Location systems and methods
    1.
    发明授权
    Location systems and methods 有权
    位置系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08050687B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-11-01

    申请号:US10437146

    申请日:2003-05-14

    CPC分类号: H04W64/00 G01S5/021 G01S5/10

    摘要: A method of calculating the position or state of motion of one or more terminals is proposed in which each has a receiver capable of making measurements of signals received from one or more transmission sources for use in calculating the unknown position or state of motion of the or each terminal. At least one transmission source has a known directional transmission pattern, and the bearing from one of the receivers of the or each of the transmission source having a known directional transmission pattern is estimated. Weights are assigned to the measurements made by the one receiver, the weights being calculated from the bearing or bearings and the known directional transmission pattern of the transmission sources.

    摘要翻译: 提出了一种计算一个或多个终端的位置或运动状态的方法,其中每个具有能够对从一个或多个传输源接收的信号进行测量的接收机,以用于计算未知位置或运动状态 每个终端。 至少一个发送源具有已知的方向性传输模式,并且估计来自具有已知方向传输模式的传输源中的每一个或每个的接收器中的一个的承载。 重量分配给由一个接收器进行的测量,重量由轴承或轴承计算,以及传输源的已知定向传输模式。

    Determining the change in time at a mobile terminal
    2.
    发明授权
    Determining the change in time at a mobile terminal 有权
    确定移动终端的时间变化

    公开(公告)号:US08103294B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-01-24

    申请号:US12312870

    申请日:2008-03-12

    IPC分类号: H04Q7/20

    摘要: In a terminal 106 having a receiver 202 for receiving the signals from plural transmission sources 101-105 whose positions and transmission time offsets are unknown within the terminal, a method is provided for determining the change in the time (elapsed time) at the terminal between two instants. At a first position of the terminal a first set of measurements, aligned to a first instant, of a signal parameter representative of the time or phase of receipt of said signals from said plural transmission sources relative to one or more of them, or to a reference, or to a terminal clock is obtained. Then at a second position of the terminal a corresponding second set of measurements, aligned to a second instant, of a signal parameter representative of the time or phase of receipt of said signals from said plural transmission sources relative to one or more of them, or to the reference, or to the terminal clock is also obtained. The aligned measurements of the first and second sets are combined, and the time elapsed between the first and second instants is calculated from the change in the combined aligned measurements of the first and second sets.

    摘要翻译: 在具有用于从终端内的位置和发送时间偏移未知的多个发送源101-105接收信号的接收机202的终端106中,提供一种确定终端之间的时间(经过时间) 两个时刻。 在终端的第一位置,与第一时刻对准的第一组测量值代表来自所述多个传输源的所述信号相对于它们中的一个或多个的时间或相位的信号参数,或者相对于 参考,或到终端时钟。 然后在终端的第二位置,对应于第二时刻的对应的第二组测量值,该信号参数表示从所述多个发射源相对于它们中的一个或多个接收的所述信号的时间或相位的信号参数,或 参考,也可以到终端时钟。 组合第一组和第二组的对准测量,并且从第一组和第二组的组合对准测量的变化计算第一和第二时刻之间经过的时间。

    DETERMINING THE CHANGE IN TIME AT A MOBILE TERMINAL
    3.
    发明申请
    DETERMINING THE CHANGE IN TIME AT A MOBILE TERMINAL 有权
    确定移动终端在时间上的变化

    公开(公告)号:US20100234048A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-09-16

    申请号:US12312870

    申请日:2008-03-12

    IPC分类号: H04W24/00

    摘要: In a terminal 106 having a receiver 202 for receiving the signals from plural transmission sources 101-105 whose positions and transmission time offsets are unknown within the terminal, a method is provided for determining the change in the time (elapsed time) at the terminal between two instants. At a first position of the terminal a first set of measurements, aligned to a first instant, of a signal parameter representative of the time or phase of receipt of said signals from said plural transmission sources relative to one or more of them, or to a reference, or to a terminal clock is obtained. Then at a second position of the terminal a corresponding second set of measurements, aligned to a second instant, of a signal parameter representative of the time or phase of receipt of said signals from said plural transmission sources relative to one or more of them, or to the reference, or to the terminal clock is also obtained. The aligned measurements of the first and second sets are combined, and the time elapsed between the first and second instants is calculated from the change in the combined aligned measurements of the first and second sets.

