Terminal location system and positioning method
First Claim
1. A terminal location system having at least (N+1) base stations, wherein N is in the range of 1 to 3, wherein a terminal location server finds a position of a terminal performing wireless communication in N-dimensional coordinates, and wherein relative coordinates among the at least (N+1) base station are calculated, comprising:
- a calculation of relative coordinates among the base stations;
an evaluation of the obtained relative coordinates; and
a switch to terminal location processing for determining the position of the terminal;
wherein the determining of the position of the terminal comprises using propagation times of radio signals transmitted and received between the terminal and the base stations in accordance with the evaluated, obtained relative coordinates of the base stations.
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Abstract
A location system of a configuration that facilitates initial introduction, maintenance, and system expansion. A terminal location system basically has at least (N+1) base station (here, N=1 to 3) and a location server and finds a position of a terminal performing wireless communication in N-dimensional coordinates. Further, the terminal location system calculates distances among the at least (N+1) base stations, finds relative coordinates of the base stations, evaluates the obtained relative coordinates, determines switching to terminal location processing of finding the position of the terminal, and finds the position of the terminal using propagation times of radio signals transmitted/received among the terminal and the base stations and the obtained relative coordinates of the base stations.
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20 Claims
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1. A terminal location system having at least (N+1) base stations, wherein N is in the range of 1 to 3, wherein a terminal location server finds a position of a terminal performing wireless communication in N-dimensional coordinates, and wherein relative coordinates among the at least (N+1) base station are calculated, comprising:
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a calculation of relative coordinates among the base stations; an evaluation of the obtained relative coordinates; and a switch to terminal location processing for determining the position of the terminal; wherein the determining of the position of the terminal comprises using propagation times of radio signals transmitted and received between the terminal and the base stations in accordance with the evaluated, obtained relative coordinates of the base stations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A terminal location system having at least (N+1) base station, wherein N=1 to 3, and a location server, that finds a position of a terminal performing wireless communication in N-dimensional coordinates, the terminal location system comprising:
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a relative coordinate detection unit that calculates distances among the at least (N+1) base stations and finds relative coordinates of the base stations; a determination unit that evaluates the obtained relative coordinates and determines a switching to terminal location processing for finding the position of the terminal; and a terminal location unit that finds the position of the terminal using propagation times of radio signals transmitted and received among the terminal and the base stations at the obtained relative coordinates of the base stations. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A positioning method in a terminal location system that has at least (N+1) base stations and a location server, the positioning method comprising the steps of:
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calculating distances among the at least (N+1) base stations; calculating relative coordinates of the base stations; evaluating the obtained relative coordinates; determining to switch to terminal location processing for finding a position of a terminal; measuring a propagation time of a radio signal transmitted and received between the terminal and the base station; and finding by the location server of the position of the terminal in N-dimensional coordinates using the measured propagation times and the obtained relative coordinates of the base stations. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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