raised-cosine filtered pulse response and an auto-correlation function based on a received signal. A peak value of the auto-correlation function is calculated based on a quadratic approximation, which is corrected using a signal sampling phase offset detected between the raised-cosine filtered pulse response and the calculated peak value. The calculated peak value is then corrected to represent an actual reception time for received signals.