    摘要翻译: 在具有用于从终端内的位置和发送时间偏移未知的多个发送源101-105接收信号的接收机202的终端106中,提供一种确定终端之间的时间(经过时间) 两个时刻。 在终端的第一位置,与第一时刻对准的第一组测量值代表来自所述多个传输源的所述信号相对于它们中的一个或多个的时间或相位的信号参数,或者相对于 参考,或到终端时钟。 然后在终端的第二位置,对应于第二时刻的对应的第二组测量值,该信号参数表示从所述多个发射源相对于它们中的一个或多个接收的所述信号的时间或相位的信号参数,或 参考,也可以到终端时钟。 组合第一组和第二组的对准测量,并且从第一组和第二组的组合对准测量的变化计算第一和第二时刻之间经过的时间。

    Radio positioning systems
    4.
    发明授权
    Radio positioning systems 有权
    无线电定位系统

    公开(公告)号:US07508883B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-03-24

    申请号:US10518073

    申请日:2003-05-13

    IPC分类号: H04L27/00

    摘要: The present invention sets out to overcome the hearability problem in CDMA communications networks in which positioning services are provided, by using a separate sampling device 204, 205, 206 for each transmitter 201, 202, 203, which sends to the computing device 208 a representation of the signals transmitted only by that transmitter. A cross-correlation of the representation sent back by the mobile terminal 207 with the representation sent back by the sampling device in the brightest transmitter is performed in the computing device 208, and a blurred estimate of that brightest signal is subtracted from a blurred version of the representation sent back by the mobile terminal 207 in order to reduce its effect on the remaining signals as far as possible. The cross-correlation and subtraction steps are iterated until no useful signals remain to be extracted.

    摘要翻译: 本发明旨在通过对于每个发射机201,202,203使用单独的采样设备204,205,206来克服在其中提供定位服务的CDMA通信网络中的可听性问题,其向计算设备208发送表示 仅由该发射机发射的信号。 在计算设备208中执行由移动终端207发回的表示与采样设备在最亮发射机中发回的表示的互相关,并且从模糊版本中减去最亮信号的模糊估计 由移动终端207发送的表示,以便尽可能地减少对剩余信号的影响。 迭代相关和减法步骤,直到没有有用的信号保持提取。

    Radio positioning systems
    5.
    发明授权
    Radio positioning systems 有权
    无线电定位系统

    公开(公告)号:US07315745B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-01-01

    申请号:US10525829

    申请日:2003-08-18

    IPC分类号: H04Q7/20

    CPC分类号: G01S5/02 G01S5/10

    摘要: The invention provides a method of estimating the time offsets between signals transmitted by plural transmitters of a communications network and received by a receiver attached to a terminal. In the method a section of a representation of the signals from the plural transmitters received by the receiver at the terminal (a “terminal section”) is created as are a first section of a representation of the signal transmitted by a first of said transmitters and a second section of a representation of the signal transmitted by a second of said transmitters. Each of the first and second sections overlaps in time with the terminal section. Using the first section, the second section and a set of signal parameters, including initial estimates of the time offsets between the first section and the terminal section and between the second section and the terminal section, a model of a section of a representation of the composite signal received by the receiver from the first and second transmitters is created. Thereafter, the model is compared with the terminal section and the set of signal parameters including the time offset estimates is refined to minimize the difference between the model and the terminal section. The time offsets in the refined parameter set used to minimize the difference between said model and the terminal section, are adopted as the estimated time offsets between the first section and the terminal section and between the second section and the terminal section.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供一种估计由通信网络的多个发射机发送并由附接到终端的接收机接收的信号之间的时间偏移的方法。 在该方法中,创建由接收机在终端(“终端部分”)处接收的来自多个发射机的信号的表示部分,以及由第一所述发射机发射的信号的表示的第一部分,以及 由第二所述发射机发送的信号的表示的第二部分。 第一部分和第二部分中的每一个在时间上与终端部分重叠。 使用第一部分,第二部分和一组信号参数,包括第一部分和终端部分之间以及第二部分和终端部分之间的时间偏移的初始估计,一个表示的部分的模型 创建由接收机从第一和第二发射机接收的复合信号。 此后,将模型与终端部分进行比较,并且包括时间偏移估计的信号参数集合被改进以最小化模型和终端部分之间的差异。 采用用于最小化所述模型和终端部分之间的差异的精细参数集中的时间偏移作为第一部分和终端部分之间以及第二部分和终端部分之间的估计时间偏移。

