METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTER GEO-LOCATION IN MOBILE PLATFORMS
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1. A method of estimating a transmitter position, the method comprising:
- receiving radio frequency (RF) signals by at least one antenna array;
phase shifting the received RF signal at each element of the least one antenna array;
combining the phase shifted RF signals and transforming the combined phase shifted RF signals into baseband signals;
converting the baseband signals into digital baseband signals; and
generating snapshots of the received digital baseband signals with a maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) operation to generate an estimated transmitter position.
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Abstract
Described herein are architectures, platforms and methods for implementing a direct estimation of a transmitter'"'"'s position based upon raw radio frequency (RF) signals that are received by a portable device. A mathematical operation such as a maximum-likelihood estimation (MLE) algorithm, which utilizes collected snapshots from the received raw RF signals as variables, is implemented to perform direct estimation.
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1. A method of estimating a transmitter position, the method comprising:
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receiving radio frequency (RF) signals by at least one antenna array; phase shifting the received RF signal at each element of the least one antenna array; combining the phase shifted RF signals and transforming the combined phase shifted RF signals into baseband signals; converting the baseband signals into digital baseband signals; and generating snapshots of the received digital baseband signals with a maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) operation to generate an estimated transmitter position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A device comprising:
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at least one antenna array configured to receive radio frequency (RF) signals; a phase-shifter component configured to each element of the at least one antenna array, the phase-shifter component is configured to shift phase of the received RF signal at each element of the least one antenna array; a first combiner component configured to combine the phase shifted RF signals; a converter component configured to transform the combined phase shifted RF signals into baseband signals; an analog to digital (A/D) converter component configured to convert the baseband signals into digital baseband signals; and a position estimator component configured to generate snapshots of the received digital baseband signals, with a maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) operation to generate an estimated transmitter position. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A receiver circuit comprising:
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at least one antenna array with multiple elements configured to receive radio frequency (RF) signals on each element; a phase-shifter component at each element of the at least one antenna array, the phase-shifter component configured to shift phase of the received RF signal at each element of the least one antenna array; a first combiner component configured to combine the phase shifted RF signals from each element of the at least one antenna array; a converter component configured to transform the combined phase shifted RF signals into baseband signals; an analog to digital (A/D) converter component configured to convert the baseband signals into digital baseband signals; and a position estimator component configured to perform a maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) operation on the received digital baseband signals to generate an estimated transmitter position. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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