Position calculation method and position calculation apparatus
First Claim
1. A method of determining a position of a terminal, using reception timings of signals transmitted between the terminal and a plurality of base stations, comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of candidate terminal positions;
evaluating a likelihood of each of said plurality of candidate terminal positions using one of plurality of base stations as a reference for which a range error between a pseudo measured range and a pseudo range is less than for the remaining base stations, wherein said likelihood of each of said plurality of candidate terminal positions is evaluated according to a probability density of a reception timing error which is asymmetric for positive and negative values, and determining a candidate terminal position with a highest likelihood as the position of the terminal, wherein the pseudo measured range is a range between the terminal and a base station according to the reception timings of signals, and wherein said pseudo range is a calculated range between the candidate terminal position and the base station.
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Abstract
A position calculation method that calculates the correct position of a terminal even when errors are not distributed symmetrically for positive and negative values, by calculating the position of a terminal using the delay time of received signals. The method calculates a first range that is a difference between a range from the terminal to each of antenna and a range from the terminal to a base antenna, the range being calculated from a wireless signal delay time; calculates a second range that is a difference between a range from an assumed terminal position for calculation to each antenna and a range from the assumed terminal position for calculation to the base antenna; calculates a likelihood of the position of the terminal, repeats these procedures to obtain a point where the likelihood is maximized, and determines an obtained most likely solution as the position of the terminal.
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6 Claims
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1. A method of determining a position of a terminal, using reception timings of signals transmitted between the terminal and a plurality of base stations, comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of candidate terminal positions;
evaluating a likelihood of each of said plurality of candidate terminal positions using one of plurality of base stations as a reference for which a range error between a pseudo measured range and a pseudo range is less than for the remaining base stations, wherein said likelihood of each of said plurality of candidate terminal positions is evaluated according to a probability density of a reception timing error which is asymmetric for positive and negative values, and determining a candidate terminal position with a highest likelihood as the position of the terminal, wherein the pseudo measured range is a range between the terminal and a base station according to the reception timings of signals, and wherein said pseudo range is a calculated range between the candidate terminal position and the base station.
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2. A method of determining a position of a terminal, using reception timings of signals transmitted between the terminal and a plurality of base stations, comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of candidate terminal positions;
evaluating a likelihood of each of said plurality of candidate terminal positions using one of plurality of base stations as a reference for which a range error between a pseudo measured range and a pseudo range is less than for the remaining base stations, wherein said likelihood of each of said plurality of candidate terminal positions is evaluated according to a probability density of a range error which is a monotone decreasing function for values that are greater than the range error of the reference candidate terminal position, and determining a candidate terminal position with a highest likelihood as the position of the terminal, wherein the pseudo measured range is a range between the terminal and a base station according to the reception timings of signals, and wherein said pseudo range is a calculated range between the candidate terminal position and the base station.
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3. A terminal for a system having a plurality of base stations for determining a position of the terminal, comprising:
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a receiver for receiving signals from the plurality of base stations;
a delay profile analysis apparatus for determining reception timings of the received signals; and
a calculation apparatus for determining the position of the terminal, wherein said calculation apparatus provides a plurality of candidate terminal positions;
wherein the calculation apparatus evaluates a likelihood of each of said plurality of candidate terminal positions, using a base station from said plurality of base stations as a reference for which a range error between a pseudo measured range and a pseudo range is less than for the other base stations, wherein said likelihood of each of said plurality of the candidate terminal positions is evaluated according to a probability density of a reception timing error which is asymmetric for positive and negative values;
wherein said calculation apparatus determines a candidate terminal position with a highest likelihood as the position of the terminal;
wherein said pseudo measured range is a range between the terminal and a base station according to the reception timings of signals; and
wherein said pseudo range is a calculated range between the candidate terminal position and said base station.
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4. A terminal for a system having a plurality of base stations for determining a position of the terminal, comprising:
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a receiver for receiving signals from the plurality of base stations;
a delay profile analysis apparatus for determining reception timings of the received signals; and
a calculation apparatus for determining the position of the terminal, wherein said calculation apparatus provides a plurality of candidate terminal positions;
wherein the calculation apparatus evaluates a likelihood of each of said plurality of candidate terminal positions, using a base station from said plurality of base stations as a reference for which a range error between a pseudo measured range and a pseudo range is less than for the other base stations, wherein said likelihood of each of said plurality of the candidate terminal positions is evaluated according to a probability density of a reception timing error which is asymmetric for positive and negative values;
wherein said calculation apparatus determines a candidate terminal position with a highest likelihood as the position of the terminal;
wherein said likelihood of candidate terminal positions are evaluated according to a probability density of a range error which is a monotone decreasing function for values that are greater than the range error of the reference candidate terminal position, and determines a candidate terminal position with a highest likelihood as the position of the terminal, wherein the pseudo measured range is a range between the terminal and a base station according to the reception timings of signals, wherein the pseudo range is a calculated range between the candidate terminal position and the base station, and wherein a likelihood of the candidate terminal positions are evaluated according to a probability density of a range error which is a monotone decreasing function for values that are greater than the range error of the reference candidate terminal position.
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5. A medium for storing a program that causes a computer to execute a position calculation method, comprising the steps of:
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receiving information of reception timings of signals transmitted between a plurality of antennas and a terminal, and calculating a position of the terminal using wireless signal delay times, comprising;
a first procedure for calculating a delay time difference between signals transmitted between the terminal and the plurality of antennas;
a second procedure for providing a plurality of candidate terminal positions;
a third procedure for calculating a pseudo range between each of the candidate terminal positions and each of the plurality of base stations;
a fourth procedure for calculating a likelihood of each of the plurality of candidate terminal positions based on the delay time difference and the pseudo ranges and determining a candidate terminal position with a highest likelihood as the position of the terminal, wherein the likelihood of the candidate terminal positions are evaluated according to a probability density of a reception timing error which is asymmetric for positive and negative values.
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6. A medium for storing a program that causes a computer to execute a position calculation method for a terminal, comprising the steps of:
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receiving information of reception timings of signals transmitted between a plurality of antennas and a terminal, and calculating a position of the terminal using wireless signal delay times, comprising;
a first procedure for calculating a delay time difference between signals transmitted between the terminal and the plurality of antennas;
a second procedure for providing a plurality of candidate terminal positions;
a third procedure for calculating a pseudo range between each of the candidate terminal positions and each of the plurality of base stations;
a fourth procedure for calculating a likelihood of each of the plurality of candidate terminal positions based on the delay time difference and the pseudo ranges and determining a candidate terminal position with a highest likelihood as the position of the terminal, wherein the likelihood of the candidate terminal positions are evaluated using one base station as a reference for which a range error between a pseudo measured range and the pseudo range is less than for the other base stations, according to a probability density of a reception timing error which is asymmetric for positive and negative values, wherein the pseudo measured range is a range between the terminal and a base station according to the reception timings of signals.
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