Geolocation determination
First Claim
1. Method for the determination of the current position of a mobile device, the method comprising the following steps:
- providing a plurality of stationary nodes in at least one network, providing each of said plurality of stationary nodes with position information representing the stationary position of the respective corresponding node, transmitting the respective position information from at least one stationary node of the at least one network to a mobile device, and determining the current position of the mobile device on the basis of the at least one transmitted position information, wherein the transmission of the position information is effected in an OSI protocol layer higher than a transport layer of the OSI protocol such that the transmission is independent from the physical type of the networks and/or the transmission.
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Abstract
The invention relates to the field of mobile computing and more specific to the problem of determining the current position of a mobile device (1). If the mobile device (1) can attach itself to (wireless) networks (4) covering a small geographic area, the mobile device (1) can determine its position by querying stationary nodes attached to the network about their location. According to the invention a transmission of position information from a stationary node (3) to a mobile device (1) is effected above the transport layer (layer 4) of the OSI model such that the transmission is independent from the physical type of the networks (4) and/or the transmission (2) used.
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18 Claims
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1. Method for the determination of the current position of a mobile device, the method comprising the following steps:
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providing a plurality of stationary nodes in at least one network, providing each of said plurality of stationary nodes with position information representing the stationary position of the respective corresponding node, transmitting the respective position information from at least one stationary node of the at least one network to a mobile device, and determining the current position of the mobile device on the basis of the at least one transmitted position information, wherein the transmission of the position information is effected in an OSI protocol layer higher than a transport layer of the OSI protocol such that the transmission is independent from the physical type of the networks and/or the transmission. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A program element comprising a program code loadable into a memory of a mobile device,
wherein the program element operates in an OSI protocol layer higher than a transport layer of the OSI protocol, such that, the program element is independent from the physical type of the networks and/or the transmission, for receiving position information from at least one of a plurality of stationary nodes of at least one network, in which the position information of a respective node represents a stationary position of the respective node, and determining the current position of the mobile device on the basis of the received position information.
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13. Mobile communications device with current position determination capability, the device comprising:
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a communication controller designed to receive positional information from at least one of a plurality of stationary nodes of at least one network, in which the positional information of a respective node represents the stationary position of the respective node;
wherein the communication controller is adapted to receive the positional information which transmission is effected in an OSI protocol layer higher than a transport layer of the OSI protocol such that the transmission is independent from the physical type of the networks and/or the transmission. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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- 15. Network with a current position determination capability for mobile devices, comprising a plurality of stationary nodes in said network, whereby at least one stationary node is adapted to transmit position information representing the stationary position thereof, wherein the at least one stationary node is adapted to transmit the position information in an OSI protocol layer higher than a transport layer of the OSI protocol of the mobile device such that the transmission is independent from the physical type of the network and/or the transmission.
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