Methods, configuration and computer program having program code means and computer program product for determining a position of a mobile communications device within a communications network
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Abstract
To determine a position of a mobile communications device within a communications network (localization). possible location areas for the mobile communications device are determined from communications signals of the mobile communications device by using base stations located within the communication network, and these possible location areas are superimposed to form a common location area while using a non-linear quantity-based filter. The position of the mobile communications device is then determined while using the common locations area.
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67 Claims
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25. A method for determining a position of a mobile communications device in a communications network, comprising:
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communicating between a first base station and the mobile communications device using a first communication signal;
communicating between a second base station and the mobile communications device using a second communication signal;
determining a first possible location area for the mobile communications device using a first communication signal;
determining a second possible location area for the mobile communications device from the second communication signal of the second communication;
combining the first possible location area and the second possible location area using a non-linear, quantity-based filter; and
determining the position of the mobile communications device to be a location area common to both the first and second base location areas. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 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, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. A system to determine a position of a mobile communications device in a communications network having a first base station to communicate with the mobile communications device using a first communication signal, and having a second base station to communicate with the mobile communications device using a second communication signal, the system comprising:
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a first location determining unit used by the first base station to determine a first possible location area for the mobile communications device using the first communication signal;
a second location determining unit used by the second base station to determine a second possible location area for the mobile communications device using the second communication signal;
a location overlay unit that combines the first possible location area and the second possible location area using a non-linear quantity-based filter, and that determines a common location area; and
a position determining unit to determine the position of the mobile communications device using the common location area.
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67. A computer readable medium storing a program to control a computer to perform a method for determining a position of a mobile communications device in a communications network, the method comprising:
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communicating between a first base station and the mobile communications device using a first communication signal;
communicating between a second base station and the mobile communications device using a second communication signal;
determining a first possible location area for the mobile communications device using the first communication signal;
determining a second possible location area for the mobile communications device from the second communication signal;
combining the first possible location area and the second possible location area using a non-linear, quantity-based filter; and
determining the position of the mobile communications device to be a location area common to both the first and second base location areas.
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