Supporting an assisted satellite based positioning
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- converting in a communication network available parameters of a dedicated orbit model describing a movement of a satellite, which dedicated orbit model is defined for a particular satellite based positioning system, of at least one satellite based positioning system, into parameters of a common orbit model describing a movement of a satellite; and
providing said converted parameters as a part of assistance data for said satellite based positioning.
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Abstract
For supporting a satellite based positioning of a mobile arrangement (30,40) with assistance data, a communication network converts parameters of a dedicated orbit model describing a movement of a satellite (50,60), which dedicated orbit model is defined for a particular satellite based positioning system, into parameters of a common orbit model describing a movement of a satellite (50,60). Alternatively or in addition, the network replaces a reference value that is based on a satellite based positioning system time in available parameters of an orbit model by a reference value that is based on a communication system time. After the parameter conversion and/or the reference value replacement, the parameters are provided as a part of assistance data for the satellite based positioning.
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26 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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converting in a communication network available parameters of a dedicated orbit model describing a movement of a satellite, which dedicated orbit model is defined for a particular satellite based positioning system, of at least one satellite based positioning system, into parameters of a common orbit model describing a movement of a satellite; and
providing said converted parameters as a part of assistance data for said satellite based positioning. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for supporting a satellite based positioning of a mobile arrangement using assistance data, wherein said mobile arrangement is adapted to communicate with a communication network and to acquire signals transmitted by satellites of at least one satellite based positioning system, said method comprising:
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receiving at said mobile arrangement assistance data from said communication network including parameters of a common orbit model describing a movement of a satellite; and
estimating a position of a satellite of said at least one satellite based positioning system based on said received parameters of said common orbit model. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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- 17. A network element for a communication network supporting a satellite based positioning of a mobile arrangement comprising a processing unit being adapted to convert available parameters of a dedicated orbit model describing a movement of a satellite, which dedicated orbit model is defined for a particular satellite based positioning system, into parameters of a common orbit model describing a movement of a satellite, and being adapted to provide said converted parameters as a part of assistance data for said satellite based positioning.
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19. A mobile arrangement supporting a satellite based positioning of said mobile arrangement using assistance data, said mobile arrangement comprising:
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a satellite signal receiver adapted to acquire signals transmitted by satellites of at least one satellite based positioning system;
a communication component adapted to receive from a communication network assistance data with parameters of a common orbit model describing a movement of a satellite; and
a processing unit adapted to estimate a position of a satellite of said at least one satellite based positioning system based on received parameters of said common orbit model.
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21. A computer program product for supporting a satellite based positioning of a mobile arrangement with assistance data, wherein said mobile arrangement is adapted to communicate with a communication network and to acquire signals transmitted by satellites of at least one satellite based positioning system, said computer program product comprising software code storable on a readable medium, for realizing the following steps when being executed by a processing unit of a network element of said communication network:
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converting available parameters of a dedicated orbit model describing a movement of a satellite, which dedicated orbit model is defined for a particular satellite based positioning system, into parameters of a common orbit model describing a movement of a satellite; and
providing said converted parameters as a part of assistance data for said satellite based positioning.
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22. A computer program product for supporting a satellite based positioning of a mobile arrangement using assistance data, wherein said mobile arrangement is adapted to communicate with a communication network and to acquire signals transmitted by satellites of at least one satellite based positioning system, said computer program product comprising software code storable on a readable medium, for realizing the following steps when being executed by a processing unit of said mobile arrangement:
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receiving assistance data from said communication network including parameters of a common orbit model describing a movement of a satellite; and
estimating a position of a satellite of said at least one satellite based positioning system based on said received parameters of said common orbit model.
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23. An apparatus comprising:
a processing unit being adapted to convert available parameters of a dedicated orbit model describing a movement of a satellite, which dedicated orbit model is defined for a particular satellite based positioning system, into parameters of a common orbit model describing a movement of a satellite, and being adapted to provide said converted parameters as a part of assistance data for said satellite based positioning. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. An apparatus comprising:
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means for converting available parameters of a dedicated orbit model describing a movement of a satellite, which dedicated orbit model is defined for a particular satellite based positioning system, into parameters of a common orbit model describing a movement of a satellite, and means for providing said converted parameters as a part of assistance data for said satellite based positioning. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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