Method And Apparatus For Improving Radio Location Accuracy With Measurements
First Claim
1. A receiver unit in a wireless communication system, the receiver unit comprising:
- a first receiver configured to receive and process a received signal to provide data for a first position determination system;
a second receiver configured to receive and process the received signal to provide data for a second position determination system; and
a processing unit coupled to the first and second receivers and configured to;
obtain an initial position estimate for the receiver unit,obtain a set of measurements from the first or second position determination system, or both,determine measurement elements from the initial position estimate;
obtain observation values for the set of measurements; and
update the initial position estimate based on the measurement elements and the observation values to obtain an updated position estimate for the receiver unit.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus to utilize a set of measurements (either partial or compete) to improve the accuracy of an initial position estimate for a wireless terminal. The initial position estimate for the terminal is first obtained (e.g., based on a cell-ID or an enhanced cell-ID solution). Measurements are obtained for the terminal. The initial position estimate is then updated with the measurements to obtain a revised position estimate for the terminal. The updating may be performed by (1) deriving a measurement vector based on the initial position estimate and the measurements, (2) forming an observation matrix for the measurements, (3) determining a matrix of weights, (4) deriving a correction vector based on the measurement vector, the observation matrix, and the weight matrix, and (5) updating the initial position estimate with the correction vector.
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61 Claims
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1. A receiver unit in a wireless communication system, the receiver unit comprising:
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a first receiver configured to receive and process a received signal to provide data for a first position determination system; a second receiver configured to receive and process the received signal to provide data for a second position determination system; and a processing unit coupled to the first and second receivers and configured to; obtain an initial position estimate for the receiver unit, obtain a set of measurements from the first or second position determination system, or both, determine measurement elements from the initial position estimate; obtain observation values for the set of measurements; and update the initial position estimate based on the measurement elements and the observation values to obtain an updated position estimate for the receiver unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A location determination system comprising:
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first obtaining means for obtaining an initial position estimate for a terminal in a first component of the system; communicating means for communicating the initial position estimate over a network to a second component of the system; second obtaining means for obtaining a set of measurements from at least one position determination system; determining means for determining measurement elements from the initial position estimate; third obtaining means for obtaining observation values for the set of measurements; and updating means for updating the initial position estimate based on the measurement elements and the observation values in the second component of the system. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A computer program product residing on a processor-readable storage medium and comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause a processor to:
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obtain an initial position estimate for the terminal; obtain a set of measurements from one or more position determination systems; determine measurement elements from the initial position estimate; obtain observation values for the set of measurements; and update the initial position estimate based on the measurement elements and the observation values to obtain an updated position estimate for the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method of determining a position estimate for a wireless terminal, comprising:
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obtaining an initial position estimate for the terminal; obtaining a set of measurements from one or more position determination systems; determining measurement elements from the initial position estimate; obtaining observation values for the set of measurements; and updating the initial position estimate based on the measurement elements and the observation values to obtain an updated position estimate for the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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