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Position determination in a wireless communication system with detection and compensation for repeaters

  • US 20020115448A1
  • Filed: 08/03/2001
  • Published: 08/22/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining a position of a remote terminal in a wireless communication network having included therein a plurality of transmitting sources, the method comprising:

  • obtaining a set of time measurements for a set of transmitting sources, wherein each time measurement is derived based on a transmission received at the remote terminal from a respective transmitting source that is either an origination source or a repeater associated with the origination source;

    identifying a particular origination source for each received time measurement;

    comparing a list of originating sources for the received time measurements against a list of probable origination sources for each of at least one repeater in the network; and

    determining whether the remote terminal is under a coverage of a particular repeater based on a result of the comparing.

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