公开(公告)号：US20050058182A1

公开(公告)日：2005-03-17

申请号：US10768638

申请日：2004-02-02

申请人： Joseph Kennedy ,  Thomas Gravely ,  John Carlson ,  Martin Alles ,  Doug Blackburn

发明人： Joseph Kennedy ,  Thomas Gravely ,  John Carlson ,  Martin Alles ,  Doug Blackburn

IPC分类号： G01S19/03 ,  H04B1/713

CPC分类号： H04B1/713 ,  H04B17/0085 ,  H04B17/21 ,  H04B17/27

摘要： A method for calibrating an antenna and signal processing system enabling angle or arrival (AOA) determination for a frequency hopping signal, in which a calibration coefficient is determined in response to one or more calibration signals injected into the system at one or more of the frequencies in the hopping sequence and proximate in time to reception of the communication signal. The calibration coefficients are reflective of a frequency and time dependent parameter of a path between the antenna and wireless location sensor. The AOA is determined as a function of the calibration coefficient and the radio frequency energy of the received communication signal. Several embodiment of the method are illustrated.

摘要翻译： 一种用于校准天线和信号处理系统的方法，所述天线和信号处理系统能够对跳频信号进行角度或到达（AOA）确定，其中校准系数响应于以一个或多个频率注入到系统中的一个或多个校准信号来确定 在跳频序列中并且在时间上接近通信信号。 校准系数反映了天线和无线位置传感器之间路径的频率和时间相关参数。 AOA被确定为接收到的通信信号的校准系数和射频能量的函数。 示出了该方法的几个实施例。

公开(公告)号：US20080107155A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-08

申请号：US11972855

申请日：2008-01-11

申请人： Joseph Kennedy ,  Thomas Gravely ,  John Carlson ,  Martin Alles ,  Doug Blackburn

发明人： Joseph Kennedy ,  Thomas Gravely ,  John Carlson ,  Martin Alles ,  Doug Blackburn

IPC分类号： H04B1/713 ,  H04B17/00

CPC分类号： H04B1/713 ,  H04B17/0085 ,  H04B17/21 ,  H04B17/27

摘要： A method for calibrating an antenna and signal processing system enabling angle of arrival (AOA) determination for a frequency hopping signal, in which a calibration coefficient is determined in response to one or more calibration signals injected into the system at one or more of the frequencies in the hopping sequence and proximate in time to reception of the communication signal. The calibration coefficients are reflective of a frequency and time dependent parameter of a path between the antenna and wireless location sensor. The AOA is determined as a function of the calibration coefficient and the radio frequency energy of the received communication signal. Several embodiments of the method are illustrated.

摘要翻译： 一种用于校准天线和信号处理系统的方法，所述天线和信号处理系统使能到达跳频信号的到达角（AOA）确定，其中校准系数是响应于以一个或多个频率注入到系统中的一个或多个校准信号而确定的 在跳频序列中并且在时间上接近通信信号。 校准系数反映了天线和无线位置传感器之间路径的频率和时间相关参数。 AOA被确定为接收到的通信信号的校准系数和射频能量的函数。 示出了该方法的几个实施例。

公开(公告)号：US20060003695A1

公开(公告)日：2006-01-05

申请号：US10531038

申请日：2003-10-16

申请人： Joseph Kennedy ,  Thomas Gravely ,  Andrew Beck ,  John Carlson ,  Martin Alles

发明人： Joseph Kennedy ,  Thomas Gravely ,  Andrew Beck ,  John Carlson ,  Martin Alles