    Radio positioning systems
    6.
    发明授权
    Radio positioning systems 失效
    无线电定位系统

    公开(公告)号:US06894644B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-05-17

    申请号:US10483485

    申请日:2002-07-15

    CPC分类号: G01S5/0215 G01S5/02

    摘要: The present invention sets out to overcome the hearability problem in CDMA communications networks in which positioning services are provided, by using a separate sampling device (204, 205, 206) for each transmitter (201, 202, 203), which sends to the computing device (208) a representation of the signals transmitted only by that transmitter. A cross-correlation of the representation sent back by the mobile terminal (207) with the representation sent back by the sampling device in the brightest transmitter is performed in the computing device (208), and an estimate of that brightest signal is subtracted from the representation sent back by the mobile terminal (207) in order to reduce its effect on the remaining signals as far as possible. The cross-correlation and subtraction steps are iterated until no useful signals remain to be extracted.

    摘要翻译: 本发明旨在通过为每个发射机(201,202,203)使用单独的采样设备(204,205,206)来克服在其中提供定位服务的CDMA通信网络中的可听性问题,其发送到计算 设备(208)仅由该发射机传输的信号的表示。 在计算设备(208)中执行由移动终端(207)发回的表示与采样设备在最亮发射机中发回的表示的互相关,并且从最小信号中减去最亮信号的估计 由移动终端(207)发送的表示,以便尽可能地减少对剩余信号的影响。 迭代相关和减法步骤,直到没有有用的信号保持提取。

    Radio location system measurement unit
    7.
    发明授权
    Radio location system measurement unit 有权
    无线电定位系统测量单元

    公开(公告)号:US07260407B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-08-21

    申请号:US10476225

    申请日:2002-04-18

    IPC分类号: H04Q7/20

    CPC分类号: H04W64/00 G01S5/10

    摘要: A location measurement unit 401 for a radio location measuring system has two or more coupling devices 404,405 for picking up the signals from a plurality of base transceiver stations (BTSs) of a cellular radio communication system. A switching device 510, is connected to the coupling devices, for switching between the signals picked up by the coupling devices and/or one/two or more receivers 510, 610-613 are connected to respective coupling devices, for receiving the signals picked up by the coupling devices. A processor 512, 614 is connected to the or each receiver, for processing the signals output by the receiver. A communications link 513, 615 is connected to the processor, for transferring the processed signals to a calculation node 514.

    摘要翻译: 用于无线电定位测量系统的位置测量单元401具有用于拾取来自蜂窝无线电通信系统的多个基站收发台(BTS)的信号的两个或更多个耦合设备404,405。 开关装置510连接到耦合装置,用于在由耦合装置拾取的信号和/或一个/两个或更多个接收器510,610,613之间切换,连接到相应的耦合装置,用于接收拾取的信号 通过耦合装置。 处理器512,614连接到或每个接收器,用于处理接收器输出的信号。 通信链路513,615连接到处理器,用于将经处理的信号传送到计算节点514。

    Radio positioning systems
    8.
    发明授权
    Radio positioning systems 有权
    无线电定位系统

    公开(公告)号:US07359719B1

    公开(公告)日:2008-04-15

    申请号:US09830447

    申请日:2000-06-01

    IPC分类号: H04Q7/20

    摘要: The invention described relates to a radio positioning system primarily for a mobile telephone network, in which a list of offsets in time, phase, frequency, or derivatives thereof, or their equivalents expressed as offsets in distance or derivatives thereof, of a plurality of transmission source signals, received at a given location, relative to a common reference are generated. Data is acquired from one or more receivers, the positions of which may be known or determined. Such data are offsets in time, phase, frequency, or derivatives thereof, respectively of signals received from the transmission sources relative to a reference source in each receiver or to each other. The acquired data is combined for calculating the list of offsets relative to the common reference.

