Wireless position measurement terminal and wireless position measurement system
First Claim
1. A wireless position measurement terminal for calculating a location, comprising:
- a delay profile calculating circuit that calculates delay profiles for at least one remote received signal; and
a window setter communicatively connected to said delay profile calculating circuit, wherein said window setter varies a range for a delay profile calculating window for said delay profile calculating circuit according to at least one information item, wherein the at least one information item is within at least one of the at least one remote received signals.
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Abstract
A wireless position measurement terminal, a wireless position measurement system, and a method for performing delay profile calculation window sizing in a wireless position measurement system, are disclosed. The terminal includes a delay profile calculating circuit, and a window setter connected to the delay profile calculating circuit that varies a range for a delay profile calculating window according to at least one information item within a remote received signal. The terminal may additionally include a memory circuit that stores positional information, wherein the window setter changes the range according to a correlation of the positional information and the information item. The system includes the terminal, and at least three base stations, wherein at least one of the base stations provides the remote received signal to the terminal. The method includes the steps of receiving the remote signal, including the information item, sizing of a delay profile calculation window according to the information item, estimating of propagation distances between the terminal and each base station by a calculating of a delay profile of each base station, and triangulating of the then-present location of the terminal based on propagation distances.
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21 Claims
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1. A wireless position measurement terminal for calculating a location, comprising:
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a delay profile calculating circuit that calculates delay profiles for at least one remote received signal; and
a window setter communicatively connected to said delay profile calculating circuit, wherein said window setter varies a range for a delay profile calculating window for said delay profile calculating circuit according to at least one information item, wherein the at least one information item is within at least one of the at least one remote received signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A wireless position measurement system that performs delay profile calculation window sizing for a terminal, wherein the window sizing is correspondent to a population density of base stations in a then-present location of the terminal, comprising:
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the terminal;
at least three base stations, wherein at least one of said at least three base stations provides at least one signal to the terminal, wherein at least one of the at least one signals includes at least one information item;
wherein the terminal receives the at least one signal transmitted from at least one of said at least three base stations, and wherein the terminal estimates propagation distances between the terminal and each of said at least three base stations by calculating a delay profile of each base station, and wherein the delay profiles of all of said at least three base stations are calculated in a window sized by the terminal according to the at least one information item; and
wherein the terminal triangulates the then-present location of the terminal based on the at least three propagation distances. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for performing delay profile calculation window sizing for a terminal in a wireless position measurement system, wherein the window sizing is correspondent to a population density of base stations in a then-present location of the terminal, comprising:
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receiving at least one signal at the terminal from at least one of at least three base stations, wherein at least one of the at least one signals includes at least one information item;
sizing of a delay profile calculation window according to the at least one information item;
estimating of propagation distances between the terminal and each of the at least three base stations by a calculating of a delay profile of each base station, wherein the delay profiles of all of the at least three base stations are calculated in the window sized by the terminal according to the at least one information item; and
triangulating of the then-present location of the terminal based on the at least three propagation distances. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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