Method and apparatus for measuring transmitting time offset of a base station
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1. An offset measuring method for receiving signals from a radio base station and measuring a transmitting time offset of the radio base station, comprising the steps of:
- calculating estimated values of the transmitting time offset based on signals received at a plurality of observation points with known positions or known distances from the radio base station; and
selecting a minimum from the estimated offset values to determine the minimum value as a measured value of the transmitting time offset of the radio base station, wherein the transmitting time offset is a time difference between an official timing for sending out a signal and an actual timing when the signal is actually transmitted out from an antenna of the radio base station.
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An offset measuring method according to the present invention accurately measures a transmitting time offset of a base station. The offset measuring method for receiving signals from the radio base station and measuring the transmitting time offset of the radio base station includes the steps of calculating estimated values of transmitting time offset based on signals received at a plurality of observation points and selecting a minimum from the estimated offsets to determine the selected minimum value as transmitting time offset of the radio base station.
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1. An offset measuring method for receiving signals from a radio base station and measuring a transmitting time offset of the radio base station, comprising the steps of:
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calculating estimated values of the transmitting time offset based on signals received at a plurality of observation points with known positions or known distances from the radio base station; and
selecting a minimum from the estimated offset values to determine the minimum value as a measured value of the transmitting time offset of the radio base station, wherein the transmitting time offset is a time difference between an official timing for sending out a signal and an actual timing when the signal is actually transmitted out from an antenna of the radio base station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 16)
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3. An offset measuring method for receiving signals from a radio base station and measuring a transmitting time offset of the radio base station, comprising the steps of:
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calculating estimated values of the transmitting time offset based on signals received at a plurality of observation points; and
electing a minimum from the estimated offset values to determine the minimum value as a measured value of the transmitting time offset of the radio base station, wherein an average of the estimated offsets measured at each of the observation locations multiple times is the estimated offset of the location.
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7. An offset measuring apparatus which receives signals from a radio base station and which measures transmitting time offset of the radio base station, said offset measuring apparatus comprising:
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offset estimating means which comprises a cellular receiver that receives, at a plurality of locations with known positions or known distances from the radio base station, signals transmitted from the radio base station;
a measuring unit for received timing that measures a received timing of a signal transmitted from said radio base station with reference to base clocks;
an offset calculating unit that calculates estimated values of the transmitting time offset of said radio base station from the measured received timing; and
offset determining means for selecting a minimum of the estimated values of the transmitting time offset and for determining the selected minimum as a measured value of the transmitting time offset, wherein the transmitting time offset is a time difference between an official timing for sending out the signal and an actual timing when the signal is actually transmitted out from an antenna of the radio base station. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19)
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8. A offset measuring apparatus which receives signals from a radio base station and which measures a transmitting time offset of the radio base station, said offset measuring apparatus comprising:
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offset estimating means which comprises a cellular receiver that receives, at a plurality of locations, signals transmitted from the radio base station;
a measuring unit for received timing that measures a received timing of a signal transmitted from said radio base station with reference to base clocks;
an offset calculating unit that calculates estimated values of the transmitting time offset of said radio base station from the measured received timing; and
offset determining means for selecting a minimum of the estimated values of the transmitting time offset and for determining the selected minimum as a measured value of the transmitting time offset, wherein said offset measuring apparatus has a plurality of offset estimating means to receive the signals from the base station at a plurality of locations. - View Dependent Claims (9, 18)
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13. A offset measuring apparatus which receives signals from a radio base station and which measures a transmitting time offset of the radio base station, said offset measuring apparatus comprising:
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offset estimating means which comprises a cellular receiver that receives, at a plurality of locations, signals transmitted from the radio base station;
a measuring unit for received timing that measures a received timing of a signal transmitted from said radio base station with reference to base clocks;
an offset calculating unit that calculates estimated values of the transmitting time offset of said radio base station from the measured received timing; and
offset determining means for select a minimum of the estimated values of the transmitting time offset and for determining the selected minimum as a measured value of the transmitting time offset, wherein said offset measuring means has a plurality of antennas to receive the signals to receive signals from the radio base station at a plurality of locations, and wherein said offset estimating means uses each of said antennas to calculate an average of the estimated values of transmitting time offset, which are measured multiple times, as the estimated offset of the antenna.
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