WIDE AREA POSITIONING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
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1. A method of providing positioning system information, comprising:
- generating, at a transmitter, a range block including a ranging signal;
sending, from the transmitter, the range block, wherein the range block is sent in a predefined slot of a plurality of predefined slots comprising a first transmit frame;
generating, at the transmitter, a hybrid block including a positioning signal including positioning data; and
sending, from the transmitter, the hybrid block, wherein the hybrid block is sent in the predefined slot in a second transmit frame disjoint from the first transmit frame.
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods for sending positional information from transmitters/beacons are disclosed. In one implementation a transmitter generates a range block including a ranging signal and a hybrid block including positioning data, and sends the range block and hybrid block in predefined slots in a transmit frame. A receiver in a user device receives signals from a plurality of transmitters and generates position/location information using trilateration and measured altitude information in comparison with transmitter altitude information.
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63 Claims
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1. A method of providing positioning system information, comprising:
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generating, at a transmitter, a range block including a ranging signal; sending, from the transmitter, the range block, wherein the range block is sent in a predefined slot of a plurality of predefined slots comprising a first transmit frame; generating, at the transmitter, a hybrid block including a positioning signal including positioning data; and sending, from the transmitter, the hybrid block, wherein the hybrid block is sent in the predefined slot in a second transmit frame disjoint from the first transmit frame. - 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, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A transmitter for providing positioning information, comprising:
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a processing element for generating a range block including a ranging signal and a hybrid block including a positioning signal including positioning data; and output module for sending the range block in a predefined slot of a plurality of predefined slots comprising a first transmit frame and sending the hybrid block in the predefined slot in a second transmit frame disjoint from the first transmit frame.
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62. A transmitter for providing positional information, comprising:
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means for generating a range block including a ranging signal; means for sending the range block, wherein the range block is sent in a predefined slot of a plurality of predefined slots comprising a first transmit frame; means for generating a hybrid block including a positioning signal including positioning data; and means for sending the hybrid block, wherein the hybrid block is sent in the predefined slot in a second transmit frame disjoint from the first transmit frame.
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63. A processor-readable medium including instructions for causing a computer to:
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generate a range block including a ranging signal; initiate transmission of the range block, wherein the range block is transmitted in a predefined slot of a plurality of predefined slots comprising a first transmit frame; generate a hybrid block including a positioning signal including positioning data; and initiate transmission of the hybrid block, wherein the hybrid block is transmitted in the predefined slot in a second transmit frame disjoint from the first transmit frame.
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