IPC分类号： H04Q7/20

CPC分类号： G01S5/0045 ,  G01S5/02 ,  G01S5/0226 ,  G01S5/0273 ,  H04B7/2606 ,  H04B17/27 ,  H04W64/00

摘要： A novel system and method for a network overlay geolocation system operating in a host wireless communication system with repeaters (350a, 350b) is disclosed. Embodiments of the novel system and method enable the geolocation system to determine if signals being received by the geolocation system arrive directly from a target mobile appliance or if the signals are passing through a repeater (350a, 350b) and therefore are subject to a known time delay. Embodiments of the novel system and method provide a more accurate geolocation of mobiles served by repeater stations than capable in the prior art.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种在具有中继器（350a，350b）的主机无线通信系统中操作的网络覆盖地理位置系统的新型系统和方法。 新颖的系统和方法的实施例使得地理定位系统能够确定地理位置系统正在接收的信号是否直接从目标移动设备到达，或者如果信号正在通过中继器（350a，350b），并且因此受到 已知的时间延迟。 新型系统和方法的实施例提供了比现有技术中能力更好的由中继站服务的移动台的地理定位。

公开(公告)号：US20060125695A1

公开(公告)日：2006-06-15

申请号：US10531044

申请日：2003-10-16

申请人： Joseph Kennedy ,  John Carlson ,  Thomas Gravely ,  Martin Alles

发明人： Joseph Kennedy ,  John Carlson ,  Thomas Gravely ,  Martin Alles

IPC分类号： G01S3/02

CPC分类号： H04W64/00 ,  G01S5/021 ,  G01S5/0268 ,  H04B1/1081 ,  H04B7/0848 ,  H04B7/0854 ,  H04B7/086 ,  H04B7/0891 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04L25/0206 ,  H04W24/00

摘要： A method for enabling a system to enhance the accuracy of a location estimate modifies weights in a weight matrix associated with receiver station measurements in parallel with successive refinements of the location estimate. In a typical location estimation scenario, several receiving stations simultaneously derive measurements of a signal from the emitter. Any one of these measurements is in general some function of the emitter location and the receiving station location. The aggregate of these measurements is often in excess of the minimum number of measurements required to provide an estimate of the emitter location. Where such an excess exists, the method proceeds by modifying the weights associated with the measurements in parallel with successive refinements of the location estimate. The method can be implemented over various cellular protocols with a consistent and significant enhancement in the accuracy of location estimates.

摘要翻译： 一种使系统能够提高位置估计的准确性的方法是与位置估计的连续改进并行地修改与接收机站测量相关联的权重矩阵中的权重。 在典型的位置估计场景中，几个接收站同时导出来自发射器的信号的测量。 这些测量中的任何一个通常是发射器位置和接收站位置的一些功能。 这些测量的总和通常超过提供发射器位置的估计所需的最小测量数量。 在存在这种超量的情况下，该方法通过与位置估计的连续改进并行地修改与测量相关联的权重来进行。 该方法可以通过各种蜂窝协议实现，其中位置估计的准确性具有一致和显着的增强。

公开(公告)号：US20070087689A1

公开(公告)日：2007-04-19

申请号：US10566589

申请日：2004-09-24

申请人： Martin Alles ,  Joseph Kennedy ,  John Carlson

发明人： Martin Alles ,  Joseph Kennedy ,  John Carlson

IPC分类号： H04B7/15 ,  H04B7/14

CPC分类号： H04B7/155 ,  G01S5/0221 ,  G01S5/0273 ,  G01S5/06

摘要： A novel system and method for a network overlay geolocation system operating in a host wireless communication system with repeaters is disclosed. Embodiments of the novel system and method enable a wireless communication system to determine if signals being received by system receivers arrive directly from a target mobile appliance or if the signals are passing through or via a repeater. In an embodiment, the system's repeaters use a co-channel AM Golay Hadamard sequence multiplied by an uplink signal to watermark the repeated signal. The system uses the known AM Golay Hadamard sequences of the repeaters and the waveform of the received uplink signal to detect whether a repeater has operated on the signal and which repeater operated on the uplink signal. Embodiments of the novel system and method provide system management data and can be used to provide more accurate geolocation of mobiles served by repeater stations.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种在具有中继器的主机无线通信系统中操作的网络覆盖地理位置系统的新型系统和方法。 新颖的系统和方法的实施例使得无线通信系统能够确定系统接收器正在接收的信号是否直接从目标移动设备到达，或者信号是否经过中继器。 在一个实施例中，系统的中继器使用与上行链路信号相乘的同频道AM Golay Hadamard序列来水印重复的信号。 该系统使用中继器的已知AM Golay Hadamard序列和接收的上行链路信号的波形来检测中继器是否对信号进行操作，哪个中继器在上行链路信号上操作。 新颖的系统和方法的实施例提供系统管理数据，并且可以用于提供由中继站服务的移动台的更准确的地理位置。

