Culled satellite ephemeris information for quick, accurate assisted locating satellite location determination for cell site antennas
First Claim
1. A method of culling a plurality of locating satellites into a sub-plurality for communication, comprising:
- defining a geometric shape above a reference point physically distant from a relevant mobile device;
defining a first group of satellites having a higher priority for determining a location of said relevant mobile device;
defining a second group of satellites having a lower priority for determining a location of said relevant mobile device relative to said higher priority; and
culling said plurality of locating satellites to a culled group of locating satellites comprising said first group of satellites and said second group of satellites within said geometric shape defined above said reference point, said culled group being determined based on a dwell time within said geometric shape.
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Abstract
Locating satellites (e.g., GPS) are culled into a preferred group having a longest dwell time based on a time passing through an ellipsoid arc path through a cone of space, and communicated to mobile devices within a particular region (e.g., serviced by a particular base station). The culled locating satellites may select those visible, or more preferably those locating satellites currently within a cone of space above the relevant base station are selected for communication by a mobile device within the service area of the base station. The inverted cone of space may be defined for each antenna structure for any given base station, and each has 360 degrees of coverage, or less than 360 degrees of coverage, with relevant locating satellites. Thus, cell sites may be specifically used as reference points for culling the ephemeris information used to expedite Assisted GPS location determinations.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of culling a plurality of locating satellites into a sub-plurality for communication, comprising:
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defining a geometric shape above a reference point physically distant from a relevant mobile device; defining a first group of satellites having a higher priority for determining a location of said relevant mobile device; defining a second group of satellites having a lower priority for determining a location of said relevant mobile device relative to said higher priority; and culling said plurality of locating satellites to a culled group of locating satellites comprising said first group of satellites and said second group of satellites within said geometric shape defined above said reference point, said culled group being determined based on a dwell time within said geometric shape. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. Apparatus for culling a plurality of locating satellites into a sub-plurality for communication, comprising:
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means for defining a geometric shape above a reference point physically distant from a relevant mobile device; means for defining a first group of satellites having a higher priority for determining a location of said relevant mobile device; means for defining a second group of satellites having a lower priority for determining a location of said relevant mobile device relative to said higher priority; and means for culling said plurality of locating satellites to a culled group of locating satellites comprising said first group of satellites and said second group of satellites within said geometric shape defined above said reference point, said culled group being determined based on a dwell time within said geometric shape. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of culling a plurality of locating satellites into a sub-plurality for communication, comprising:
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defining a geometric shape having an apex above a reference point physically distant from a relevant mobile device; culling said plurality of locating satellites to a culled group of locating satellites within said geometric shape defined above said reference point, said culled group being determined based on a dwell time within said geometric shape; and passing an identity of said culled group of locating satellites to said relevant mobile device.
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