POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM THAT USES A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    1.
    发明授权
    POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM THAT USES A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM 有权
    ON蜂窝通信系统中使用跟踪系统

    公开(公告)号:EP1454161B1

    公开(公告)日:2011-06-29

    申请号:EP02792387.9

    申请日:2002-12-12

    IPC分类号: G01S5/14

    摘要: A position determination system and apparatus for utilizing a network of cellular base stations to determine position of a mobile station includes taking a plurality of statistically independent data measurements of the pilot signals from the base stations. Each of the data measurements includes an earliest time of arrival, providing multiple independent measurements for each of the pilot signals. For each cellular base station, a representative measurement is calculated responsive to the independent measurements, which is used to determine position of the mobile station using an AFLT algorithm and/or in conjunction with a GPS algorithm. In some embodiments, the data measurements for each pilot signal further include an RMSE estimate and time of measurement for each time of arrival, and an energy measurement for all resolvable paths. If the mobile station comprises a cell phone, a cell search list and a GPS search list may be provided by a cell base station.

    ESTIMATION OF RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH
    3.
    发明授权
    ESTIMATION OF RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH 有权
    估计接收信号强度

    公开(公告)号:EP1779563B1

    公开(公告)日:2009-05-06

    申请号:EP05782488.0

    申请日:2005-08-03

    IPC分类号: H04B17/00

    CPC分类号: H04B17/382 H04B17/318

    摘要: A method for estimating a size of reverse link resources provided by a base-station transceiver system (BTS), including performing respective first, second, and third measurements of first, second, and third signal strengths received at the BTS. The method also includes comparing the first measurement with the second measurement so as to determine an initial minimum signal strength, and adding at a predetermined time an aging value to the initial minimum signal strength so as to form an updated minimum signal strength. The method further includes forming a comparison between the updated minimum signal strength and the third measurement, determining from the comparison a minimum of the updated minimum signal strength and the third measurement to be a minimum received signal strength, and determining the size of the reverse link resources provided by the BTS in response to the minimum received signal strength.

    ESTIMATION OF RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH
    4.
    发明公开
    ESTIMATION OF RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH 有权
    估计接收信号强度

    公开(公告)号:EP1779563A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-02

    申请号:EP05782488.0

    申请日:2005-08-03

    IPC分类号: H04B17/00

    CPC分类号: H04B17/382 H04B17/318

    摘要: A method for estimating a size of reverse link resources provided by a base-station transceiver system (BTS), including performing respective first, second, and third measurements of first, second, and third signal strengths received at the BTS. The method also includes comparing the first measurement with the second measurement so as to determine an initial minimum signal strength, and adding at a predetermined time an aging value to the initial minimum signal strength so as to form an updated minimum signal strength. The method further includes forming a comparison between the updated minimum signal strength and the third measurement, determining from the comparison a minimum of the updated minimum signal strength and the third measurement to be a minimum received signal strength, and determining the size of the reverse link resources provided by the BTS in response to the minimum received signal strength.

    POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM THAT USES A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    5.
    发明公开
    POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM THAT USES A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM 有权
    ON蜂窝通信系统中使用跟踪系统

    公开(公告)号:EP1454161A2

    公开(公告)日:2004-09-08

    申请号:EP02792387.9

    申请日:2002-12-12

    IPC分类号: G01S5/14

    摘要: A position determination system and apparatus for utilizing a network of cellular base stations to determine position of a mobile station includes taking a plurality of statistically independent data measurements of the pilot signals from the base stations. Each of the data measurements includes an earliest time of arrival, providing multiple independent measurements for each of the pilot signals. For each cellular base station, a representative measurement is calculated responsive to the independent measurements, which is used to determine position of the mobile station using an AFLT algorithm and/or in conjunction with a GPS algorithm. In some embodiments, the data measurements for each pilot signal further include an RMSE estimate and time of measurement for each time of arrival, and an energy measurement for all resolvable paths. If the mobile station comprises a cell phone, a cell search list and a GPS search list may be provided by a cell base station.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ESTIMATION OF TIME OF ARRIVAL
    6.
    发明公开
    SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ESTIMATION OF TIME OF ARRIVAL 审中-公开
    设备和方法估算的到来

    公开(公告)号:EP1454419A1

    公开(公告)日:2004-09-08

    申请号:EP02734738.4

    申请日:2002-06-06

    IPC分类号: H04B1/707

    CPC分类号: H04W64/00 G01S5/02 G01S5/0221

    摘要: A system and method for accurately determining time of arrival using a mathematical model that mimics a correlation function. A correlation value is sampled at a predetermined periodic interval and a maximum correlation value, coinciding with a particular point in time, is determined. The mathematical model uses the maximum measured correlation value and correlation values at adjacent sample points to determine coefficients for the selected mathematical model. The coefficients may be calculated and used to determine the actual peak, which may fall in-between the sample points. The actual peak value is used to accurately determine the time of arrival of a signal. Time of arrival signals from a plurality of remote transmitters are used along with conventional triangulation techniques to accurately determine the location of the wireless unit.