TDOA/GPS Hybrid Wireless Location System
First Claim
1. A method for the determination of the location of a mobile station (MS) equipped with embedded GPS signal reception capability and equipped to operate within a wireless communications network (WCN), the method comprising:
- using a serving land station of the WCN, providing assistance data to a MS to be located, said assistance data enhancing the ability of the MS to receive GPS signals and extract time of arrival (TOA) or pseudorange measures;
at the serving land station, receiving GPS data from the MS to be located, wherein said GPS data comprises TOA or pseudorange measures;
at a land station equipped with location-measurement facilities, receiving a communications-band signal from said MS to be located and using the location-measurement facilities to extract location-related characteristic data from the communications-band signal, wherein said location-related characteristic data extracted from the communications-band signal is a function of the geographic location of said MS relative to said land station equipped with location-measurement facilities; and
at a land station equipped for location-determination calculations, performing location-determination calculations using the GPS data and the extracted location-related characteristic data to derive an estimated location for the MS.
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Abstract
A method and system for enhancing the accuracy and robustness of locations determined for a mobile wireless transceiver in a cellular telephone communications system integrating location-related information both from an assisted GPS device embedded in the mobile unit and from infrastructure-based facilities that extract signal characteristic data at networked base stations. Available supporting collateral information may be additionally evaluated in the location determinations to provide location estimates of enhanced robustness and accuracy.
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1. A method for the determination of the location of a mobile station (MS) equipped with embedded GPS signal reception capability and equipped to operate within a wireless communications network (WCN), the method comprising:
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using a serving land station of the WCN, providing assistance data to a MS to be located, said assistance data enhancing the ability of the MS to receive GPS signals and extract time of arrival (TOA) or pseudorange measures; at the serving land station, receiving GPS data from the MS to be located, wherein said GPS data comprises TOA or pseudorange measures; at a land station equipped with location-measurement facilities, receiving a communications-band signal from said MS to be located and using the location-measurement facilities to extract location-related characteristic data from the communications-band signal, wherein said location-related characteristic data extracted from the communications-band signal is a function of the geographic location of said MS relative to said land station equipped with location-measurement facilities; and at a land station equipped for location-determination calculations, performing location-determination calculations using the GPS data and the extracted location-related characteristic data to derive an estimated location for the MS. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for the determination of the location of a mobile station (MS) equipped with embedded GPS signal reception capability and equipped to operate within a wireless communications network, comprising:
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means for receiving GPS data for use in location-determination calculations, said GPS data being received from a MS to be located; a land station equipped with location-measurement facilities and a receiver for receiving from said MS to be located a wireless communications-band signal and using the location-measurement facilities to extract location-related characteristic data from the communications-band signal, wherein said location-related characteristic data extracted from the communications-band signal is a function of the geographic location of said MS relative to said land station equipped with location-measurement facilities; and a land station equipped for location-determination calculations, including a processor for performing location-determination calculations using the GPS data and the extracted location-related characteristic data to derive an estimated location for the MS. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for the determination of the location of a mobile station (MS) equipped with embedded GPS signal reception capability and equipped to operate within a wireless communications network, the method comprising:
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(a) providing assistance data to a MS to be located, said assistance data enabling the MS to receive GPS signals and extract TOA or pseudorange measures; (b) at a land station equipped with location-measurement facilities, receiving a communications-band signal from said MS to be located and using the location-measurement facilities to extract location-related characteristic data from the communications-band signal; (c) communicating the TOA or pseudorange measures and the extracted location-related characteristic data to a land station equipped for location-determination calculations; and (e) at said land station equipped for location-determination calculations, performing location-determination calculations using the GPS data and the extracted location-related characteristic data to derive an estimated location for the MS. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system for the determination of the location of a mobile station (MS) equipped with embedded GPS signal reception capability and equipped to operate within a wireless communications network, the system comprising:
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means for providing assistance data to a MS to be located, said assistance data enabling the MS to receive GPS signals and extract TOA or pseudorange measures; a land station equipped with location-measurement facilities and configured to receive a communications-band signal from said MS to be located and to use the location-measurement facilities to extract location-related characteristic data from the communications-band signal; and a land station equipped for location-determination calculations and configured to perform location-determination calculations using the GPS data and the extracted location-related characteristic data to derive an estimated location for the MS. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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