Method and system for applying wireless geolocation technology
First Claim
1. In a method of positioning location sensors for determining the location of a mobile-appliance within a predetermined accuracy in a mobile-appliance communication system having plural base stations, the improvement comprising the step of positioning the location determining sensors at some but not all of the plural base stations to minimize the number of location determining sensors required for a coverage area, wherein the positioning is a function of an estimated accuracy of the location calculated by different types of location determining sensors, the costs of the different types of location determining sensors, and the predetermined accuracy requirement for the respective base stations.
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Abstract
A system and method for determining the positioning of mobile-appliance location determining sensors in a mobile-appliance communications network by estimating the positioning accuracy of the sensors.
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- 1. In a method of positioning location sensors for determining the location of a mobile-appliance within a predetermined accuracy in a mobile-appliance communication system having plural base stations, the improvement comprising the step of positioning the location determining sensors at some but not all of the plural base stations to minimize the number of location determining sensors required for a coverage area, wherein the positioning is a function of an estimated accuracy of the location calculated by different types of location determining sensors, the costs of the different types of location determining sensors, and the predetermined accuracy requirement for the respective base stations.
- 11. In a method of positioning location sensors for determining the location of a mobile-appliance within a predetermined accuracy in a mobile-appliance communication system having plural base stations defining a signal coverage area, the improvement comprising positioning the location determining sensors to minimize the number and cost of sensors required for the coverage area, wherein the positioning is a function of the locations calculated by different types of location determining sensors, the costs of the different types of location determining sensors, and the predetermined accuracy requirement for the respective base stations in the coverage area.
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