Sparsed U-TDOA Wireless Location Networks
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1. A method for designing a sparse wireless location system (WLS) from an initial network design, comprising:
- determining that the initial network design is affected by a downlink beacon discovery performance limiting factor; and
modifying the initial network design by performing at least one of the following actions;
deploying at least one enhanced downlink antenna;
deploying downlink interference cancellation;
deploying base transceiver station (BTS) synchronization;
adding at least one location measuring unit (LMU) to the network design;
determining that an Abis monitoring system (AMS) is not deployed, and thendeploying at least one downlink-only location measuring unit (LMU) at an identified site;
determining that an Abis monitoring system (AMS) is deployed, and then enabling the use of Enhanced Beacon Synchronization (EBS) and AMS-derived beacon timing functions.
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Abstract
In an overlay, U-TDOA-based, Wireless Location System, LMUs typically co-located with BTSs, are used to collect radio signaling both in the forward and reverse channels. Techniques are used to compensate for sparse LMU deployments where sections of the U-TDOA service area are uplink demodulation or downlink beacon discovery limited.
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1. A method for designing a sparse wireless location system (WLS) from an initial network design, comprising:
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determining that the initial network design is affected by a downlink beacon discovery performance limiting factor; and modifying the initial network design by performing at least one of the following actions; deploying at least one enhanced downlink antenna; deploying downlink interference cancellation; deploying base transceiver station (BTS) synchronization; adding at least one location measuring unit (LMU) to the network design; determining that an Abis monitoring system (AMS) is not deployed, and then deploying at least one downlink-only location measuring unit (LMU) at an identified site; determining that an Abis monitoring system (AMS) is deployed, and then enabling the use of Enhanced Beacon Synchronization (EBS) and AMS-derived beacon timing functions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions for carrying out a prescribed method for designing a sparse wireless location system (WLS) from an initial network design, said prescribed method comprising:
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determining that the initial network design is affected by a downlink beacon discovery performance limiting factor; and modifying the initial network design by performing at least one of the following actions; deploying at least one enhanced downlink antenna; deploying downlink interference cancellation; deploying base transceiver station (BTS) synchronization; adding at least one location measuring unit (LMU) to the network design; determining that an Abis monitoring system (AMS) is not deployed, and then deploying at least one downlink-only location measuring unit (LMU) at an identified site; determining that an Abis monitoring system (AMS) is deployed, and then enabling the use of Enhanced Beacon Synchronization (EBS) and AMS-derived beacon timing functions. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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