    摘要翻译: 所描述的本发明涉及一种主要用于移动电话网络的无线电定位系统,其中在时间,相位,频率或其派生中的偏移列表或其等价物表示为多个传输的距离或衍生物中的偏移量 产生相对于公共参考在给定位置处接收的源信号。 从一个或多个接收器获取数据,其中的位置可以是已知的或确定的。 这样的数据分别是从发送源相对于每个接收机中的参考源或彼此接收的信号的时间,相位,频率或其派生词。 所获取的数据被组合用于计算相对于公共参考的偏移列表。

    Positioning systems and methods
    9.
    发明授权
    Positioning systems and methods 有权
    定位系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06937866B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-08-30

    申请号:US09808048

    申请日:2001-03-15

    摘要: There is described a method of providing a positioning service for plural terminals operating in a communication network which may, for example be a GSM telephone network. The terminals have receivers for receiving signals from transmission sources. In the method measurements of the signals received from one or more of the transmission sources by the receivers are made and the measurements transferred to one or more data nodes. At the data node(s) one or more records of one or more of the measurements are created and at least some of the records are transferred to one or more computing nodes. At the computing node(s) a table of the records transferred to the computing node is maintained and a computation is carried out, using at least part of the table, from which the positions or states of motion or relative positions or relative states of motion of said plural terminals and the transmission time offsets of the transmission sources are extractable.

    摘要翻译: 描述了为通信网络中操作的多个终端提供定位服务的方法,通信网络可以是例如GSM电话网络。 这些终端具有用于从传输源接收信号的接收器。 在方法中,由接收机对从一个或多个传输源接收的信号进行测量,并将测量传送到一个或多个数据节点。 在数据节点处,创建一个或多个测量的一个或多个记录,并且至少一些记录被传送到一个或多个计算节点。 在计算节点处,保持传送到计算节点的记录的表,并且使用表的至少一部分来执行计算,运动或相对位置的位置或状态或相对运动状态 并且传输源的发送时间偏移是可抽出的。

    Radio positioning systems
    10.
    发明授权
    Radio positioning systems 有权
    无线电定位系统

    公开(公告)号:US06529165B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-03-04

    申请号:US09830452

    申请日:2001-04-27

    IPC分类号: G01S302

    摘要: The invention concerns a method of determining the position or change in position or state of motion of a receiver or receivers, the position or change in position or state of motion of which is or are not already known, in a network of transmission sources some or all of whose positions are known. At a first time, the relative offsets in time, phase, frequency, or derivatives thereof with respect to each other, or with respect to a reference source, of the signals received by a first receiver from a plurality of the transmission sources are measured. At a selected second time, the respective offsets of the signals received by the same or a second receiver, whose position or state of motion is not already known, from the plurality of the transmission sources are measured. Then the position of the receiver or receivers at the first or second times or the change in position of the first receiver between the first and second times or the state of motion of either receiver is calculated from the relationship between the first and second sets of relative offsets.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种确定接收器或接收器的位置或运动状态的位置或变化的方法,其位置或位置或位置变化或其运动状态在传输源的网络中是或尚不知道的, 所有的职位都是已知的。 测量第一接收机从多个传输源接收的信号的相对于彼此或相对于参考源的时间,相位,频率或其导数的相对偏移量。 在选择的第二时间,测量由多个传输源中的相同或第二接收器接收的,其位置或状态尚未知道的相应的偏移量。 然后根据第一和第二组的相对关系来计算第一或第二时间的接收器或接收器在第一和第二时间之间的第一接收器的位置的位置或者任一接收器的运动状态 抵消。