公开(公告)号：US20050136945A1

公开(公告)日：2005-06-23

申请号：US11015788

申请日：2004-12-20

申请人： Joseph Kennedy ,  John Carlson ,  Martin Alles ,  Nicolas Graube ,  Robert Rowe

发明人： Joseph Kennedy ,  John Carlson ,  Martin Alles ,  Nicolas Graube ,  Robert Rowe

IPC分类号： H04W64/00 ,  H04Q7/20

CPC分类号： H04W64/00

摘要： A method for use in a wireless communication system with a network overlay geolocation system having a sparse deployment network in which base stations of the wireless communication system may or may not have a co-located wireless location sensor (WLS). The method uses U-TDOA measurements on the uplink (reverse) signal and E-OTD measurements on the downlink (forward) signals to estimate a location for a mobile appliance.

摘要翻译： 一种用于具有网络覆盖地理位置系统的无线通信系统的方法，所述网络覆盖地理位置系统具有稀疏部署网络，其中所述无线通信系统的基站可以具有或可以不具有同位置的无线位置传感器（WLS）。 该方法在下行链路（前向）信号上的上行链路（反向）信号和E-OTD测量中使用U-TDOA测量来估计移动设备的位置。

公开(公告)号：US20050192026A1

公开(公告)日：2005-09-01

申请号：US11008154

申请日：2004-12-10

申请人： John Carlson ,  Thomas Gravely ,  Joseph Kennedy

发明人： John Carlson ,  Thomas Gravely ,  Joseph Kennedy

IPC分类号： G01S5/06 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W64/00 ,  H04Q7/20

CPC分类号： H04W64/00 ,  G01S5/06 ,  H04W4/02

摘要： A system and method is disclosed for determining the location of a mobile appliance using the reverse pilot channel provided in CDMA 2000 communication systems to determine an attribute (e.g., time of arrival, angle of arrival, time difference of arrival, received power level) of a reverse pilot signal at one or more wireless location sensors. A network overlay of wireless location sensors monitors the reverse pilot channel for a target mobile's reverse pilot signal. The monitored signal may be compared to a reference signal to determine a correlation and thereby determine an attribute of the target mobile's reverse pilot signal. The method may be performed independently from the communication system and without requiring retrieval of information bits from the mobile appliance. The reference signal may be generated from the unique long spreading code mask of the target mobile appliance which is typically a function of the ESN of the target mobile appliance.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于使用CDMA 2000通信系统中提供的反向导频信道确定移动设备的位置的系统和方法，以确定属性（例如，到达时间，到达时间，到达时间差，接收功率电平） 在一个或多个无线位置传感器处的反向导频信号。 无线位置传感器的网络覆盖监视目标移动台的反向导频信号的反向导频信道。 所监视的信号可以与参考信号进行比较，以确定相关性，从而确定目标移动台的反向导频信号的属性。 该方法可以独立于通信系统执行，而不需要从移动设备检索信息位。 参考信号可以从目标移动设备的唯一的长扩展码掩码生成，其通常是目标移动设备的ESN的函数。

公开(公告)号：US20060141998A1

公开(公告)日：2006-06-29

申请号：US10531042

申请日：2003-10-16

申请人： Joseph Kennedy ,  Thomas Gravely ,  Andrew Beck ,  John Carlson

发明人： Joseph Kennedy ,  Thomas Gravely ,  Andrew Beck ,  John Carlson

IPC分类号： H04Q7/20

CPC分类号： H04W64/00 ,  G01S5/021 ,  G01S5/0268 ,  H04B1/1081 ,  H04B7/0848 ,  H04B7/0854 ,  H04B7/086 ,  H04B7/0891 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04L25/0206 ,  H04W24/00

