СИСТЕМА И СПОСОБ ОПРЕДЕЛЕНИЯ ПОЛОЖЕНИЯ БЕСПРОВОДНОГО ПРИЕМОПЕРЕДАТЧИКА СИСТЕМЫ МНОЖЕСТВЕННОГО ДОСТУПА С КОДОВЫМ РАЗДЕЛЕНИЕМ КАНАЛОВ

Изобретение относится к системам связи. Достигаемым техническим результатом является быстрое, точное и экономичное определение местоположения сотового телефона. Изобретение объединяет технологии определения положения с помощью ГСП (Глобальной Системы Позиционирования) и беспроводной связи для обеспечения точного определения положения в условиях города и иных средах, где зона прямой видимости спутников в некоторой степени затенена. Устройство и способ, соответствующие изобретению, предусматривают использование сигналов только двух спутников ГСП и обслуживающей базовой станции. В наиболее широком аспекте способ, соответствующий изобретению, включает этапы приема на базовой станции первого сигнала, передаваемого с первого спутника ГСП, и второго сигнала, передаваемого со второго спутника ГСП. Передатчик и приемник мобильной станции обеспечивают прием этих сигналов ГСП и передачу в ответ на них третьего сигнала на базовую станцию. Базовая станция принимает третий сигнал и использует его для ...

СЕТЕВОЙ ОБЪЕКТ, УСТРОЙСТВО СВЯЗИ, УСТРОЙСТВО МОБИЛЬНОЙ СВЯЗИ И СПОСОБ ДЛЯ ЭТОГО

Изобретение относится к системе связи, в которой устройство мобильной связи принимает конфигурационные запросы для минимизации эксплуатационных тестов (MDT) из базовой станции или контроллера радиосети, для инициирования сеанса MDT-измерений для получения данных измерений и связанных с определением местоположения данных для идентификации местоположения, с которыми связаны упомянутые данные измерений. Устройство мобильной связи проверяет индикатор согласия пользователя в запоминающем устройстве и предоставляет связанные с определением местоположения данные только в том случае, если индикатор согласия пользователя указывает то, что пользователь устройства мобильной связи соглашается на предоставление связанных с определением местоположения данных. 6 н. и 2 з.п. ф-лы, 18 ил.

СПОСОБ АКТИВИРОВАНИЯ ФУНКЦИЙ В РАДИОПРИЕМНИКЕ

Изобретение относится к технике связи и может использоваться для активирования функций в радиоприемнике (RX). Технический результат состоит в повышении точности приема информации. Для этого радиоприемник (RX) регистрирует фрагмент радиосигнала (RS), при этом он на предопределенном временном интервале записывает один или несколько принимаемых им радиосигналов (SI) радиосистемы (RAS), причем с фрагментом радиосигнала (RS) ассоциирована информация местоположения и/или времени, которая представляет местоположение радиоприемника (RX) при приеме радиосигнала или радиосигналов (SI) и/или момент времени приема радиосигнала или радиосигналов (SI) и которая может быть определена из фрагмента радиосигнала (SI). Радиоприемник (RX) преобразует этот фрагмент радиосигнала (RS) в сигнал связи (KS), который передается через сеть (NE) связи на сервер (LS). На сервере (LS) затем посредством фрагмента радиосигнала (RS) в сигнале связи (KS) определяется, находится ли информация местоположения и/или времени, ...

УСТРОЙСТВО КОНТРОЛЯ ЗА МЕСТОНАХОЖДЕНИЕМ ЛИЦ

... 1. Устройство контроля местонахождения лиц в системах (10) туннелей, содержащее: ! устройство (5, 6) обработки, ! отличающееся тем, что ! в системе (10) туннелей в контролируемых помещениях в постоянных опорных точках (А1, А2, …, An), известных устройству (5, 6) обработки, установлена локально распределенная конфигурация из беспроводных приемопередающих блоков (SE1, …, SE4) с беспроводным устройством передачи данных, ! причем лица снабжены мобильными датчиками (S1, S2, …, Sn), ! приемопередающие блоки содержат интерфейсы передачи данных, посредством которых они, во-первых, приводятся мобильными датчиками (S1, S2, …, Sn) в состояние беспроводной передачи данных, а во-вторых, приведены устройством (5, 6) обработки в состояние проводной или беспроводной передачи данных, и ! при этом в устройстве (5, 6) обработки хранятся программы, с помощью которых на основе зарегистрированных приемопередающими блоками данных определяется местонахождение лиц. ! 2. Устройство по п.1, отличающееся тем, что ...

Wireless location using multiple simultaneous location estimators

Location of Mobile Devices

To reduce power consumption, a device transmits its geographical location over a wireless/cellular/network/ personal digital assistant (PDA) to a mobile or static control centre when a motion detector detects motion of the device. This information can be displayed visually or as an audio warning to allow tracking of the device. The geographical information can be obtained from the global positioning system (GPS) where data is transmitted from satellites or from neighbouring terminals, or from pre programmed beacons. These devices can also be integrated with "Bluetooth" technology.

Radio beacon, mobile station, processor, system and method for determining location

Stage navigation aid

Mobile location device

A portable mobile location device (10) comprises geographical location circuitry (40) to provide device geographical location information, power supply circuitry to supply power to the geographical location circuitry (40), motion detection circuitry (30) to detect motion of the user portable device (10), and control circuitry (20) to control the activation/deactivation of the geographical location circuitry (40), Activation of the geographical location circuit (40) increases the power supplied by the power supply circuitry to the geographical location circuitry (40) so in order to reduce power consumption the control circuitry (20), is arranged to control the activation/deactivation of the geographical location circuitry (40), to provide device geographical location information according to whether motion of the mobile location device (10) is detected by the motion detection circuitry (30). The geographical location circuitry (40) may be activated at regular intervals even when the device ...

Apparatuses and methods for a communication system

A controlled determination of receiver path delay for timing-based positioning calculations such as OTDOA comprises scheduling, at a network side, a determination period for determination of a receiver path delay and determining, at the terminal to be positioned, the receiver path delay in accordance with the scheduled determination period. Accordingly receiver path delay measurement can be scheduled to avoid interference so as not to cause downlink or uplink data corruption or blanking. The determination period can be scheduled to happen before or after a network positioning period or after a specified number of network positioning periods.

Activation mechanism for a personal locator beacon

Improvements in and relating to positioning in a telecommunication network

A transmitter in a telecommunication system is arranged to transmit data arranged into a plurality of slots, with each of the plurality of slots having a plurality of symbols and a plurality of subcarriers, whereby over a certain number of slots, a majority of the plurality of subcarriers include a reference signal for positioning. The reference signal for positioning may be one of a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) and a Tracking Reference Signal (TRS). The majority of the plurality of subcarriers may be all of the plurality of subcarriers. A pattern and/or density of reference signals for positioning may be configured by means of Positioning Protocol (LPP), Radio Resource Control (RRC), Downlink Control Information (DCI) and/or Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH). Line of Sight (LOS) links may only be considered when determining UE position. The link may be determined to be LOS if the Angle of Arrival (AoA) at one entity substantially equals the Angle of Departure (AoD) at another ...

Improvements in and relating to UE positioning

Determining a position of a first User Equipment, UE, in a mobile network wherein the first UE 10, communicates with at least a second UE 11, via a sidelink to transmit or receive a positioning reference signal (PRS). In the case of downlink positioning, the first UE measures PRS from at least one base station, gNB 21, 22, and Sounding Reference Signals (SRS) from at least the second UE, 1, via the sidelink. Time Division Duplexing, TDD, may be configured such that the first UE receives while the second UE transmits, and wherein PRS and SRS are transmitted in different timeslots. For uplink positioning, the first UE transmits SRS to the second UE via the side-link, wherein TDD is configured with the first UE receiving while the second UE transmits. Measurement results may arrive at a Location Server in the mobile network, operable to determine the position of the first UE. UE 10 may receive Side link transmissions of PRS/SRS from UE U2 11 when obstruction 30 blocks the link between gNB ...

TRACKINGSYSTEM

PROCEDURE AND DEVICE FOR THE DETERMINATION OF SIGNAL RUNNING TIME BETWEEN POSITION MEASURING INSTRUMENT AND A PROCESSING UNIT

RADIO-BASED DETECTION SYSTEM WITH SYNTHETIC APERTURE

PROCEDURE AND DEVICE FOR THE EXECUTION OF A SIGNAL CORRELATION IN SEVERAL DISSOLUTIONS, FOR THE MULTI-WAY DISTURBANCE REDUCTION

Positioning system

An ultrawide band two-way ranging based positioning system (600) includes a number of active tags (606) each having a position, and a number of beacons (604) configured for location of a position of a tag (606) of the plurality of active tags. The active tags (606) and the beacons (604) are synchronized continuously to a common time base.

