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LOCATION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH A FIBER OPTIC LINK

  • US 20110050501A1
  • Filed: 08/31/2009
  • Published: 03/03/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A wireless TDOA location system comprising:

  • at least one wireless transmitter operable to transmit wireless signals;

    a plurality of receivers operable to receive and to estimate a time-of-arrival (TOA) of the wireless signals received from said at least one wireless transmitter;

    at least a pair of fiber optic links, wherein each fiber optic link couples an antenna to a respective one of the plurality of receivers, the antenna operable to receive the wireless signal from said at least one transmitter;

    a synchronizing device to time synchronize the plurality of receivers with a common timing signal; and

    processing device coupled to the plurality of receivers, and operable to calculate a location of the at least one wireless transmitter location based on the TOA of the wireless signals received.

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