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System and method for computing the position of a mobile device operating in a wireless network

  • US 20070127422A1
  • Filed: 12/07/2005
  • Published: 06/07/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for determining a location of a mobile device operating in a wireless communication network comprising the steps of:

  • providing at least four fixed reference devices within the wireless communication network;

    computing at least three Apollonius circles between the mobile device and each of the at least three different pairs of fixed reference devices, wherein the computed Apollonius circles are indicative of the distance between the mobile device and each of the associated fixed reference devices of each pair; and

    calculating the location of the mobile device as the intersection of the computed Apollonius circles.

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