Procedure to increase position location availabilty
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1. A method of obtaining the position of a mobile station comprising:
- (a) determining the position of the mobile station using a first scheme of position determination selected from schemes consisting of GPS, trilateration, server assisted GPS, enhanced signal strength, angle of arrival, time difference of arrival, forward link trilateration, advanced forward link trilateration, fingerprinting, and combinations thereof;
(b) determining whether the position of the mobile station using said first scheme yields an acceptable position; and
(c) repeating determining the position of the mobile station, only if the first scheme does not yield an acceptable position result, using at least one further scheme of position determination different from said first scheme in at least some repetitions until (i) a repetition returns an acceptable position result or (ii) all available position-determining schemes have been used.
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Abstract
A device, method and system are provide which permits the methodology used to make the position determination to change dynamically in connection with achieving a position fix of a desired accuracy.
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1. A method of obtaining the position of a mobile station comprising:
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(a) determining the position of the mobile station using a first scheme of position determination selected from schemes consisting of GPS, trilateration, server assisted GPS, enhanced signal strength, angle of arrival, time difference of arrival, forward link trilateration, advanced forward link trilateration, fingerprinting, and combinations thereof; (b) determining whether the position of the mobile station using said first scheme yields an acceptable position; and (c) repeating determining the position of the mobile station, only if the first scheme does not yield an acceptable position result, using at least one further scheme of position determination different from said first scheme in at least some repetitions until (i) a repetition returns an acceptable position result or (ii) all available position-determining schemes have been used. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of determining the position of a mobile station comprising;
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determining a position for said mobile station according to a plurality of different position determination schemes, said schemes being selected from schemes consisting of GPS, trilateration, server assisted GPS, enhanced signal strength, angle of arrival, time difference of arrival, forward link trilateration, advanced forward link trilateration, fingerprinting, and combinations thereof; determining an estimate of error for each position determination scheme; choosing one said position determination scheme having a smallest estimate of error; and selecting as the position of the mobile station a position result provided by the chosen position determination scheme. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of determining the position of a mobile station comprising:
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determining a position for said mobile station according to n different schemes selected from the group consisting of GPS, trilateration, server assisted GPS, enhanced signal strength, angle of arrival, time difference of arrival, forward link trilateration, advanced forward link trilateration, fingerprinting, and combinations thereof, n being an integer, so as to provide a plurality of different position results; and calculating the position of said mobile station by combining a plurality of said position results. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for determining the position of a mobile station comprising:
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a mobile station; a network adapted to communicate with said mobile station by radio signals; a position determination entity in communication with one or both of said network and said mobile station said mobile station, network and position determining entity being operable to derive a position result representing the position of said mobile station by plurality of available position-determining schemes, said schemes being selected from the group consisting of GPS, trilateration, server assisted GPS, enhanced signal strength, angle of arrival, time difference of arrival, forward link trilateration, advanced forward link trilateration, fingerprinting, and combinations thereof; and a controller in communication with said position determining entity, said controller being operable to actuate said position determining entity, network and mobile station to derive a position result according to a first scheme representing the position of the mobile station, determine if the position result according to the first scheme is acceptable and, if not, to actuate said position determining entity, network and mobile station to derive a position result according to at least one further scheme different from said first scheme until either all available position-determining schemes have been used or an acceptable position result has been obtained.
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23. A system for determining the position of a mobile station comprising:
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a mobile station; a network adapted to communicate with said mobile station by radio signals;
a position determination entity in communication with one or both of said network and said mobile station said mobile station, network and position determining entity being operable to derive a position result representing the position of said mobile station by plurality of available position-determining schemes, said schemes being selected from the group consisting of GPS, trilateration, server assisted GPS, enhanced signal strength, angle of arrival, time difference of arrival, forward link trilateration, advanced forward link trilateration, fingerprinting, and combinations thereof; anda controller in communication with said position determining entity, said controller being operable to actuate said position determining entity, network and mobile station to derive position results representing the position of the mobile station according to more than one of said schemes and select one of said position results. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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24. A system for determining the position of a mobile station comprising:
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a mobile station; a network adapted to communicate with said mobile station by radio signals; a position determination entity in communication with one or both of said network and said mobile station said mobile station, network and position determining entity being operable to derive a position result representing the position of said mobile station by a plurality of available position-determining schemes, said schemes being selected from the group consisting of GPS, trilateration, server assisted GPS, enhanced signal strength, angel of arrival, time difference of arrival, forward link trilateration, advanced forward link trilateration, fingerprinting, and combinations thereof; and a controller in communication with said position determining entity, said controller being operable to actuate said position determining entity, network and mobile station to derive position results representing the position of the mobile station according to more than one of said schemes and compute the position of said mobile station by combining said results. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. A mobile station comprising:
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a position determination mode multiplexer for choosing a position determination methodology for determining the position of said mobile station, said position determination mode multiplexer being operable to choose between mobile station stand-alone and mobile station-network assisted position determination methods; a transmitter and a receiver for providing communications via radio channel access with said network; and a processor for directing said multiplexer, said processor being operable to select a method of position determination from different schemes consisting of GPS, trilateration, server assisted GPS, enhanced signal strength, angle of arrival, time difference of arrival, forward link trilateration, advanced forward link trilateration, fingerprinting, and combinations thereof. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of obtaining the position of a mobile station, comprising:
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(a) determining the position of the mobile station using a first scheme of position determination selected from mobile station based/standalone GPS schemes; (b) determining whether the position of the mobile station using said first scheme yields an acceptable position; and (c) repeating determining the position of the mobile station, only if the first scheme does not yield an acceptable position result, using at least one further scheme of position determination selected from schemes consisting of trilateration, server assisted GPS, enhanced signal strength, angle of arrival, time difference of arrival, forward link trilateration, advanced forward link trilateration, fingerprinting, and combinations thereof, different from said first scheme in at least some repetitions until (i) a repetition returns an acceptable position result or (ii) all available position-determining schemes have been used.
