Internal calibration method for receiver system of a wireless location system
First Claim
1. An internal calibration method for calibrating a first receiver system, wherein said first receiver system is characterized by a time- and frequency-varying transfer function, said transfer function defining how the amplitude and phase of a received signal will be altered by said first receiver system, and wherein the first receiver system is utilized in a location system that is operative to determine the location of a mobile transmitter by, in part, determining a difference in time of arrival of a signal transmitted by a mobile transmitter and received by said first receiver system and another receiver system, and wherein the accuracy of the location determination is dependent, in part, upon the accuracy of time measurements made by said receiver systems, the method comprising the steps of:
- (A) injecting an internally generated stable, known signal into said first receiver system;
(B) utilizing the internally generated stable, known signal to obtain an estimate of the manner in which said transfer function varies across the bandwidth of said first receiver system; and
(C) utilizing said estimate to mitigate the effects of said variation of the first transfer function on the time measurements made by the first receiver system.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for calibrating a Wireless Location System to enable the system to make highly accurate TDOA and FDOA measurements are disclosed. An external calibration method in accordance with the present invention comprises the steps of transmitting a first reference signal from a reference transmitter; receiving the first reference signal at first and second receiver systems; determining a first error value by comparing a measured TDOA (or FDOA) value with a theoretical TDOA (or FDOA) value associated with the known locations of the receiver systems and the known location of the reference transmitter; and utilizing the first error value to correct subsequent TDOA measurements associated with a mobile transmitter to be located. An internal calibration method in accordance with the present invention comprises the steps of injecting a comb signal into the first receiver system; utilizing the comb signal to obtain an estimate of the manner in which the transfer function varies across the bandwidth of the first receiver system; and utilizing the estimate to mitigate the effects of the variation of the first transfer function on the time measurements made by the first receiver system.
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1. An internal calibration method for calibrating a first receiver system, wherein said first receiver system is characterized by a time- and frequency-varying transfer function, said transfer function defining how the amplitude and phase of a received signal will be altered by said first receiver system, and wherein the first receiver system is utilized in a location system that is operative to determine the location of a mobile transmitter by, in part, determining a difference in time of arrival of a signal transmitted by a mobile transmitter and received by said first receiver system and another receiver system, and wherein the accuracy of the location determination is dependent, in part, upon the accuracy of time measurements made by said receiver systems, the method comprising the steps of:
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(A) injecting an internally generated stable, known signal into said first receiver system;
(B) utilizing the internally generated stable, known signal to obtain an estimate of the manner in which said transfer function varies across the bandwidth of said first receiver system; and
(C) utilizing said estimate to mitigate the effects of said variation of the first transfer function on the time measurements made by the first receiver system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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