Method for finding the location of a mobile terminal in a cellular radio system
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1. A system for determining the position of a mobile station comprising:
- an almanac including signal delay transmission data information for a mapped area from a set of base stations to selected locations on said mapped area;
A comparator operable to compare almanac data for selected sets of base stations with measured signal data collected by said mobile station, said comparator being further operable to assign a probability score to each selected set of base stations corresponding to said measured signal data, wherein the probability score is determined using a Gaussian distribution;
a tower set selector operable to select a set of base stations from the selected sets of base stations most indicative of signals to said mobile station based on said probability score; and
Multilateration equipment operable to obtain a position fix for said mobile station based upon the base stations selected by said tower set selector and measured signal delay data collected by said mobile station for the selected set of base stations.
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Abstract
A system, method and device are provided which determine the position of a mobile station in connection with consulting signal delay transmission data from an almanac for the purpose of identifying the nearest set of base stations. Thereafter, the position of the mobile station is determined using multilateration.
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1. A system for determining the position of a mobile station comprising:
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an almanac including signal delay transmission data information for a mapped area from a set of base stations to selected locations on said mapped area; A comparator operable to compare almanac data for selected sets of base stations with measured signal data collected by said mobile station, said comparator being further operable to assign a probability score to each selected set of base stations corresponding to said measured signal data, wherein the probability score is determined using a Gaussian distribution; a tower set selector operable to select a set of base stations from the selected sets of base stations most indicative of signals to said mobile station based on said probability score; and Multilateration equipment operable to obtain a position fix for said mobile station based upon the base stations selected by said tower set selector and measured signal delay data collected by said mobile station for the selected set of base stations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of determining the position of a mobile station comprising:
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Collecting signal delay data from a location in the vicinity of said mobile station; comparing said collected signal delay data with selected almanac signal delay data from an almanac, said almanac signal delay data representing signal delay information pertaining to predetermined sets of base station sites; assigning a probability score to said selected almanac signal delay data based on statistical correlation between said collected data and said selected almanac signal delay data, wherein the probability score is determined using a Gaussian distribution; selecting one of said predetermined set of base stations with a probability score indicative of greatest correlation to said collected data; Locating the position of said mobile station according to a technique of multilateration using transmitting base station data from said one of said predetermined set of base stations and collected signal delay data for the selected set of base stations. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A mobile station comprising:
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a display; an antenna; a radio frequency section for providing a communications link to a communications network through said antenna; and a processor programmed for making signal delay calculations in connection with data received from said communications network and for providing a readout on said display that includes a position of the mobile station that is determined according to a technique of multilateration using signal delay data for a set of base stations selected from a plurality of sets of base stations based on a probability score that indicates the signal delay data corresponds to the selected set of base stations, wherein the probability score is determined using a Gaussian distribution. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. An apparatus of determining the position of a mobile station comprising:
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Means for collecting signal delay data from a location in the vicinity of said mobile station; Means for comparing said collected signal delay data with selected almanac signal delay data from an almanac, said almanac signal delay data representing signal delay information pertaining to predetermined sets of base station sites; Means for assigning a probability score to said selected almanac signal delay data based on statistical correlation between said collected data and said selected almanac signal delay data, wherein the probability score is determined using a Gaussian distribution; Means for selecting one of said predetermined set of base stations with a probability score indicative of greatest correlation to said collected data; Means for locating the position of said mobile station according to a technique of multilateration using transmitting base station data from said one of said predetermined set of base stations and collected signal delay data for the selected set of base stations. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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