Network overlay geo-location system with smart antennas and method of operation
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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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Abstract
A system and method in a wireless communication system having plural base stations (10a, 10b, 10c) and a MSC (45) with a network overlay geo-location system.
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In a network overlay geo-location system for wireless appliances operating in a host wireless communication system, wherein the host system includes a plurality of base stations including plural sectors defining a coverage area, wherein at least one base station employs a smart antenna, and a mobile switching center and a mobile positioning center, wherein the geo-location system uses information parameters from the mobile positioning center to assist in the location of wireless appliance, a method of determining the location of a target wireless appliance comprising the steps of:
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receiving a serving sector in the information parameters from the mobile positioning center; tasking sensors in proximity of each sector in the base station containing the serving sector to locate the mobile appliance, thereby determining the location of the target wireless appliance. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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- 15. In a wireless communication system with a network overlay geo-location system, wherein the wireless system includes plural base stations, a Mobile Switching Center (MSC), and a Mobile Positioning Center (MPC), wherein each of the plural base stations have one or more assigned channels for each sector representing a coverage area, and wherein one or more of the plural base stations include smart antennas for adapting the sectors within the coverage area including reassignment of channels, a method of determining the location of a mobile appliance independently of sector information provided by the MPC Comprising the step of tasking all geo-location sensors in the geo-location system to search for the signal and selecting a set of sensors based on the mobile appliance'"'"'s signal parameters at each sensor and locating the mobile appliance with the set of sensors.
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21. A method of locating a mobile appliance operating in a wireless communication system with at least one base station employing a smart antenna, including the steps of receiving mobile information from the wireless communication system, said mobile information including information for determining a serving sector, and tasking geo-location sensors proximate to a search area to locate the mobile appliance, the improvement comprising the steps of:
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for each antenna output associated with the serving sector'"'"'s base station, measuring a parameter of the mobile appliance'"'"'s signal; and
,selecting the search area based on the measured parameters, thereby improving the locating of the mobile appliance. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 51)
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27. In a network overlay location geo-location system for wireless appliances operating in a host wireless communication network, wherein the host network includes a plurality of base stations, wherein at least one base station employs a smart antenna, wherein the geo-location system uses wireless communication network information to assist in the location acquisition of wireless appliance, a method of determining the location of a target wireless appliance from the target wireless appliance'"'"'s signal parameters measured at plural geo-location sensors comprising the steps of:
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determining from a database which geo-location sensors are located at base stations with smart antennas; adjusting the measured parameters from geo-location sensors located at base stations with smart antenna; and
,determining the location of the mobile appliance from the adjusted measured parameter. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 50)
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34. A wireless communication system comprising:
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plural base stations for communicating with one or more mobile units, wherein at least one of the plural base stations comprises a smart antenna;
the smart antenna comprising an antenna array and a pattern-forming network;a network overlay geo-location system comprising a plurality of sensors located at the plural base stations; a mobile positioning center;
wherein the mobile positioning center is in communicational connection with wireless network and the network overlay geo-location system;wherein at least one of the plurality of sensors is interfaced between the antenna array and the pattern-forming network. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. A network overlay geo-location system in a wireless communication system with a host base station having a smart antenna, wherein said smart antenna includes an antenna array and a pattern-forming network, the improvement comprising geo-location sensors connected between the antenna array and the pattern forming network.
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38. In a wireless communication system with a network overlay geo-location system for locating a mobile appliance, wherein the wireless communication system includes plural base stations, and a Mobile Switching Center (MSC), a method for locating the mobile appliance comprising the steps of:
- retrieving serving sector information from wireless communication system, determining from a database if the serving sector is at a base station with a smart antenna and switching the network overlay geo-location system to a selected one of two different operating modes based on the determination.
- View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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