Method and apparatus for estimating velocity of a terminal in a wireless communication system
First Claim
1. A method for estimating a velocity of a terminal in a wireless communication system, comprising:
- determining a position of the terminal;
determining a position of a base station in communication with the terminal;
determining a position of each of two or more satellites;
determining a residual rate of change of pseudo-range for each satellite;
forming a set of equations based on the determined positions of the terminal, the base station, and the two or more satellites, wherein the set of equations is further formed based on the determined residual rates of change of pseudo-ranges for the two or more satellites; and
estimating the velocity of the terminal based on the set of equations, wherein the residual rate of change of pseudo-range for each satellite is determined as;
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Abstract
Techniques to estimate the velocity of a terminal in a wireless communication system. Movement by the terminal results in a Doppler shift in the frequency of each transmitted signal received at the terminal. In one method, the positions of the terminal, a base station, and each of two or more satellites are initially determined. A residual rate of change of pseudo-range may also be determined for each satellite, e.g., based on (1) an estimated baseband frequency error that includes the Doppler frequency shift due to the terminal'"'"'s movement and (2) an estimated Doppler frequency shift due to movement by the satellite. A set of equations is then formed based on the determined positions of the terminal, the base station, and the satellites and the determined residual rates of change of pseudo-ranges for the satellites. The velocity of the terminal may thereafter be estimated based on the set of equations.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for estimating a velocity of a terminal in a wireless communication system, comprising:
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determining a position of the terminal;
determining a position of a base station in communication with the terminal;
determining a position of each of two or more satellites;
determining a residual rate of change of pseudo-range for each satellite;
forming a set of equations based on the determined positions of the terminal, the base station, and the two or more satellites, wherein the set of equations is further formed based on the determined residual rates of change of pseudo-ranges for the two or more satellites; and
estimating the velocity of the terminal based on the set of equations, wherein the residual rate of change of pseudo-range for each satellite is determined as;
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10. A method for estimating a velocity of a terminal in a wireless communication system, comprising:
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determining a position of the terminal;
determining a position of a base station in communication with the terminal;
determining a position of each of two or more satellites;
determining a residual rate of change of pseudo-range for each satellite, forming a set of equations based on the determined positions of the terminal, the base station, and the two or more satellites, wherein the set of equations is further formed based on the determined residual rates of change of pseudo-ranges for the two or more satellites; and
estimating the velocity of the terminal based on the set of equations;
wherein the set of equations comprises;
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13. A method for determining a velocity of a terminal in a wireless communication system, comprising:
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determining an offset of a local oscillator at the terminal, wherein the determining the local oscillator offset includes, performing a coherent integration based on a fast Fourier transform (FFT) to provide FFT results, and non-coherently integrating the FFT results, sorting the non-coherently integrated FFT results into a plurality of frequency bins;
estimating a first Doppler shift in the frequency of a first signal received at the terminal from a first transmitter;
estimating a second Doppler shift in the frequency of a second signal received at the terminal from a second transmitter;
estimating a third Doppler shift in the frequency of a third signal received at the terminal from a third transmitter; and
determining the velocity of the terminal based on the local oscillator offset and estimates of the first, second, and third Doppler frequency shifts. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
removing the estimates of the first, second, and third Doppler frequency shifts from the first, second, and third signals, respectively.
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16. The method of claim 15, wherein non-coherently integrating includes
squaring and accumulating the FFT results.
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17. A method for determining a velocity of a terminal in a wireless communication systems comprising:
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determining an offset of a local oscillator at the terminal, wherein the determining the local oscillator offset includes, performing a coherent integration based on a fast Fourier transform (EFT) to provide FFT results, and non-coherently integrating the FFT results, wherein non-coherently integrating the FFT results includes squaring and accumulating the FFT results;
estimating a first Doppler shift in the frequency of a first signal received at the terminal from a first transmitter;
estimating a second Doppler shift in the frequency of a second signal received at the terminal from a second transmitter;
estimating a third Doppler shift in the frequency of a third signal received at the terminal from a third transmitter;
determining the velocity of the terminal based on the local oscillator offset and estimates of the first, second, and third Doppler frequency shifts; and
despreading the non-coherently integrated FFT results. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
correlating the FFT results with a pseudo-random noise (PN) sequence at a plurality of PN phases. -
19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:
identifying for each transmitter a PN phase associated with a maximum correlated value.
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20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:
identifying for each transmitter a frequency offset corresponding to an FFT bin with the maximum correlated value.
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21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:
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deriving a pseudo-range measurement for each transmitter based on the identified PN phase; and
deriving a residual rate of change in pseudo-range based on the identified frequency offset.
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22. The method of claim 21, further comprising:
determining a position of the terminal based on pseudo-range measurements for the first, second, and third transmitters.
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23. The method of claim 22, wherein the residual rate of change of pseudo-range for each transmitter is determined by multiplying the identified frequency offset for the transmitter by a wavelength for the signal from the transmitter.
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24. The method of claim 23, further comprising:
estimating the velocity of the terminal based on an estimated position of the terminal and estimated positions of the transmitters.
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