Remote node providing GPS signal samples for GPS positioning over a communication network
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1. A method in a remote node for operation with a communication network for determining a global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-based location of the remote node, comprising:
- receiving a GNSS signal;
digitizing said GNSS signal for providing GNSS signal samples; and
transmitting said GNSS signal samples through a communication network having an intermediate node having a node ID for reception by a GNSS node locator, said GNSS node locator constructed for geolocating said node ID for determining a geographical location of said intermediate node and using said intermediate node location with said GNSS signal samples for determining a GNSS-based geographical location of the remote node.
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Abstract
A GPS positioning system having a remote node and a network-aided GPS node locator. The remote node samples a GPS signal and transmits the GPS signal samples through a communication network having an intermediate node. The GPS node locator receives the GPS signal samples through the communication network, geolocates the intermediate node from a node ID, and uses the GNSS signal samples with the intermediate node geographical location for determining the geographical location of the remote node.
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1. A method in a remote node for operation with a communication network for determining a global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-based location of the remote node, comprising:
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receiving a GNSS signal; digitizing said GNSS signal for providing GNSS signal samples; and transmitting said GNSS signal samples through a communication network having an intermediate node having a node ID for reception by a GNSS node locator, said GNSS node locator constructed for geolocating said node ID for determining a geographical location of said intermediate node and using said intermediate node location with said GNSS signal samples for determining a GNSS-based geographical location of the remote node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A remote node apparatus for operation with a communication network for determining a global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-based location of the remote node, comprising:
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a GNSS antenna for receiving a GNSS signal; a digitizer for sampling said GNSS signal for providing GNSS signal samples; and a remote modem for transmitting said GNSS signal samples through a communication network having an intermediate node having a node ID for reception by a GNSS node locator, said GNSS node locator constructed for geolocating said node ID for determining a geographical location of said intermediate node and using said intermediate node location with said GNSS signal samples for determining a GNSS-based geographical location of the remote node. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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