Location beacon database and server, method of building location beacon database, and location based service using same

A location beacon database and server, method of building location beacon database, and location based service using same. Wi-Fi access points are located in a target geographical area to build a reference database of locations of Wi-Fi access points. At least one vehicle is deployed including at least one scanning device having a GPS device and a Wi-Fi radio device and including a Wi-Fi antenna system. The target area is traversed in a programmatic route to avoid arterial bias. The programmatic route includes substantially all drivable streets in the target geographical area and solves an Eulerian cycle problem of a graph represented by said drivable streets. While traversing the target area, periodically receive the GPS coordinates of the GPS device. While traversing the target area, detecting Wi-Fi signals from Wi-Fi access points in range of the Wi-Fi device and recording identity information of the detected Wi-Fi access point in conjunction with GPS location information of the vehicle ...

LOCATION BASED SERVICES FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINALS

Managing activities performed by a plurality of collocated mobile devices

Systems and methods for managing activities among collocated mobile devices are disclosed. A controller determines a route of travel corresponding to two or more collocated mobile devices prior to a start of travel, and a set of activities to be performed by the two or more collocated mobile devices after the start of travel based, at least in part, on the route of travel. At least a portion of the set of activities is assigned to a first set of subsystems in a first mobile device and a second set of subsystems in a second mobile device of the two or more collocated mobile devices, wherein the first mobile device and the second mobile device are configured to communicate with one another, and the first set of subsystems and the second set of subsystems have at least one subsystem which is different.

USE OF MOBILE STATIONS FOR DETERMINATION OF BASE STATION LOCATION PARAMETERS IN A WIRELESS MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

In a wireless communication network, base station antenna positions and time offsets are stored in a base station almanac data base along with other information used for obtaining the most reliable mobile station position fixes under a variety of conditions. The system uses the position fixes of mobile stations and terrestrial ranging information to determine base station antenna positions and base station timing offsets. The base station antenna positions are determined during normal mobile station position determinations, in order to maintain and improve the antenna location data, and to correct for change or relocation of the base station antennas. It is possible to recover quickly from a loss of cell sector identity during relocation of a base station antenna, and to ensure accuracy of mobile station position determination based on ranging from the base stations, and rapid acquisition of position data from mobile stations having global satellite receivers.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING LOCATION ESTIMATE OF MOBILEUNIT

The location of a wireless mobile device may be estimated using, at least in part, one or more pre-existing Network Measurement Reports ('TSfMRs") wh ich include calibration data for a number of locations within a geographic r egion. The calibration data for these locations is gathered and analyzed so that particular grid points within the geographic region can be determined a nd associated with a particular set or sets of calibration data from, for ex ample, one or more NMRs. Embodiments of the present subject matter also prov ide a method of improving a location estimate of a mobile device. Received s ignal level measurements reported by a mobile device for which a location es timate is to be determined may be evaluated and/or compared with the charact eristics associated with the various grid points to estimate the location of the mobile device.

RELIABILITY METRIC FOR A SIGNAL PARAMETER ESTIMATE

A method of producing a reliability metric for a parameter estimate derived from a signal using correlation analysis is described. The method begins by obtaining an indication of whether a non line of sight signal condition is present or likely. Responsive to one or both of these indications, the method derives a reliability metric for the parameter estimate. In one embodiment, the parameter estimate is an estimate of time of arrival (TOA) of the signal, and the reliability metric is root mean square error (RMSE) of the time of arrival estimate. This embodiment obtains an indication of whether a non line of sight signal condition is present or likely based on a measure of the strength of the correlation function at the peak thereof. The measure of the strength of the correlation function at the peak thereof may be energy per chip divided by total received power (Ec/I0) or may simply be the raw energy of the correlation function at the peak. The RMSE metric which is computed in this embodiment ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITION SENSING

Embodiments of the present invention include one or more wireless transmitting devices and an array of receiver units for receiving wireless communications from the transmitting devices. The transmitter devices and receiver units can be arranged in one, two or three dimensional configurations. Signals are transmitted from the devices for identification and accurate location determination. Spread spectrum techniques can be used, such as DSSS, FHSS, THSS, and pseudo-noise (PN) coding schemes, or combinations thereof. The transmitting devices can generate one or a plurality of data signals that are orthogonal-code modulated, to be decoded by the receiver units and a processor associated therewith. A plurality of transmitter signals can be received, identified, located, and data demodulated substantially simultaneously using embodiments of the invention. The combined use of array processing methods and diversity schemes can be used to reduce the effects of signal multi-path and occlusion.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED GEOLOCATION IN A LOW POWER WIDE AREA NETWORK

Systems and methods for improved geolocation in a low power wide area network are disclosed. One example method may include receiving an instruction to determine a geolocation of an end in a low power wide area network. An instruction may be transmitted to the end node for the end node to transmit a high-energy geolocation signal at a power of about .5 Watt to about 1 Watt. The end node may transmit the high-energy geolocation signal and a plurality of gateways of the low power wide area network may receive the high-energy geolocation signal. A plurality of receipt times may be identified. Each receipt time may be indicative of the time at which the high-energy geolocation signal was received by the respective gateway of the plurality of gateways. Based at least in part on the plurality of receipt times, a geolocation of the end node may be determined.

LOCATING A TAG IN AN AREA

A method and system are proposed for locating a tag. The system comprises a first receiver configured to receive a signal from a tag. The first receiver comprises at least two antennas each configured to receive the signal and a first processing means configured to calculate a first angle of arrival of the signal at the first receiver based on a distance between a first set of two antennas of the first receiver and a time difference of arrival of the signal at the two antennas of the first set. The tag comprises a tag antenna that is configured to transmit signals having a wide bandwidth and has a frequency independent phase center and wherein the signal is an ultra wideband signal comprising one or more pulses.

DEFINITION OF MARK IN

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLABORATIVE GEOLOCATION

METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING MESSAGES GEOLOCATION AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING

Procédé permettant d'encoder au moyen d'une compression sémantique un jeu de positions géolocalisées d'une ou plusieurs entité(s), caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte les étapes suivantes : - une étape (10), où une unité de commande d'un terminal effectue une initialisation des paramètres N, IDi, DLATi, DLONGi, Ti, ALTi, VITi, DIRi, et notamment un paramètre PREF correspondant à la position de référence, ainsi qu'un temps de référence TREF, - une étape (15), où l'unité de commande détermine la différence de latitude DLATi de l'entité i par rapport au point de référence PREF, - une étape (16), où l'unité de commande détermine la différence de longitude DLONGi de l'entité i par rapport au point de référence PREF, - une étape (17), où l'unité de commande détermine un marquage électronique temporel Ti, - une succession d'étapes (21 - 26), où l'unité de commande stocke l'ensemble des valeurs de paramètres.

Method for estimating position of multiple sensors using mobile anchor node and apparatus thereof

채널 추정에 적합한 2의 거듭제곱 멱수 차원수들을 갖는 터너리 시퀀스들

... 위치 추적 시스템에서의 채널 추정을 위한 방법들, 시스템들, 및 디바이스들이 설명된다. 방법들, 시스템들, 및 디바이스들은, 위치 추적 시스템에서의 구현을 위한 완전한 시퀀스 또는 준-완전 시퀀스(프리앰블 시퀀스들을 포함함)를 결정 및/또는 설계하기 위한 툴들 및 기술들을 포함할 수 있다. 터너리 시퀀스들과 같은 2의 멱수 차원수를 갖는 시퀀스들이 결정 및 이용될 수 있으며, 이는 구현 복잡도 및/또는 동작 전력 소모를 감소시키는 것을 도울 수 있다. 시퀀스들은 평균 제곱 오차 및/또는 최대 자기상관 피크 성능 메트릭들을 사용하여 결정될 수 있다.

SYSTEM FOR LANDING INDOOR PRECISION OF DRONE AND METHOD THEREOF

LOCATION OF WIDEBAND OFDM TRANSMITTERS WITH LIMITED RECEIVER BANDWIDTH

복수의 코로케이팅된 모바일 디바이스들에 의해 수행되는 활동들의 관리

... 코로케이팅된 모바일 디바이스들 사이의 활동들을 관리하기 위한 시스템들 및 방법들이 개시된다. 제어기는, 이동의 시작 이전에 2개 또는 그 초과의 코로케이팅된 모바일 디바이스들에 대응하는 이동 루트를 결정하고, 이동 루트에 적어도 부분적으로 기초하여 이동의 시작 이후에 2개 또는 그 초과의 코로케이팅된 모바일 디바이스들에 의해 수행될 활동들의 세트를 결정한다. 활동들의 세트의 적어도 일부는 2개 또는 그 초과의 코로케이팅된 모바일 디바이스들 중 제 1 모바일 디바이스의 서브시스템들의 제 1 세트 및 제 2 모바일 디바이스의 서브시스템들의 제 2 세트에 할당되고, 제 1 모바일 디바이스 및 제 2 모바일 디바이스는 서로 통신하도록 구성되고, 서브시스템들의 제 1 세트 및 서브시스템들의 제 2 세트는 상이한 적어도 하나의 서브시스템을 갖는다.

