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Network overlay geo-location system with smart antennas and method of operation

  • US 7,945,212 B2
  • Filed: 10/16/2003
  • Issued: 05/17/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a wireless communication system with a network overlay geo-location system, wherein the wireless system includes plural base stations and a Mobile Switching Center (MSC), each of said plural base stations including one or more pre-assigned sectors defining a coverage area of the respective base station and wherein one or more of the plural base stations include a smart antenna, a method for determining a location of a target mobile appliance comprising the steps of:

  • determining a serving sector from the pre-assigned sectors in the MSC;

    determining from a database whether the serving sector'"'"'s base station has a smart antenna;

    scanning antennas elements of the serving sector'"'"'s base station, prior to pattern forming, for the target mobile appliance'"'"'s signal to determine the actual sector serving the mobile appliance; and

    ,tasking sensors in proximity of actual sector to locate the mobile appliance.

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