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33. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which, when executed by a processor. cause the processor to perform operations to obtain a position of a mobile station, the instructions comprising:
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instructions to determine the position of the mobile station using a first scheme of position determination selected from schemes consisting of GPS, trilateration, server assisted UPS, enhanced signal strength. angle of arrival, time difference of arrival, forward link trilateration, advanced forward link trilateration, fingerprinting, and combinations thereof; instructions to determine whether the position of the mobile station using said first scheme yields an acceptable position; and instructions to repeat determine the position of the mobile station, only if the first scheme does not yield an acceptable position result, using at least one further scheme of position determination different from said first scheme in at least some repetitions until (i) a repetition returns an acceptable position result or (ii) all available position-determining schemes have been used.
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34. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations to obtain a position of a mobile station, the instructions comprising:
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instructions to determine a position for said mobile station according to a plurality of different position determination schemes, said schemes being selected from schemes consisting of GPS, trilateration, server assisted GPS, enhanced signal strength, angle of arrival, time difference of arrival, forward link trilateration, advanced forward link trilateration. fingerprinting, and combinations thereof; instructions to determine an estimate of error for each position determination scheme; instructions to choose one said position determination scheme having a smallest estimate of error; and instructions to select as the position of the mobile station a position result provided by the chosen position determination scheme.
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35. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations to obtain a position of a mobile station, the instructions comprising:
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instructions to determine a position for said mobile station according to n different schemes selected from the group consisting of GPS, trilateration, server assisted GPS, enhanced signal strength, angle of arrival, time difference of arrival, forward link trilateration, advanced forward link trilateration, fingerprinting, and combinations thereof, n being an integer, so as to provide a plurality of different position results; and instructions to calculate the position of said mobile station by combining a plurality of said position results.
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36. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations to obtain a position of a mobile station, the instructions comprising:
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instructions to determine the position of the mobile station using a first scheme of position determination selected from mobile station based/standalone GPS schemes; instructions to determine whether the position of the mobile station using said first scheme yields an acceptable position; and instructions to repeat determining the position of the mobile station, only if the first scheme does not yield an acceptable position result, using at least one further scheme of position determination selected from schemes consisting of trilateration, server assisted GPS, enhanced signal strength, angle of arrival, time difference of arrival, forward link trilateration, advanced forward link trilateration. fingerprinting, and combinations thereof, different from said first scheme in at least some repetitions until (i) a repetition returns an acceptable position result or (ii) all available position-determining schemes have been used.
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37. An apparatus for obtaining the position of a mobile station comprising:
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means for determining the position of the mobile station using a first scheme of position determination selected from schemes consisting of GPS, trilateration, server assisted GPS, enhanced signal strength, angle of arrival, time difference of arrival, forward link trilateration, advanced forward link trilateration, fingerprinting, and combinations thereof; means for determining whether the position of the mobile station using said first scheme yields an acceptable position; and means for repeating determining the position of the mobile station, only if the first scheme does not yield an acceptable position result, using at least one further scheme of position determination different from said first scheme in at least some repetitions until (i) a repetition returns an acceptable position result or (ii) all available position-determining schemes have been used.
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38. An apparatus for determining the position of a mobile station comprising:
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means for determining a position for said mobile station according to a plurality of different position determination schemes, said schemes being selected from schemes consisting of GPS, trilateration, server assisted GPS, enhanced signal strength, angle of arrival, time difference of arrival, forward link trilateration, advanced forward link trilateration, fingerprinting, and combinations thereof; means for determining an estimate of error for each position determination scheme; means for choosing one said position determination scheme having a smallest estimate of error; and means for selecting as the position of the mobile station a position result provided by the chosen position determination scheme.
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39. An apparatus for determining the position of a mobile station comprising:
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means for determining a position for said mobile station according to n different schemes selected from the group consisting of GPS, trilateration, server assisted GPS, enhanced signal strength, angle of arrival, time difference of arrival, forward link trilateration, advanced forward link trilateration, fingerprinting, and combinations thereof, n being an integer, so as to provide a plurality of different position results; and means for calculating the position of said mobile station by combining a plurality of said position results.
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