향상된 라운드 트립 시간(RTT) 교환을 위한 방법들 및 시스템들

... 위치 기반 서비스들에서의 사용을 위해 라운드 트립 시간 측정들을 획득하기 위한 시스템들, 방법들 및 디바이스들이 기재된다. 특정한 구현들에서, 제 1 트랜시버 디바이스에 의해 제 2 트랜시버 디바이스로 무선으로 송신된 정밀한 타이밍 측정 요청 메시지는, 신호의 라운드 트립 시간 측정을 컴퓨팅하거나 적용할 시에 부가적인 프로세싱 특성들을 허용할 수도 있다. 그러한 신호의 라운드 트립 시간 측정은 포지셔닝 동작들에서 사용될 수도 있다.

APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING GEO-LOCATION OF A TERMINAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREOF

PURPOSE: A method and an apparatus for estimating GEO-location of a terminal in a wireless communication system are provided to measure a distance information using second ranging code. CONSTITUTION: An access terminal(600) fits the motive(608) and transmits an initial ranging information. A base station and terminal exchange the basic dimension information(612). If the location of the terminal was moved after the final communication, it schedules the second ranging slot for the terminal and the base station assigns the resources(614). The neighboring terminal is selected and the scheduling information of the second ranging slot is provided(616). The second ranging code is transmitted from next, and the terminal to the resources which it is allocated with the neighboring terminal and base station(618). © KIPO 2009 ...

GATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND GATE MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREFOR

WIRELESS POSITION DETERMINATION USING ADJUSTED ROUND TRIP TIME MEASUREMENTS

ESTIMATION METHOD OF POSITION OF FLYING OBJECT

The present invention relates to an estimation method of a position of a flying object. An estimation method of a position of a flying object comprises the steps of: receiving a position estimation request of a flying object through a base station; transmitting an identifier including position information and a time stamp through first beams phase-shifted until first beam reception information from the flying object is received; receiving first beam reception information including the time stamp and first spatial phase angle information from the flight object; estimating a straight-line distance with the flight object using the time stamp; transmitting second spatial phase angle information through second beams, which are narrower than the first beam and phase-shifted based on the first spatial phase angle information, until a predetermined number of second beam reception information is received from the flying object; receiving the second beam reception information which is greater than ...

Location reporting for extremely high frequency (EHF) devices

Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to location reporting for extremely high frequency (EHF) devices. Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide an apparatus for wireless communications. The apparatus generally includes a transmit interface configured to output a first frame for transmission to another apparatus at a first time, a receive interface configured to obtain, at a second time, a second frame transmitted by the other apparatus in response to the first frame, and a processing system configured to generate a third frame for transmission to the other apparatus via the transmit interface, the third frame including information indicating a difference between the first time and the second time and an indication of at least one of an angle of departure of the first frame or an angle of arrival of the second frame.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLABORATIVE GEOLOCALIZATION

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLABORATIVE GEOLOCALIZATION 5 Network and method of collaborative radiolocation comprising at least three nodes communicating with one another by radio means, characterized in that each of said nodes is equipped with a control module for controlling the state of mobility of said node, a communication module adapted to transmit to the 10 other nodes of the network information relating to its state of mobility, a processor adapted to choose an I MM tracking filter adapted to determine the position of said node Mi so as to allow said node to geolocate itself and also to geolocate the other nodes of the network. 15 Figure 3 to be published ...

CYCLIC SHIFT DELAY DETECTION USING SIGNALING

Systems, apparatus and methods for determining a cyclic shift diversity (CSD) mode are presented. Examples communicate the CSD mode in a signaling message. Specifically, a CSD mode is set in an access point the sent to a mobile device. The signaling messages may be either a point-to-point message or a broadcast message. The access point or location server may set the current CSD mode from a plurality of mobile devices by crowd sourcing. For example, the plurality of mobile devices may report what CSD mode was detected. Alternative, the plurality of mobile devices may send a channel impulse response (CIR), or the like, to a location server and the location server may determine what CSD mode is currently used by the access point.

CONTINUOUS DATA OPTIMIZATION IN POSITIONING SYSTEM

Methods and systems of continuously optimizing data in WiFi positioning systems. For example, data is monitored to infer whether a WiFi access point has moved or is new. In this fashion, data is continuously optimized. Likewise, suspect data may be avoided when determining the position of the WiFi-enabled device using such a system.

POSITION LOCATION USING BROADCAST DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNALS

A computer program product, apparatus, and method for determining the position of a user device. It includes receiving at the user device a plurality of digital television (DTV) broadcast signals from a plurality of DTV transmitters (106A, 106B, 106N) determining a pseudo-range between the user device and each DTV transmitter based on the DTV broadcast signals, and determining a position of the user device based on the pseudo-ranges and a location of each of the TV transmitters. Examples of DTV signals include the American Television Standards Committee (ATSC) signals, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DVB-T) signals and the Japanese Integrated Service Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (ISDB-T) signals.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPUTING SIGNAL CORRELATION AT MULTIPLE RESOLUTIONS

A method and apparatus for computing a convolution (109) between an input GPS signal (101) and a C/A code reference (1-32) by generating the convolution result in real time without storing unprocessed signal samples. The method and apparatus is capable of operating in multiple modes (104n) of resolution so as to enhance the sensitivity of the convolution processing.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING THE LOCATION OF A MOBILE TERMINAL

A method and system for estimating the location of a mobile radio-communication terminal, the mobile terminal having a plurality of antennas, and being in communication range of at least one transmitter having a plurality of antennas, the method comprising; measuring the time of arrival of a signal transmitted from the M antennas of the at least one transmitter at each of the N antennas of the mobile terminal to determine MXN range measurements corresponding to the MXN transmission paths of said signal between the M antennas of the transmitter and the N antennas of the mobile terminal; and estimating the location of the mobile terminal based on the MXN range measurements. The location of the mobile terminal may be estimated by applying a least squares method.

METHOD, AN APPARATUS AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR POSITIONING

The invention relates to determination of a location of a device of a user. In a methods, information of signal strength of one or more wireless signals and information of signal strength distribution of wireless signals is obtained by a device. The information of signal strength and the information of signal strength distribution are used to determine at least one likelihood whether the device is inside an area. In the method radio maps representing signal strength distribution in the building may be used.

Method and apparatus for processing satellite signals at a satellite positioning system receiver

Method and apparatus for processing satellite signals in an SPS receiver is described. In one example, the satellite signals are correlated against pseudorandom reference codes to produce correlation results. A determination is made whether the SPS receiver is in a motion condition or a stationary condition. The correlation results are coherently integrated in accordance with a coherent integration period. The coherent integration period is a value that depends upon the motion condition of the SPS receiver.

System and method for an ultra wideband radio wireless local area network

A virtual wireless local area network system and method utilizing impulse radio wherein transmission rates (bit rates) can vary according to the impulse radio transmission quality (signal to noise ratio) and wherein the position of the user can be determined and said user can be directed to an area of greater transmission rates and wherein a plurality of impulse radio portals can be utilized and switched between to maintain high levels of transmission rates while a user is moving within a predetermined area.

Snap-to-road using wireless access point data

Techniques for performing more accurate snap-to-road calculations using wireless access point data are disclosed. In one aspect, a corrected location corresponding to received location data is selected from a plurality of candidate map locations based on a correspondence between the access points visible to a device and the access points visible at the corrected map location. In another aspect, road vector data is augmented with access point data, and a corrected map location is selected based on a correspondence between the access points visible to the device, and the augmented road vector data.

Method and apparatus for supporting positioning measurements

A method and apparatus for supporting positioning measurements. The methods include designating a reference cell, choosing a positioning signal, and, for inter-frequency measurements, determining which inter-frequency cell to measure and how to make such an inter-frequency positioning measurement.

Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for Processing Received Signals for Locating

An example disclosed system for locating a signal source includes a receiver; and a plurality of node devices, wherein the receiver includes processing circuitry configured to perform operations including generating signal timing information including one or more pulses corresponding to a correlation with one or more frequencies based on each of a plurality of wireless signal streams, each of the wireless signal streams including a signal of interest; applying times and one or more determined gains for the signal of interest to permit estimate of a phase of the received signal; obtaining, from a memory device that stores the wireless signal streams, symbols of the signal of interest based on window periods associated with the pulses; formatting the symbols; and determining time-of-arrival information based on the formatted symbols.

