Systems and methods for location positioning of user device
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1. A method for determining position data used to estimate a position of a receiver, the method comprising:
- determining a first set of estimated distances between a receiver and each of a plurality terrestrial transmitters based on positioning signals transmitted by the terrestrial transmitters;
determining an estimated location of the receiver using the first set of estimated distances;
determining a second set of estimated distances between each of a plurality of satellites and the estimated location of the receiver using the estimated location of the receiver and constellation information associated with the plurality of satellites, wherein the constellation information associated with the plurality of satellites includes a position and a timing correction for each of the plurality of satellites at a reference time; and
transmitting the reference time and the second set of estimated distances to a computing device.
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods for gathering, calculating and sending positioning information at a user device to one or more networks may be disclosed. In a first implementation the user device transforms pseudorange information relating to terrestrial beacons into GNSS pseudorange information. In a second implementation, the user device sends position information using GNSS information elements. In a third implementation, the user device sends position information using non-GNSS information elements.
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1. A method for determining position data used to estimate a position of a receiver, the method comprising:
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determining a first set of estimated distances between a receiver and each of a plurality terrestrial transmitters based on positioning signals transmitted by the terrestrial transmitters; determining an estimated location of the receiver using the first set of estimated distances; determining a second set of estimated distances between each of a plurality of satellites and the estimated location of the receiver using the estimated location of the receiver and constellation information associated with the plurality of satellites, wherein the constellation information associated with the plurality of satellites includes a position and a timing correction for each of the plurality of satellites at a reference time; and transmitting the reference time and the second set of estimated distances to a computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for determining position data used to estimate a position of a receiver, the method comprising:
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determining a first set of estimated distances between a receiver and each of a plurality terrestrial transmitters based on positioning signals transmitted by the terrestrial transmitters; using a first plurality of bits allocated for transmission of geographic positioning information to transmit the first set of estimated distances to a computing device; using a second plurality of bits allocated for transmission of a first type of geographic positioning information to transmit an indicator to the computing device, wherein the indicator is specifies that the first set of estimated distances are not the first type of geographic positioning information; and determining an estimated location of the receiver using the first set of estimated distances. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method for determining position data used to estimate a position of a receiver, the method comprising:
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determining a first set of estimated distances between a receiver and each of a plurality terrestrial transmitters based on positioning signals transmitted by the terrestrial transmitters; using a first plurality of bits allocated for transmission of geographic positioning information to transmit the first set of estimated distances to a computing device; and transmitting a compressed identifier corresponding to a transmitter from the plurality of terrestrial transmitters to the computing device, wherein the computing device compares the compressed identifier to a list of uncompressed identifiers; and determining an estimated location of the receiver using the first set of estimated distances. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A method for determining position data used to estimate a position of a receiver, the method comprising:
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determining a first set of estimated distances between a receiver and each of a plurality terrestrial transmitters based on positioning signals transmitted by the terrestrial transmitters; receiving assistance data that specifies a code, a time slot, a quality indicator, a frequency search space, transmitter latitude, transmitter longitude, transmitter altitude, a pressure measurement, a temperature measurement, a unique identifier, and a timing correction for each of the plurality of terrestrial transmitters; determining an estimated location of the receiver by estimating latitude, longitude and altitude of the receiver using the first set of estimated distances and some or all of the assistance data; and transmitting the estimated latitude, longitude and altitude to a computing device.
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22. A method for determining position data used to estimate a position of a receiver, the method comprising:
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determining a first set of estimated distances between a receiver and each of a plurality terrestrial transmitters based on positioning signals transmitted by the terrestrial transmitters; determining an estimated location of the receiver using the first set of estimated distances; and transmitting a compressed identifier corresponding to a transmitter from the plurality of terrestrial transmitters from the receiver to a computing device, wherein the computing device compares the compressed identifier to a list of uncompressed identifiers that correspond to a geographic area defined by a base station communicating with the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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