Hybrid GNSS and TDOA Wireless Location System
First Claim
1. A method for use in locating a mobile device, comprising:
- (a) at the mobile device, obtaining pseudorange measurements based on signals received from one or more satellites, wherein said one or more satellites are satellites of at least one of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) or Global Positioning System (GPS);
(b) computing GPS time difference of arrival (G-TDOA) values based on the GPS pseudorange measurements, said G-TDOA values representing baselines between the mobile device and the GPS/GNSS satellites;
(c) obtaining an uplink time difference of arrival (U-TDOA) measurement representing a first baseline between first and second terrestrial receivers;
(d) providing hybrid GPS/U-TDOA baselines;
(e) computing weightings for the hybrid GPS/U-TDOA baselines; and
(f) estimating the location of the mobile device using the hybrid GPS/U-TDOA baselines and the weightings.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for position determination is provided using measurements from both Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers and terrestrial-based Uplink Time Difference of Arrival (UTDOA) receivers. The method involves the transformation of downlink satellite measurements into equivalent UTDOA measurements by computing comparable cross-correlation coefficients and time differences of arrival with respect to a UTDOA reference station. The method includes a weighting operation whereby the relative weights of the UTDOA measurements and the relative weights of the GPS measurements are adjusted based on a theoretical scaling followed by empirical adjustments. The method further involves the efficient computation and combining of metrics that are used to minimize the weighted error between candidate location solutions and the UTDOA and GPS measurements. This is done efficiently in two dimensions for UTDOA and in three dimensions for GPS measurements by increasing the complexity of searching operations as the optimal location solution is approached. A technique is also described that improves upon a particular location solution by changing the measurement weightings using criteria specific to GPS and UTDOA.
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75 Claims
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1. A method for use in locating a mobile device, comprising:
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(a) at the mobile device, obtaining pseudorange measurements based on signals received from one or more satellites, wherein said one or more satellites are satellites of at least one of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) or Global Positioning System (GPS); (b) computing GPS time difference of arrival (G-TDOA) values based on the GPS pseudorange measurements, said G-TDOA values representing baselines between the mobile device and the GPS/GNSS satellites; (c) obtaining an uplink time difference of arrival (U-TDOA) measurement representing a first baseline between first and second terrestrial receivers; (d) providing hybrid GPS/U-TDOA baselines; (e) computing weightings for the hybrid GPS/U-TDOA baselines; and (f) estimating the location of the mobile device using the hybrid GPS/U-TDOA baselines and the weightings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A wireless location system, comprising:
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means for communicating with a mobile device and obtaining from said mobile device pseudorange measurements based on signals received by said mobile device from one or more satellites, wherein said one or more satellites are satellites of at least one of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) or Global Positioning System (GPS); means for computing GPS time difference of arrival (G-TDOA) values based on the GPS pseudorange measurements, said G-TDOA values representing baselines between the mobile device and the GPS/GNSS satellites; means for obtaining an uplink time difference of arrival (U-TDOA) measurement representing a first baseline between first and second terrestrial receivers; means for providing hybrid GPS/U-TDOA baselines; means for computing weightings for the hybrid GPS/U-TDOA baselines; and means for estimating the location of the mobile device using the hybrid GPS/U-TDOA baselines and the weightings. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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75. A computer readable medium containing computer readable instructions for carrying out the following computer-implemented method for use in locating a mobile device:
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communicating with a mobile device and obtaining from said mobile device pseudorange measurements based on signals received by said mobile device from one or more satellites, wherein said one or more satellites are satellites of at least one of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) or Global Positioning System (GPS); computing GPS time difference of arrival (G-TDOA) values based on the GPS pseudorange measurements, said G-TDOA values representing baselines between the mobile device and the GPS/GNSS satellites; obtaining an uplink time difference of arrival (U-TDOA) measurement representing a first baseline between first and second terrestrial receivers; providing hybrid GPS/U-TDOA baselines; computing weightings for the hybrid GPS/U-TDOA baselines; and estimating the location of the mobile device using the hybrid GPS/U-TDOA baselines and the weightings.
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