Mobile control node system and method for vehicles

In a mobile control node system and method for a vehicle (630), the mobile control node (624) can interact, via a bi-directional radio link (642), with a transceiver processor unit (628) in the vehicle. The transceiver processor unit (628) is connected to a vehicle control system (120) and allows the mobile control node (624) to function as an input and output node on a vehicle control network (632), allowing remote control of the vehicle and providing functions such as remote or passive keyless entry. Additionally, the system provides a vehicle location function wherein the range and bearing between the mobile control node (624) and the vehicle (630) can be determined and displayed on the mobile control node (624). The range and bearing are calculated by determining the range between the mobile control node (624) and vehicle (630), preferably using a time of flight methodology, and by processing the travel distance of the mobile control node and compass data in order to triangulate the ...

WI-FI SCAN SCHEDULING AND POWER ADAPTATION FOR LOW-POWER INDOOR LOCATION

Embodiments of a mobile station and method for Wi-Fi scan scheduling and power adaption for low-power indoor location are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the mobile station may identify channels, beacon timing and rough signal strength levels of nearby access points (APs) from at least one of a previous full-channel scan or a Wi-Fi fingerprint database and may configure receiver sensitivity based on the rough signal strength levels for receipt of subsequent beacons. The mobile station may wake-up from a low-power state to receive beacons for the nearby access points on the identified channels at times based on the identified beacon timing. The received signal strength indicators (RSSIs) levels of the received beacons may be used for location determination.

System and method for a virtual wireless local area network

A virtual wireless local area network system and method utilizing impulse radio wherein transmission rates (bit rates) can vary according to the impulse radio transmission quality (signal to noise ratio) and wherein the position of the user can be determined and said user can be directed to an area of greater transmission rates and wherein a plurality of impulse radio portals can be utilized and switched between to maintain high levels of transmission rates while a user is moving within a predetermined area.

Tracking Device Operation in Safety-Classified Zone

Tracking devices can be associated with safe zones, smart zones, and high risk zones. Safe zones correspond to regions where a likelihood that a tracking device is lost within the safe zone is lower than outside the safe zone. High risk zones correspond to regions where a likelihood that a tracking device is lost within the high risk zone is higher than outside the high risk zone. Smart zones correspond to an expected tracking device, mobile device, or user behavior. Home areas are geographic regions in which a user resides, and travel areas are geographic regions in which a user does not reside. A tracking device can be configured to operate in a mode selected based on a presence of the tracking device within a safe zone, a smart zone, a high risk zone, a home area, or a travel area.

System and method for sub-coherent integration for geo-location using weak or intermittent signals

A signal is received from a mobile device as multiple data samples. The received signal includes a first component corresponding to a known reference signal and a second component corresponding to an unknown channel impairment or an unknown noise. A sequence of blocks is formed based on the received samples. The first component of the received signal corresponding to the reference signal is known to within a constant phase shift over each block. A plurality of function values are generated as a function of time, frequency, and phase, based on the received signal, corresponding to a plurality of times, a plurality of frequencies, and a plurality of phase sequences. A time, a frequency, and a phase sequence corresponding to an optimal value the function values are determined. The determined time is outputted as a time of arrival of the received signal.

Multi-path mitigation in rangefinding and tracking objects using reduced attenuation RF technology

An autonomous system with no Customer Network Investment is described, wherein the system is configurable to operate on a band other than the LTE band. Such system allows the definition of hybrid operations to accommodate the positioning reference signals (PRS) of LTE and already existing reference signals. The system can operate with PRS, with other reference signals such as cell-specific reference signals (CRS), or with both signal types. As such, the system provides the advantage of allowing network operator(s) to dynamically choose between modes of operation depending on circumstances, such as network throughput and compatibility.

RELATING TO MOBILE LOCATION DEVICES AND METHODS

A mobile location device comprising geographical location means to provide device geographical location information and motion detection means to detect motion of the device, wherein the geographical location means is arranged to provide device geographical location information according to whether motion of the mobile location device is detected by the motion detecting means.

Method for enhancing positioning measurement and communications apparatus utilizing the same

A communications apparatus is disclosed. A receiving module receives an observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) request and a search list of cells provided by a network at a second time point. A comparing module compares the received search list to a stored search list of cells which is received at a first time point and stored in a database. A searching module searches at least one of the cells from the received search list by using different search ranges adjusted according to the comparison result, and stores the at least one of the cells in the database. A measuring module performs OTDOA measurements by detecting positioning reference signals (PRS) from the at least one of the cells.

Multi-path mitigation in tracking objects using a distributed antenna system

An autonomous system with no Customer Network Investment is described, wherein the system is configurable to operate on in a band in addition to the LTE band. Such system allows the definition of hybrid operations to accommodate the positioning reference signals (PRS) of LTE and already existing reference signals. The system can operate with PRS, with other reference signals such as cell-specific reference signals (CRS), or with both signal types. As such, the system provides the advantage of allowing network operator(s) to dynamically choose between modes of operation depending on circumstances, such as network throughput and compatibility. The system further enables information collected at a network device to be processed at a locate server without involving any processing at the network device.

Wireless location using network centric location estimators

A wireless location system is disclosed having one or more location centers for locating mobile stations (MS) based on, e.g., WIFI, CDMA, AMPS, NAMPS, TDMA, GPRS, and GSM. MS location requests can be processed via, e.g., Internet communication between a network of location centers. A plurality of MS locating technologies may be used, including those based on: two-way TOA and TDOA; pattern recognition; distributed antennas; and reduced coverage base stations. The system includes strategies for: automatically adapting and calibrating system performance according to environmental and geographical changes; automatically capturing location signal data for enhancing a historical data base retaining predictive location signal data; evaluating MS locations according to heuristics and constraints related to, e.g., terrain, MS velocity and path; and adjusting likely MS locations adaptively and statistically. The system is useful for emergency calls, tracking, routing, people and animal location including ...

REAL-TIME POSITIONING SYSTEM, METHOD THEREFOR, AND DEVICE CONTAINING COMPUTER SOFTWARE

A real-time positioning system, a real-time positioning method, and a device containing computer software are provided. The system includes a coordinator and at least one router. The coordinator carries out a signal interconnection with each router of a first layer via an omni-directional antenna, and calculates an initial distance according to the strength of the signal interconnection. Then, the coordinator carries out a signal interconnection with the router via a plurality of directional antennas respectively to analyze an initial direction of the router of the first layer according to the strength of the signal interconnection with each of the directional antennas and corrects the initial direction according to the slope angle of the coordinator, so as to position the router of the first layer according to the initial distance and the initial direction. Each router positions each router of the next layer in the same manner as the coordinator.

Geo-localization assembly and methodology

A geo-localization device and methodology use a plurality of wireless localization technologies, predictive methods and filtering to deliver accurate and reliable 3-dimensional positioning data for static and moving objects both outdoor and indoor.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OFFLOADED POSITIONING FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF WLAN NODES

This disclosure includes systems and methods for determining the location of each of a plurality of STAs of a WLAN where an AP measures the round-trip time (RTT) and the angle of arrival (AOA) to each STA from implicit packet exchange, such as data frame and ACK frame. The AP may then report the RTT and AOA measurements to each STA using a dedicated beacon information element (IE) which multicasts RTT and AOA measurements to the STAs. By employing an additional parameter, namely, angle of arrival AOA, a single AP may compute the two-dimensional location of each associated STA. Further, another beacon IE may multicast mapping of the AIDs to MAC addresses so that the associated STAs can understand such mapping for STAs in a network so that one STA may know the location of other STAs. Encryption may be employed to achieve privacy.

Positioning devices and methods in cellular communication systems

A method, performed in a positioning node, for performing uplink positioning comprises receiving (210) of a request for uplink positioning of a user equipment. Information about carrier capabilities for uplink positioning measurements for carriers used in a serving cell of the user equipment is obtained (220). The method further comprises deciding (230) of which carrier to be used for uplink positioning measurements, based at least on the information about carrier capabilities. An uplink positioning measurement request for the user equipment using the carrier decided to be used for uplink positioning measurements is transmitted (250). Data representing said requested uplink positioning measurements is received (252). Complementing methods of cooperating network nodes are also disclosed as well as arrangements of the nodes.

MEASUREMENT OF TIME OF ARRIVAL

POWER-CONSERVING OFF-LOADED LOCATION SERVICE

СПОСОБ, ОБОРУДОВАНИЕ И УСТРОЙСТВО ДЛЯ ПЕРЕДАЧИ ОПОРНОГО СИГНАЛА И МАШИНОЧИТАЕМЫЙ НОСИТЕЛЬ

Изобретение относится к области техники связи. Технический результат изобретения заключается в повышении эффективности использования ресурсов, обеспечивая более низкую задержку позиционирования. Для этого терминал осуществляет определение запроса позиционирования, который используется для инструктирования сетевого устройства о необходимости передачи в терминал параметра конфигурации ресурсов опорного сигнала позиционирования и/или опорного сигнала позиционирования; или запрос позиционирования используется для инструктирования терминала о необходимости передачи результата измерения позиционирования в сетевое устройство. Передача опорного сигнала позиционирования указывается посредством запроса позиционирования, то есть после определения запроса позиционирования и определения параметра конфигурации ресурсов в соответствии с запросом позиционирования. 3 н. и 20 з.п. ф-лы, 7 ил.

