AGPS MODULE TIME SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND DEVICE USING SYSTEM TIME INFORMATION IN MOBILE TERMINAL
First Claim
1. A method for synchronizing Assisted Global Positioning System (AGPS) module time using system time information in an asynchronous mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- receiving a message having a time stamp for a referential system frame number contained therein from a system;
generating a Global Positioning System (GPS) module operation period to generate a GPS tick every period and to synchronize an initially generated GPS tick with a boundary of a system frame period;
identifying a time point when a GPS tick interrupt and a system frame correspond to each other after synchronization, and imparting a number to each phase interval in which an interval until a corresponding time point is divided by the system frame period; and
reading the system frame and the phase interval number of a generation time point when a predetermined GPS tick is generated to identify a system time of the GPS tick generation time point.
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Abstract
An Assisted Global Positioning System (AGPS) module time synchronization method and device using system time information in a mobile terminal that perform time synchronization using system frame information and a GPS module operation period in a process of searching for the position of a terminal using the AGPS module in an asynchronous mobile communication system. Accordingly, the GPS module operation period is set to be greater than the system frame period so that GPS system time can be immediately seen when an arbitrary GPS tick interrupt is operated.
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1. A method for synchronizing Assisted Global Positioning System (AGPS) module time using system time information in an asynchronous mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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receiving a message having a time stamp for a referential system frame number contained therein from a system; generating a Global Positioning System (GPS) module operation period to generate a GPS tick every period and to synchronize an initially generated GPS tick with a boundary of a system frame period; identifying a time point when a GPS tick interrupt and a system frame correspond to each other after synchronization, and imparting a number to each phase interval in which an interval until a corresponding time point is divided by the system frame period; and reading the system frame and the phase interval number of a generation time point when a predetermined GPS tick is generated to identify a system time of the GPS tick generation time point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A device for synchronizing Assisted Global Positioning System (AGPS) module time using system time information in an asynchronous mobile terminal, comprising;
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a radio unit for receiving a message having a time stamp for a referential system frame number contained therein from a system; a Global Positioning System (GPS) module operation period generator for generating a GPS module operation period to generate a GPS tick every period; a system frame period generator for generating a system frame period; and a controller for synchronizing a GPS tick initially generated from the GPS module operation period generator with a boundary of a system frame period, identifying a time point when a GPS tick interrupt and a system frame correspond to each other after synchronization to impart a number to each phase interval in which the interval until the corresponding time point is divided by the system frame period, and reading the system frame and the phase interval number of a generation time point when a predetermined GPS tick is generated to identify a system time of the GPS tick generation time point. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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