摘要： A method and system for collecting test and measurement data for a wireless communication system utilizes a network overlay geo-location system to collect the data. The wireless communication system has plural base stations defining a signal coverage area for communication with a mobile appliance and collects test and measurement data simultaneous on the forward and reverse links during standard geo-location processes. The wireless communication system also collects test and measurement data when the network overlay geolocation system is in an idle state.

摘要翻译： 用于收集无线通信系统的测试和测量数据的方法和系统利用网络覆盖地理位置系统来收集数据。 无线通信系统具有多个基站，其定义用于与移动设备通信的信号覆盖区域，并且在标准地理位置过程期间在正向和反向链路上同时收集测试和测量数据。 当网络覆盖地理位置系统处于空闲状态时，无线通信系统还收集测试和测量数据。

公开(公告)号：US20050164712A1

公开(公告)日：2005-07-28

申请号：US11076903

申请日：2005-03-11

申请人： Joseph Kennedy ,  Thomas Gravely ,  John Carlson ,  Andrew Beck

发明人： Joseph Kennedy ,  Thomas Gravely ,  John Carlson ,  Andrew Beck

IPC分类号： G01S5/02 ,  G01S5/06 ,  G01S5/12 ,  G01S19/44 ,  G01S19/46 ,  H04L12/56 ,  H04W64/00 ,  H04Q7/20

CPC分类号： H04W64/00 ,  G01S5/02 ,  G01S5/06 ,  G01S5/12

摘要： A system and method for determining the positioning of mobile-appliance location determining sensors in a mobile-appliance communications network by estimating the positioning accuracy of the sensors.

公开(公告)号：US20060116130A1

公开(公告)日：2006-06-01

申请号：US10531041

申请日：2003-10-16

申请人： Joseph Kennedy Jr ,  John Carlson ,  Thomas Gravely ,  Bob Brickhouse

发明人： Joseph Kennedy Jr ,  John Carlson ,  Thomas Gravely ,  Bob Brickhouse

IPC分类号： H04Q7/20

CPC分类号： H04W64/00 ,  G01S5/021 ,  G01S5/0268 ,  H04B1/1081 ,  H04B7/0848 ,  H04B7/0854 ,  H04B7/086 ,  H04B7/0891 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04L25/0206 ,  H04W24/00

摘要： Embodiments of a system and method are disclosed that enable geo-location of a mobile appliance (20) communicating over a frequency hopping air interface for a network overlay geolocation system having plural wireless location sensors (30). The wireless location sensors (30) include a radio receiver channel capable of receiving the forward channels of the air interface transmitted from the base station (10) to the mobile appliance (20). The network overlay geo-location system of the present disclosure monitors these forward channels and measures parameters that allow the geolocation system to synchronize with the hopping of the air interface on the reverse channel. The plurality of sensors measure an attribute of a signal on the reverse channel to thereby enable geo-location. Synchronization can also be reference to a stable system clock and the plurality of sensors may be tuned in reference to the system clock to enable measurement of the frequency hopping reverse channel.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种系统和方法的实施例，其实现了具有多个无线位置传感器（30）的网络覆盖地理定位系统的通过跳频空中接口进行通信的移动设备（20）的地理定位。 无线定位传感器（30）包括能够接收从基站（10）传送到移动设备（20）的空中接口的前向信道的无线电接收机信道。 本公开的网络覆盖地理位置系统监视这些前向信道并且测量允许地理定位系统与反向信道上的空中接口的跳频同步的参数。 多个传感器测量反向信道上的信号的属性，从而实现地理位置。 同步也可以参考稳定的系统时钟，并且可以参考系统时钟来调整多个传感器以使得能够测量跳频反向信道。