УЗЛЫ И СПОСОБЫ ДЛЯ УЛУЧШЕНИЯ ПОЗИЦИОНИРОВАНИЯ

Satellitenhochfrequenzempfängerschaltkreis, Schaltungsanordnung zur Verarbeitung von Satellitensignalen und Verfahren zum Betreiben einer derartigen Schaltungsanordnung

Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft einen Satellitenhochfrequenzempfängerschaltkreis zur Aufbereitung von Satellitensignalen mit zumindest einer integrierten Ansteuerschaltung, die für ein schaltungsinternes Bereitstellen oder Abschalten einer Versorgungsspannung ausgebildet ist, eine Schaltungsanordnung zur Verarbeitung von Satellitensignalen mit einem Satellitenhochfrequenzempfängerschaltkreis zur Aufbereitung des Satellitensignals und mit einem Satellitensignalauswertschaltkreis zur Analyse des aufbereiteten Satellitensignals für die Bereitstellung eines Positions- und/oder Zeit- und/oder Geschindigkeitssignals, sowie ein Verfahren zum Betreiben einer derartigen Schaltungsanordnung. Erfindungsgemäß ist vorgesehen, dass der Satellitenhochfrequenzempfängerschaltkreis und/oder der Satellitensignalauswertschaltkreis zumindest einen integrierten Versorgungsanschluss aufweisen, der für die Bereitstellung zumindest einer Versorgungsspannung ausgebildet ist, um die Versorgung zumindest eines ...

Position and/or movement detection device uses evaluation of signals provided by several transmitters detecting electromagnetic or sonar waves provided by transmitter attached to object

The device uses a position detection system with at least one transmitter attached to a monitored object (O) and a number of cooperating receivers (E1,...E4), for detection of electromagnetic or sonar waves provided by the transmitter, coupled to an evaluation unit (A) providing position or movement data, received by a processor (R1).

Datenübertragung in einem paketgeschalteten Funksystem, das den Benutzergerätstandortdienst umsetzt

Fahrzeug-Peps-System unter Verwendung von Richtungssensoren

Ein System und ein Verfahren zum Auffinden eines Key-Fob mit Bezug auf ein Fahrzeug, das das Kommunizieren zwischen einer Vielzahl an Richtungssensoren über ein drahtloses Nahbereichsignal beinhaltet, das vom Fahrzeug und einem Key-Fob verwendet wird; das Generieren von Signaldaten bei einer Vielzahl von Richtungssensoren oder vom Key-Fob, die auf ein oder mehrere Attribute des drahtlosen Nahbereichsignals schließen lassen; das Generieren von Standortinformationen basierend auf einem oder mehreren Attributen bei der Verarbeitung der Signaldaten, die von einer Vielzahl an Richtungssensoren oder dem Key-Fob generiert werden; und das Bestimmen des Standorts des Key-Fob relativ zum Fahrzeug basierend auf den generierten Standortinformationen.

Verfahren und System zum Erfassen einer Relativposition eines mobilen Endgeräts in Bezug auf ein Fahrzeug

Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zum Erfassen einer Relativposition eines mobilen Endgeräts (14) in Bezug auf ein Fahrzeug (12). Es ist vorgesehen, dass das Verfahren die folgenden Schritte umfasst: Erzeugen von Bezugsmesswerten, welche eine vordefinierte Relativposition eines Kalibrierungsgeräts (18) in Bezug auf ein Kalibrierungsfahrzeug (16) betreffen, Erzeugen von Positionsmesswerten, welche die aktuelle Relativposition des mobilen Endgeräts (14) in Bezug auf das Fahrzeug (12) betreffen und Auswerten der Bezugsmesswerte und der Positionsmesswerte zum Erfassen der aktuellen Relativposition des mobilen Endgeräts (14) in Bezug auf das Fahrzeug (12). Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Möglichkeit bereitzustellen, Abweichungen bei der Erfassung der Relativpositionen unterschiedlicher mobiler Endgeräte in Bezug auf ein Fahrzeug zu minimieren.

Multi-functional mobile applicance

Location of wideband ofdm transmitters with limited receiver bandwidth

Location of a mobile station

A location system is disclosed for commercial wireless telecommunication infrastructures. The system is an end-to-end solution having one or more location centers for outputting requested locations of commercially available handsets or mobile stations (MS) based on, e.g., CDMA, AMPS, NAMPS or TDMA communication standards, for processing both local MS location requests and more global MS location requests via, e.g., Internet communication between a distributed network of location centers. The system uses a plurality of MS locating technologies including those based on: (1) two-way TOA and TDOA; (2) pattern recognition; (3) distributed antenna provisioning; and (4) supplemental information from various types of very low cost non-infrastructure base stations for communicating via a typical commercial wireless base station infrastructure or a public telephone switch network.

Position of user equipment

Determining a position of a user equipment, UE, in a network. A method comprises measuring, via a downlink, DL, and/or an uplink, UL, a first measurement of a set of measurements, and further comprises estimating, at least in part, the position of the UE using the first measurement of the set of measurements. Optionally, the measurement comprises measuring via the downlink: reference signal time difference, RSTD, between neighbour transmission / reception points, TRP, and reference TRP; a RSTD between a first beam and a reference beam; RSTD between a first positioning reference signal, PRS, and a reference PRS, or between a first PRS set and reference PRS set; and/or a PRS reference signal received power, RSRP. The measurement may also comprise measuring via the uplink: a relative time of arrival, RTOA, of sounding reference signals, SRS; a PRS RSRP; a TRP receive - transmit time difference; and/or a UE receive - transmit time difference. A quality metric for a receive – transmit time difference ...

Location of a mobile station

Passive uplink time difference of arrival positioning and tracking system

Usage of beacon for location based security

SYSTEM AND PROCEDURE FOR THE LOCALISATION OF A WIRELESS CDMA OF TRANSMITTER/CRECEIVER

EXTENDED MOBILE LOCALIZATION PROCEDURE AND - SYSTEM

CONFIGURATION OF POINTS OF ENTRANCE IN A WIRELESS NET

LOCALISATION OF MOBILE STATIONS, PROCEDURES AND SYSTEMS

PROCEDURE AND SYSTEM FOR THE ESTIMATION OF THE POSITION OF THE MOBILE STATION

Creating and using base station almanac information in a wireless communication system having a position location capability

WIRELESS NETWORK ACCESS POINT CONFIGURATION

Position location using broadcast digital television signals

Data transmission in packet-switched radio system implementing user equipment location service

Measurement of time of arrival

Geolocation using guided surface waves

Disclosed are various approaches for determining positions of a navigation unit and correcting for errors. The navigation unit can receive a guided surface wave using a guided surface wave receive structure. The navigation unit can then determine a potential location of the guided surface wave receive structure. Finally, the navigation unit can determine an accuracy of the potential location based at least in part on a secondary data source.

A method for estimating the position of an object

Methods and systems for estimating the position of an object such (as a vehicle) are disclosed. The method comprises transmitting a first V2X message from the object to a plurality of spaced apart units; and receiving a set of V2X response messages from at least two units in response to the first V2X message. Each response message comprises an identifier of the object, an identifier of the unit from which the response message was sent, and temporal information associated with the times of receiving a previous V2X message at the unit and transmitting a previous V2X response message from the unit. The position of the object is estimated based on the information contained in the set of V2X response messages and the times of transmitting the previous V2X message from the object and receiving the previous set of V2X response messages at the object. co 6) LO LO 0 (D > cl) :E cn 0 r0 m. -j 4- -j -S 0 -j ...

Reactive hybrid location determination method and apparatus

This invention relates to location determination technology useable by, in particular, cellular telephone devices having mobile computer capabilities and a self-contained battery supply. A method is described of using the mobile device so as to control the drain of power from the power source of the mobile device, the mobile device having at least two location determination techniques having respective power drain characteristics, the method includes selecting the location determination technique having a lower power drain characteristic the greater the determined distance of the mobile device from a predetermined location or area, and selecting the location determination technique having the greater power drain characteristic the smaller the determined distance of the mobile device from a predetermined location or area. The method thus uses the least accurate technique when furthest away and the most accurate technique when closer to a predetermined location or area.

CONTINUOUS DATA OPTIMIZATION IN POSITIONING SYSTEM

... ²²²Methods and systems of continuously optimizing data in WiFi positioning ²systems. For example, data is monitored to infer whether a WiFi access point ²has moved or is new. In this fashion, data is continuously optimized. ²Likewise, suspect data may be avoided when determining the position of the ²WiFi-enabled device using such a system.² ...

