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Method and system for locating mobile stations in a mobile communication network

  • US 20010046869A1
  • Filed: 03/23/2001
  • Published: 11/29/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of locating mobile stations within a mobile communication network including a plurality of mobile stations and a plurality of base stations, the method comprising the steps of:

  • performing measurements on signals communicated between at least three base stations and at least two mobile stations; and

    locating the at least two mobile stations simultaneously by minimizing a cost-function, which is achieved by means of a sufficient number of equations, wherein each equation comprises the location of a mobile station as a function of the location of a base station and the performed signal measurements.

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