Apparatus and method for locating user equipment using global positioning system and dead reckoning

• US 7,298,323 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2003
• Issued: 11/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Park, Byung-Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Issing; Gregory C.
• Application Number:
  US10/337,454
• Publication Number:
  US 20040027278A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,778 Days
• Field of Search: 342/357.1, 342/357.08, 342/387, 342/357.14, 342/458
• US Class Current: 342/357.31
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/49 whereby the further system is an inertial position system, e.g. loosely-coupled

Abstract

An apparatus and method for locating a UE using a GPS and a dead-reckoning sensor are disclosed. At an initial time, the UE calculates its initial position and the initial position of a serving Node B using a received GPS satellite signal and calculates a first distance between the UE and the Node B based on a first RTT received from the Node B. A predetermined time later, the UE calculates a second distance between the UE and the Node B based on a second RTT received from the Node B, calculates the distance that it has moved using the first and second distances and its position angle measured the predetermined time later, and calculates a displacement in correspondence with the distance using the position angle. Then the position of the UE is obtained by adding the displacement to the initial position of the UE.

Claims

1. An apparatus for locating a UE (User Equipment) using a DGPS (Differential Global Positioning System) receiver and a dead-reckoning sensor, comprising:

the dead-reckoning (DR) sensor for sensing position angles of the UE at different times with respect to a predetermined reference DR point; and

a position detector, comprising;

a MODEM for receiving from a Node B serving the UE first information about a first round trip time (RTT) at an initial time and second information about a second RTT at a predetermined time when the UE is in a shadow area of DGPS satellites, the predetermined time following the initial time; and

a position estimator for;

(a) calculating a first distance between the UE and the Node B, using the first information, the first distance corresponding to the UE at the initial time,

(b) determining a first position of the UE at the initial time and a fixed position of the Node B, the first position and the fixed position calculated by the Node B using signals from at least three DGPS satellites,

(c) calculating a second distance between the UE and the Node B, using the second information, the second distance corresponding to the UE at the predetermined time,

(d) calculating a moved distance that the UE has moved from the initial time to the predetermined time, using the first distance, the second distance and a position angle of the UE at the predetermined time,

(e) calculating a moved vector, using the moved distance and the position angle of the UE at the predetermined time, and

(f) estimating a second position of the UE at the predetermined time by using the first position and the moved vector.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the DR sensor is a gyro sensor.

3. A method of locating a UE (User Equipment) using DGPS (Differential Global Positioning System), comprising:

compiling by the UE a first position of the UE at an initial time and a fixed position of Node B serving the UE, the first position and the fixed position calculated by the Node B using signals from at least three DGPS satellites;

calculating a first distance between the UE and the Node B, using information about a first RTT (Round Trip Time) received from the Node B at the initial time, the first distance corresponding to the UE at the initial time;

calculating a second distance between the Node B and the UE at a predetermined time when the UE is in a shadow area of DGPS satellites, the predetermined time following the initial time, using information about a second RTT received from the Node B at the predetermined time;

calculating a moved distance that the UE has moved from the initial time to the predetermined time, using the first distance, the second distance and a position angle of the UE at the predetermined time;

calculating a moved vector using the moved distance and the position angle of the UE at the predetermined time; and

estimating a second position of the UE at the predetermined time by using the first position and the moved vector.