E911 overlay solution for GSM, for use in a wireless location system
First Claim
1. A wireless location system comprising:
- first and second LMUs for collection of a mobile transmitter'"'"'s radio emissions;
a sensor for monitoring of control channel messages for emergency call detection and channel allocation; and
a central processor for the tasking of LMUs and computation of the mobile transmitter'"'"'s position and delivery of computed position.
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Abstract
In a network overlay Location Services solution for a GSM communications network, the LMU monitors the uplink and/or downlink control channels and determines which call originations are for E911 emergencies and which call setup (Stand-alone Dedicated Control Channel, or SDCCH), assigned traffic (TCH) and associated (Slow Associated Control Channel, or SACCH) channels are subsequently assigned. Capturing the energy on the call setup channel, SDCCH, and its associated SACCH will typically provide a sub-100 meter level of accuracy. If not, the SMLC can redirect the LMU to the assigned traffic channel, TCH, to capture additional RF energy and improve the location accuracy as required. This approach takes advantage of the fact that Channel Request messages on the RACH include an information element that indicates the purpose for the access request. One of the values of this information element identifies that the Channel Request is for an emergency call. By monitoring the Access Grant channels (downlink), e.g., the AGCH, the primary (serving) LMU (LMU 200A in FIG. 1) can capture the Immediate Assignment Message (IMM ASS) for emergency calls. The Immediate Assignment Message contains the Channel Request message (with the emergency call indication) and the SDCCH channel to be used by the MS for subsequent call setup messaging. The primary LMU will forward the Immediate Assignment Message to the SMLC, which will task the cooperating LMUs to collect the RF energy from the associated SDCCH, SACCH and TCH channels and provide TDOA, AoA, and FDOA determinations.
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67 Claims
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1. A wireless location system comprising:
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first and second LMUs for collection of a mobile transmitter'"'"'s radio emissions;
a sensor for monitoring of control channel messages for emergency call detection and channel allocation; and
a central processor for the tasking of LMUs and computation of the mobile transmitter'"'"'s position and delivery of computed position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for use in a wireless location system, comprising:
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employing first and second LMUs to collect a mobile transmitter'"'"'s radio emissions;
monitoring control channel messages for emergency call detection and channel allocation; and
computing the mobile transmitter'"'"'s position. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A wireless location system (WLS) overlaid on a GSM or UMTS wireless communications system, comprising:
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a first Location Measuring Unit (LMU), which in use is operable as a primary LMU for monitoring a downlink control channel carrying signals from a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) to a first Mobile Station (MS), and from said downlink control channel identifying an E911 call origination from the first MS and identifying call setup (SDCCH), assigned traffic (TCH) and associated channels subsequently assigned to said first MS;
at least one additional LMU, which in use is operable as a cooperating LMU; and
a Serving Mobile Location Center (SMLC) for receiving data from the primary and cooperating LMUs and calculating the geographic location of the first MS;
wherein the primary and cooperating LMUs are operable to capture energy on the uplink call setup channel, SDCCH, and its associated channels, and provide information to the SMLC sufficient to enable the SMLS to calculate the geographic location of the first MS. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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