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Apparatus and method for determining the location of a repeater

  • US 7,831,263 B2
  • Filed: 11/05/2003
  • Issued: 11/09/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system comprising:

  • a repeater including a receiver, amplification circuitry, and a transmitter disposed on the repeater, the repeater to receive signals transmitted by a base station of a wireless cellular system using the receiver, amplify the received signals using the amplification circuitry, and transmit amplified signals to a mobile station coupled to the wireless cellular system using the transmitter;

    a position location device operatively located with and coupled to the repeater, the position location device to receive radio-location signals, and based at least in part on the radio-location signals determine location information associated with a location of the repeater; and

    at least one device to maintain a base station almanac to store at least location information associated with locations of a plurality of base stations of the wireless cellular system and the location information associated with the location of the repeater, and receive the location information associated with the location of the repeater from at least one of the repeater and/or the position location device, and wherein the stored location information associated with the location of the repeater is accessible and usable to account for at least one propagation delay associated with at least one amplified signal transmitted by the repeater and received by the mobile station during a subsequent location determination process associated with the mobile station.

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