ENHANCED MOBILE LOCATION METHOD AND SYSTEM

A method and system is disclosed for locating a mobile radio terminal in a radio communications network. The method makes use of additional positional constraints provided as a result of unreported cells. In one form of the invention, a likely reason for a particular cell not being reported is determined and an associated probability term is determined for use in a position location model. The invention also relates to a system for implementing the method.

Positioning Devices and Methods in Cellular Communication Systems

A method, performed in a positioning node, for performing uplink positioning comprises receiving ( 210 ) of a request for uplink positioning of a user equipment. Information about carrier capabilities for uplink positioning measurements for carriers used in a serving cell of the user equipment is obtained ( 220 ). The method further comprises deciding ( 230 ) of which carrier to be used for uplink positioning measurements, based at least on the information about carrier capabilities. An uplink positioning measurement request for the user equipment using the carrier decided to be used for uplink positioning measurements is transmitted ( 250 ). Data representing said requested uplink positioning measurements is received ( 252 ). Complementing methods of cooperating network nodes are also disclosed as well as arrangements of the nodes.

Precision location method and system

Systems and methods for locating an object are disclosed herein. The locator system includes a plurality of reference units and a processor in communication with the reference units. The reference units are positioned about a region in which a mobile unit is located, and each reference unit includes a transceiver for transmitting and receiving a transaction-based location signal to and from the mobile unit. The processor is configured for estimating time offsets between the mobile unit and reference units and aligning the transaction-based location signals from the reference units by removing the time offsets. The processor is further configured for collectively processing data representative of the aligned location signals based on a plurality of potential locations to identify at least one of the potential locations as a likely mobile unit location.

Wireless station location detection

A technique for locating a device uses connectivity to find a distance between an access point (AP) and a device. The AP transmits a frame to a device and receives an acknowledgement frame from the device. The amount of time for a signal to pass between the AP and the device is estimated and multiplied by the speed of light to find the distance between the AP and the device.

Methods and apparatuses for use in selecting a transmitting device for use in a positioning function

Methods and apparatuses are provided which may be implemented in various devices having one or more computing platforms to obtain signaling characteristics for one or more transmitting devices. The signaling characteristics may, for example, be based, at least in part, on one or more signals received by a receiving device from the transmitting device(s), and may comprise at least a received signal strength measurement and a propagation time measurement. Such methods and apparatuses may further be implemented to determine whether a mobile station is to use or not use positioning data for one or more transmitting device(s) in a positioning function based, at least in part, on the received signal strength measurement and the propagation time measurement.

Techniques for dynamic enpoint secure location awareness

Techniques for dynamic endpoint secure location awareness may include dynamically sending a location query in response to a change in location for a mobile device. A location response may be received. The platform security engine may determine whether the mobile device is located in a secure location based on the location response. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

MECHANISM FOR EMPLOYING AND FACILITATING GEODETIC TRIANGULATION FOR DETERMINING GLOBAL POSITIONING OF COMPUTING DEVICES

A mechanism is described for facilitating dynamic client-side triangulation to determine global position of computing devices according to one embodiment of the invention. A method of embodiments of the invention includes detecting, at a computing device, first location information associated with static wireless access points. The method may further include detecting, at the computing device, second location information associated with roaming computing devices broadcasting the second location information relating to their current locations, and dynamically determining a current location of the computing device based on the first and second location information. 1. An apparatus comprising:a processor running on an operating system at a computing device, the operating system coupled to a dynamic geodetic triangulation logic unit to perform geodetic triangulation, wherein the dynamic geodetic triangulation logic unit comprises:means for detecting, at a computing device, first location information associated with static wireless access points, wherein the means for detecting is further to detect, at the computing device, second location information associated with roaming computing devices broadcasting the second location information relating to their current locations; andmeans for dynamically determining a current location of the computing device based on the first and second location information.2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the triangulation unit further comprises means for adjusting the current location of the computing device based on the first location information and the second location information claim 1 , respectively.3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the triangulation unit further comprises means for broadcasting the current location of the computing device to computing apparatus associated with the static wireless access points and the roaming computing devices.4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the means for detecting is further to detect ...

Mobile broadcast-based location method and apparatus

The present invention, pertaining to the field of wireless communications, discloses a mobile broadcast-based method and apparatus that includes: receiving a mobile broadcast signal; demodulating a location spreading signal inserted in the header of a time slot or a transmission frame of the mobile broadcast signal to acquire navigation message information, and measuring and acquiring location characteristic parameters, wherein the navigation message information includes the identifier of a mobile broadcast station, and the location characteristic parameters correspond to the identifier; and acquiring location data according to the location characteristic parameters and the navigation message information. According to the method and apparatus, a location spreading signal is carried in the header of a time slot or in the header of a transmission frame of the mobile broadcast signal, navigation message information is acquired by demodulating the location spreading signal, and location characteristic parameters are acquired by measurement to acquire location data.

Method and System for Estimating Error in Predicted Distance Using RSSI Signature

A localization method and system, including calculating a first distance estimate of a distance between a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and a reader based on information associated with at least one of a plurality of response signals received from the RFID tag in response to interrogation signals by the reader at a plurality frequencies, measuring a signal strength of each of the received plurality of response signals to create a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) signature, predicting an error in the first distance estimate using the RSSI signature, and determining a final distance estimate of the distance by modifying the first distance estimate based on the predicted error. 1. A method for determining a distance between a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and a reader , comprising:transmitting, by the reader, a plurality of interrogation signals to the RFID tag at a plurality of frequencies;receiving, by the reader, a plurality of response signals from the RFID tag in response to the plurality of interrogation signals;calculating a first distance estimate of the distance based on information associated with the at least one of the plurality of response signals received;measuring a signal strength of each of the received plurality of response signals to create a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) signature;predicting an error in the first distance estimate using the RSSI signature; anddetermining a final distance estimate of the distance by modifying the first distance estimate based on the predicted error.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first distance estimate is one of an RSSI-based distance estimate and a phase-based distance estimate.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing the final distance estimate to a remote computing device for use thereby in determining a location of the RFID tag.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein predicting the error comprises invoking an error prediction function that is defined ...

POSITIONING METHOD AND APPARATUS

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a positioning method and apparatus. The positioning method includes: sending, by a serving base station, a terminal side measurement request based on a positioning node reference signal to a target terminal according to configuration information of the positioning node reference signal; performing, by the serving base station, a base station side measurement based on the positioning node reference signal, and obtaining base station side measurement information based on the positioning node reference signal; and then sending terminal side measurement information based on the positioning node reference signal and the base station side measurement information based on the positioning node reference signal to a location server, so that the location server calculates location information of the target terminal. 1. A base station , comprising:a transmitter, configured to send, after a location measurement request sent by a location server is received, a terminal side measurement request based on a positioning node reference signal to a target terminal according to configuration information of the positioning node reference signal, wherein the target terminal is in a scenario in which a plurality of positioning nodes shares a same cell identity, wherein the configuration information of the positioning node reference signal comprises a transmission timing of the positioning node reference signal, a transmission period of the positioning node reference signal, a frequency-domain transmission position of the positioning node reference signal, and antenna port information, and wherein the configuration information of the positioning node reference signal further comprises a positioning node identity or a positioning node reference signal identity;a receiver, configured to receive, from the target terminal, terminal side measurement information based on the positioning node reference signal; anda processor, configured to perform a ...

Systems and methods for multicarrier phase-based localization

A method for calculating a time-of-arrival of a multicarrier uplink signal includes: accessing a multicarrier reference signal including a subcarrier reference signal for each subcarrier frequency in a set of subcarrier frequencies; receiving the multicarrier uplink signal transmitted from a user device, the multicarrier uplink signal including a subcarrier uplink signal for each subcarrier frequency in the set of subcarrier frequencies; for each subcarrier frequency in the set of subcarrier frequencies, calculating a phase difference, in a set of phase differences, between the subcarrier reference signal for the subcarrier frequency and a subcarrier uplink signal for the subcarrier frequency; calculating a time-of-arrival of the multicarrier uplink signal at the transceiver based on the set of adjusted phase differences; and transmitting the time-of-arrival of the multicarrier uplink signal to a remote server.

Integrity of range measurements

A method of assuring integrity of range measurements and position solutions comprises obtaining range measurement statistics between nodes in a network, performing a snapshot integrity test for the range measurement statistics, and performing a sequential integrity test using the range measurement statistics. The snapshot integrity test comprises using Gram matrices along with a current configuration of the nodes; performing a singular value consistency check using the Gram matrices against a user selected threshold; and detecting/excluding range measurement statistics with instantaneous errors that cause the singular value to exceed the threshold. The sequential integrity test comprises formulating main node and sub-node sets using solution separation; implementing filters for the main node and sub-node sets; performing a consistency check using discriminators and decision thresholds; detecting/excluding range measurement statistics with both instantaneous and time-correlated errors; and computing a protection level for relative positions computed from the main node and sub-node sets.

APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR A MOBILE TRANSCEIVER AND FOR A BASE STATION TRANSCEIVER

An apparatus, method and computer program for a mobile transceiver and for a base station transceiver. The method includes receiving a downlink signal from a base station transceiver of the mobile communication system via a downlink data channel, identifying a line of sight component of at least the first positioning symbol of the downlink signal based on the one or more sequences of zero-value samples and determining information related to a location of the mobile transceiver based on the one or more non-zero-value samples received within the line of sight component of the first positioning symbol. The downlink signal includes one or more positioning symbols having a first positioning symbol, wherein the first positioning symbol is based on samples in a time domain to be transmitted by the base station transceiver. 1. A method for a mobile transceiver for a mobile communication system , the method comprising: wherein a plurality of symbols are received in each slot of the plurality of slots,', 'wherein the downlink signal comprises one or more positioning symbols,', 'wherein the plurality of symbols of at least some slots comprise the one or more positioning symbols,', 'wherein the one or more positioning symbols comprise a first positioning symbol,', 'wherein at least the first positioning symbol is based on a plurality of samples in a time domain to be transmitted by the base station transceiver,', 'wherein the plurality of samples comprises one or more sequences of zero-value samples and one or more non-zero-value samples following the one or more sequences of zero-value samples;, 'receiving a downlink signal from a base station transceiver of the mobile communication system via a downlink data channel, the downlink signal being received using a plurality of slots of the downlink data channel,'}identifying a line of sight component of at least the first positioning symbol of the downlink signal based on processing the one or more non-zero-value samples, wherein ...

GEOLOCATION USING GUIDED SURFACE WAVES

Disclosed are various approaches for determining positions of a navigation unit and correcting for errors. The navigation unit can receive a guided surface wave using a guided surface wave receive structure. The navigation unit can then determine a potential location of the guided surface wave receive structure. Finally, the navigation unit can determine an accuracy of the potential location based at least in part on a secondary data source. 1. A navigation unit , comprising:a processor;a memory; determine a current location of the navigation unit based at least in part on a plurality of Zenneck surface waves travelling along a terrestrial medium and received by the navigation unit, each of the plurality of Zenneck surface waves launched by a respective wavefront incident at a respective complex Brewster angle of the terrestrial medium; and', 'determine an accuracy of a determination of the current location based at least in part on a secondary data source., 'machine readable instructions stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor, cause the navigation unit to at least2. The navigation unit of claim 1 , wherein the secondary data source comprises inertial data stored in the memory claim 1 , wherein the inertial data comprises navigational data representing a current speed claim 1 , a current heading claim 1 , an initial location claim 1 , a past speed claim 1 , and a corresponding past heading of the navigation unit.3. The navigation unit of claim 2 , wherein:the current location is a first location; and calculate an estimated location of the navigation unit based at least in part on the inertial data; and', 'determine that the estimated location is within a predefined distance of the current location., 'the machine readable instructions that determine the accuracy of the determination of the current location further cause the computing device to at least4. The navigation unit of claim 1 , wherein the machine readable instructions that determine the ...

Signaling consideration for new radio positioning with disjoint bandwidth segments

Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory media for providing signaling consideration for wireless positioning with disjoint bandwidth segments. For instance, one or more indications of a preferred bandwidth configuration can be transmitted by a user equipment. Based on the one or more indications, the user equipment can receive a positioning configuration that indicates disjoint bandwidth segments containing a positioning reference signal based on the preferred bandwidth configuration. In response, the user equipment can then determine one or more positioning measurements based on the positioning reference signal in the disjoint bandwidth segments.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED GEOLOCATION IN A LOW POWER WIDE AREA NETWORK

Systems and methods for improved geolocation in a low power wide area network are disclosed. One example method may include receiving an instruction to determine a geolocation of an end in a low power wide area network. An instruction may be transmitted to the end node for the end node to transmit a high-energy geolocation signal at a power of about 0.5 Watt to about 1 Watt. The end node may transmit the high-energy geolocation signal and a plurality of gateways of the low power wide area network may receive the high-energy geolocation signal. A plurality of receipt times may be identified. Each receipt time may be indicative of the time at which the high-energy geolocation signal was received by the respective gateway of the plurality of gateways. Based at least in part on the plurality of receipt times, a geolocation of the end node may be determined. 1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that , when executed , cause:causing transmission, to an end node of a low power wide area network, of one or more parameters of a signal to be transmitted by the end node;receiving, from each gateway of a plurality of gateways of the low power wide area network, data indicative of a time at which a respective gateway of the plurality of gateways received the signal transmitted, according to the one or more parameters, from the end node; andbased at least in part on the data indicative of the times at which the respective gateways each received the signal from the end node, determining a geolocation of the end node.2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the one or more parameters comprise a power at which the signal is to be transmitted.3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the power is based on at least one of:an estimated distance between the end node and at least one of the plurality of gateways, anda presence, or lack thereof, of an obstruction between the end node and ...

Angle of arrival (aoa) positioning method and system for positional finding and tracking objects using reduced attenuation rf technology

Systems and methods for determining user equipment (UE) locations within a wireless network using reference signals of the wireless network are described. The disclosed systems and methods utilize a plurality of in-phase and quadrature (I/Q) samples generated from signals provided by receive channels associated with two or more antennas of the wireless system. Based on received reference signal parameters the reference signal within the signals from each receive channel among the receive channels is identified. Based on the identified reference signal from each receive channel, an angle of arrival between a baseline of the two or more antennas and incident energy from the UE to the two or more antennas is determined. That angle of arrival is then used to calculate the location of the UE. The angle of arrival may be a horizontal angle of arrival and/or a vertical angle of arrival

ANGLE OF ARRIVAL (AOA) POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POSITIONAL FINDING AND TRACKING OBJECTS USING REDUCED ATTENUATION RF TECHNOLOGY

Systems and methods for determining user equipment (UE) locations within a wireless network using reference signals of the wireless network are described. The disclosed systems and methods utilize a plurality of in-phase and quadrature (I/Q) samples generated from signals provided by receive channels associated with two or more antennas of the wireless system. Based on received reference signal parameters the reference signal within the signals from each receive channel among the receive channels is identified. Based on the identified reference signal from each receive channel, an angle of arrival between a baseline of the two or more antennas and incident energy from the UE to the two or more antennas is determined. That angle of arrival is then used to calculate the location of the UE. The angle of arrival may be a horizontal angle of arrival and/or a vertical angle of arrival 1. A method for determining an elevation of a user equipment (UE) in communication with a wireless system , the method comprising:buffering a plurality of in-phase and quadrature (I/Q) samples generated from signals provided by receive channels associated with at least two antennas, wherein a first antenna among the at least two antennas is displaced in a vertical direction with respect to a second antenna among the at least two antennas;identifying the signals from each receive channel among the receive channels as previously known signals based on the buffered I/Q samples;based on the previously known signals from each receive channel, determining an angle of arrival between a baseline of the at least two antennas and incident energy from the UE to at least two antennas; andutilizing the angle of arrival to calculate the elevation of the UE.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least two antennas are antenna elements of an antenna array.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the antenna elements are located in a single antenna enclosure in a sector.4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the ...

ANGLE OF ARRIVAL (AOA) POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POSITIONAL FINDING AND TRACKING OBJECTS USING REDUCED ATTENUATION RF TECHNOLOGY

Systems and methods for determining user equipment (UE) locations within a wireless network using reference signals of the wireless network are described. The disclosed systems and methods utilize a plurality of in-phase and quadrature (I/Q) samples generated from signals provided by receive channels associated with two or more antennas of the wireless system. Based on received reference signal parameters the reference signal within the signals from each receive channel among the receive channels is identified. Based on the identified reference signal from each receive channel, an angle of arrival between a baseline of the two or more antennas and incident energy from the UE to the two or more antennas is determined. That angle of arrival is then used to calculate the location of the UE. The angle of arrival may be a horizontal angle of arrival and/or a vertical angle of arrival 1. A method for determining a position of a user equipment (UE) in communication with a wireless system , the method comprising:buffering a plurality of in-phase and quadrature (I/Q) samples generated from signals provided by receive channels associated with a plurality of antennas in at least one antenna enclosure, wherein each antenna among the plurality of antennas is displaced in one or more of a vertical direction and a horizontal direction with respect to other antennas among the plurality of antennas;identifying the signals from each receive channel among the receive channels as previously known signals based on the buffered I/Q samples;based on the previously known signals from each receive channel, determining an angle of arrival between a baseline of the plurality of antennas and incident energy from the UE to the plurality of antennas; andutilizing the angle of arrival to calculate the position of the UE.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the antenna enclosure is an antenna array.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein antenna elements of the antenna enclosure are located in a single ...

