Multipath assistance for pilot phase measurement processes
First Claim
1. In a system comprising a mobile station (MS) and a network of base stations (BSs) communicatively couplable to the MS for establishing connections and maintaining communication channels between them, one or more of the BSs capable of transmitting a unique pilot signal and being used as a reference BS, the MS capable of selecting one of the BSs as the reference BS for use as a timing reference and measuring pseudo-noise (PN) phase offsets for the pilot signals transmitted from non-reference BSs, a method of generating pilot phase measurements (PPMs) for reporting PN phase offsets, comprising:
- measuring a first PN phase offset of a pilot signal transmitted from a non-reference BS and received at the MS, and reporting the first PN phase offset in a first PPM;
predicting whether the first PN phase offset is an optimal path PN phase offset; and
if the first PN phase offset is not predicted to be the optimal path PN phase offset, providing the MS with information regarding PN phase offsets for a next measurement, re-measuring the PN phase offset at the MS in accordance with the information, and reporting one or more improved path PN phase offsets in a second PPM.
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Abstract
A method for enhancing the accuracy of Advanced Forward Link Trilateration (AFLT) position location calculations is disclosed. A position determination entity (PDE) constructs a statistical database of pilot phase measurements reported by mobile stations (MSs) located in a geographic region about a reference base station (BS). When a MS'"'"'s location is to be calculated, the MS reports a set of PN phase offsets to the PDE. Using only that set of PN phase offsets, the PDE determines a rough estimate of the MS'"'"'s location using conventional AFLT and also determines the region within which the MS is located. If the PDE determines that the MS did not report one or more earlier arriving PN phase offsets but reported a delayed multipath component, the PDE sends a message to the MS to look for an earlier arriving PN phase offset at a certain time prior to the reported PN phase offset.
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37 Claims
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1. In a system comprising a mobile station (MS) and a network of base stations (BSs) communicatively couplable to the MS for establishing connections and maintaining communication channels between them, one or more of the BSs capable of transmitting a unique pilot signal and being used as a reference BS, the MS capable of selecting one of the BSs as the reference BS for use as a timing reference and measuring pseudo-noise (PN) phase offsets for the pilot signals transmitted from non-reference BSs, a method of generating pilot phase measurements (PPMs) for reporting PN phase offsets, comprising:
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measuring a first PN phase offset of a pilot signal transmitted from a non-reference BS and received at the MS, and reporting the first PN phase offset in a first PPM; predicting whether the first PN phase offset is an optimal path PN phase offset; and if the first PN phase offset is not predicted to be the optimal path PN phase offset, providing the MS with information regarding PN phase offsets for a next measurement, re-measuring the PN phase offset at the MS in accordance with the information, and reporting one or more improved path PN phase offsets in a second PPM. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. In a system comprising a mobile station (MS) and a network of base stations (BSs) communicatively couplable to the MS for establishing connections and maintaining communication channels between them, one or more of the BSs capable of transmitting a unique pilot signal and being used as a reference BS, the MS capable of selecting one of the BSs as the reference BS for use as a timing reference and measuring pseudo-noise (PN) phase offsets for the pilot signals transmitted from non-reference BSs, a position determination entity (PDE) for assisting in MS generation of pilot phase measurements (PPMs) for reporting PN phase offsets, comprising:
a PDE processor programmed for receiving a first PN phase offset of a pilot signal transmitted from a non-refrence BS and received at the MS in a first PPM, predicting whether the first PN phase offset is an optimal path PN phase offset, and if the first PN phase offset is not predicted to be the optimal path PN phase offset, providing the MS with information regarding PN phase offsets for a next measurement so that MS can re-measure the PN phase offset in accordance with the information, and reporting one or more improved path PN phase offsets in a second PPM. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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