Enhanced determination of position-dependent signal characteristics of a wireless transmitter
First Claim
1. A method for measuring position-dependent characteristics of mobile radio signals from a mobile transmitter, the method comprising the steps ofreceiving the transmitted signals at an antenna configuration having multiple phase-synchronized receiving elements;
- performing disambiguation processing for the extraction of position dependent characteristics of the signals; and
evaluating the characteristic parameters indicative of the transmitter'"'"'s position.
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Abstract
A method and system for determining with enhanced accuracy a line of bearing and related signal characteristics of a mobile wireless transceiver in a cellular-telephone communications system is presented. Three or more conventionally configured antenna elements are used to provide a high resolution line of bearing estimate through disambiguation of positional parameters associated with inter-element signal characteristics derived from signal products. The high resolution line of bearing estimate can then be used to determine the location of the transmitter.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for measuring position-dependent characteristics of mobile radio signals from a mobile transmitter, the method comprising the steps of
receiving the transmitted signals at an antenna configuration having multiple phase-synchronized receiving elements; -
performing disambiguation processing for the extraction of position dependent characteristics of the signals; and
evaluating the characteristic parameters indicative of the transmitter'"'"'s position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for measuring position-dependent characteristics of mobile radio communications signals from a mobile transmitter, comprising:
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an antenna configuration having multiple elements for receiving the transmitted signals;
phase-synchronized elemental signal receivers for extracting the signals to be processed;
a signal processing unit that performs disambiguation processing for the extraction of position-dependent characteristics of the signals; and
a processing unit that evaluates the characteristic parameters indicative of the transmitter'"'"'s position. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for measuring the angle of arrival (AOA) of a radio signal from a mobile transmitter, the method comprising:
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detecting the radio signal at an antenna configuration having multiple antenna elements separated from each other by a known distance, wherein the distance between elements is larger than one-half of the received signal'"'"'s wavelength, whereby multiple angles of arrival can generate the same relative phase response;
determining an unambiguous phase difference representing the difference in phase of the signal as detected at the respective antenna elements; and
using the unambiguous phase difference to determine the angle of arrival of the received signal. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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