Generating Crowd-Sourced Navigation Data

Various embodiments include methods and a server implementing the methods for generating crowd-sourced navigation data. The methods may include receiving, by a server, location data from a plurality of wireless communication devices, and generating, by the server, topological map data based on the location data received from the plurality of wireless communication devices. The location data received from the plurality of wireless communication devices may include an altitude, a latitude, and a longitude, and at least one of a medium access control address, a time stamp, a round trip time, a received signal strength indicator value, a reference signal received power value, a reference signal receive quality value, and a service set identifier. Methods may further include receiving location data from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), generating navigation data relevant to the UAV using the generated topological map data, and transmitting the navigation data to the UAV. 1. A method for generating crowd-sourced navigation data , the method comprising:receiving, by a server, location data from a plurality of wireless communication devices; andgenerating, by the server, topological map data based on the location data received from the plurality of wireless communication devices.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:receiving, by the server, location information from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);generating, by the server, navigation data relevant to the UAV using the generated topological map data and the location information of the UAV; andtransmitting, by the server, the generated navigation data to the UAV.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein generating claim 2 , by the server claim 2 , navigation data relevant to the UAV comprises generating claim 2 , by the server claim 2 , a suggested travel route.4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:receiving, by the server, location information from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); andtransmitting, by the server ...

Positioning reference signal (prs) measurement window adaptation

Disclosed are various techniques for wireless positioning. In an aspect, the time that a user equipment (UE) spends on performing positioning reference signal (PRS) measurements is reduced, by lengthening the PRS measurement period (P) and/or by reducing the PRS symbol duration (K). These modifications may be performed by the UE or by a location management server or other network node and may be made in consideration of the UE's mobility status and other environmental or operating conditions of the UE. In an aspect, a network entity may determine P and K to be used by the UE, and may indicate, to the UE, the P and the K to be used by the UE for measuring at least one PRS. The UE may then use the P and the K for measuring at least one PRS.

UE CAPABILITY INDICATION TO POSITIONING SERVER

Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for delivering UE capability indication to a positioning server in a wireless communication network. A user equipment (UE) or access note (AN) may notify a positioning server of UE capability information associated with positioning measurements so that the positioning server may determine corresponding positioning measurement configurations based on acknowledgement of such UE capability information in terms of the positioning measurement. Embodiments describe UE capability indications to a positioning server that may enable flexible deployment and integration of various types of UEs. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. 123.-. (canceled)24. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that , when executed , cause one or more processors of a user equipment (UE) to perform operations comprising:generating a signaling message indicating observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) positioning capabilities of the UE, the indicated OTDOA positioning capabilities including one or more of:a number of downlink receive antennas supported by the UE for positioning measurement,information corresponding to a long term evolution (LTE) category of the UE, orinformation corresponding to a normal delay or extended delay associated with the positioning measurement; andtransmitting the signaling message to a positioning server.25. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 24 , wherein generating the signaling message indicating OTDOA positioning capabilities of the UE comprises generating the signaling message to include an OTDOA-ProvideCapabilities information element (IE) claim 24 , wherein the OTDOA-ProvideCapabilities IE includes information indicating the OTDOA positioning capabilities of the UE.26. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 24 , wherein the indicated OTDOA positioning capabilities ...

Ranging signal transmission in unlicensed band

This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for wireless communication that may allow a user equipment (UE) to determine its relative position and distances to other UEs more accurately than standard vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications allow. In some implementations, a UE (or other wireless communication device) participating in a positioning operation may transmit and receive positioning signals on an unlicensed radio band, and may transmit and receive non-positioning signals on a V2X channel (or on another suitable channel) of a radio access network (RAN). The positioning signals may include positioning reference signals (PRSs) associated with observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) positioning operations, ranging signals associated with round-trip time (RTT) positioning operations, or other suitable signals from which the position of the UE can be determined.

COLLABORATIVE GEO-POSITIONING OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES

Methods and systems for determining and tracking electronic devices are provided. One method includes obtaining measurement data from each of at least a subset of a plurality of client devices and determining, by a computer processing device, geolocation estimation data for one or more of the subset of the plurality of client devices based at least in part on the measurement data. The method further determining, by the computer processing device, a geolocation confidence value based at least in part on the geolocation estimation data, wherein the geolocation confidence value indicates a level of confidence of the geolocation estimation data. The method further includes providing the geolocation estimation data and the geolocation confidence value to the one or more of the subset of the plurality of client devices. 1. A method , comprising:obtaining measurement data from each of at least a subset of a plurality of client devices;determining, by a computer processing device, geolocation estimation data for one or more of the subset of the plurality of client devices based at least in part on the measurement data; 'wherein the geolocation confidence value indicates a level of confidence of the geolocation estimation data; and', 'determining, by the computer processing device, a geolocation confidence value based at least in part on the geolocation estimation data,'}providing the geolocation estimation data and the geolocation confidence value to the one or more of the subset of the plurality of client devices.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement data is generated by each respective client device of the subset of the plurality of client devices.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement data comprises at least one of distance data claim 1 , radio frequency signal intensity data claim 1 , or latency data.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the geolocation estimation data comprises a longitude coordinate claim 1 , a latitude coordinate claim 1 , and ...

UE CAPABILITY INDICATION TO POSITIONING SERVER

Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for delivering UE capability indication to a positioning server in a wireless communication network. A user equipment (UE) or access note (AN) may notify a positioning server of UE capability information associated with positioning measurements so that the positioning server may determine corresponding positioning measurement configurations based on acknowledgement of such UE capability information in terms of the positioning measurement. Embodiments describe UE capability indications to a positioning server that may enable flexible deployment and integration of various types of UEs. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. 1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media NTCRM) comprising instructions to , upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE) , cause the UE to:generate a message comprising information to indicate a number of receiver antennas of the UE;provide the message to radio frequency circuitry for transmission to a positioning server; andexecute a positioning measurement to obtain results to be reported to the positioning server.2. The one or more NTCRM of claim 1 , wherein the positioning measurement request is an enhanced serving mobile location centre (eSMLC).3. The one or more NTCRM of claim 1 , wherein the UE is to transmit the message to the positioning server via long term evolution (LTE) positioning protocol (LPP).4. The one or more NTCRM of claim 1 , wherein the information is to indicate that the UE is equipped with one receiver (1Rx) antenna and the instructions claim 1 , when executed claim 1 , further cause the UE to: execute the positioning measurements using the 1Rx antenna.5. The one or more NTCRM of claim 4 , wherein the UE belongs to an LTE UE category of Category 0 claim 4 , Category M claim 4 , or Category 1bis.6. The one or more NTCRM of claim 1 , wherein the UE is to provide the ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED LOCATION ACCURACY

Systems and methods for improved location accuracy are provided. For example, some systems can include a location engine, and a plurality of location anchors. In some embodiments, each of the plurality of location anchors can transmit or receive signals to or from an object for determining an angular orientation of the object with respect to the plurality of location anchors, and based on the angular orientation, the location engine can estimate a location of the object. In some embodiments, each of the plurality of location anchors can transmit first signals to the location engine, the location engine can receive a second signal from an object, based on the first signals and the second signal, the location engine can determine a differential pressure between the plurality of location anchors and the object, and based on the differential pressure, the location engine can estimate an altitude of the object. 1. A location anchor comprising:a transceiver;a programmable processor,executable control software stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium; anda plurality of directional transmitters or a plurality of directional receivers of electromagnetic radiation,wherein the plurality of directional transmitters or the plurality of directional receivers are positioned about a perimeter of the location anchor,wherein the directional transmitter are configured to transmit first signals to an object at a plurality of identifiable angles or the plurality of directional receivers are configured to receive second signals from the object at a plurality of identifiable angles, andwherein, based on the first signals to or based on the second signals, a location engine is configured to determine an angular orientation of the object with respect to the location anchor.2. The location anchor of claim 1 , wherein the transceiver includes one or more of the plurality of directional transmitters or the plurality of directional receivers.3. The location anchor of claim 1 , ...

Doppler distribution measurement method in wireless lan system

Disclosed is a Doppler distribution measurement method comprising: receiving a plurality of receive signals that arrive via different RE sets in different paths; measuring CFO values of the plurality of receive signals; selecting the two receive signals in which the difference in value between the CFO values are the greatest, from among the plurality of receive signals; and determining a Doppler shift difference between the selected two receive signals a an effective Doppler distribution.

Method and device using observed time difference of arrival for positioning mobile station

A method using OTDOA for positioning a mobile station includes: transmitting to the mobile station an OTDOA capability request message to inquire about a communication system format supported by the mobile station and signal reception quality information of each base station of a communication system supported, where the OTDOA capability request message includes a plurality of communication formats existent in a current service area of the mobile station and corresponding signal reception quality information, provided for the mobile station to select based on the communication system format supported by the mobile station; receiving an OTDOA support capability message returned by the mobile station, where the OTDOA support capability message includes the communication system format supported by the mobile station and corresponding signal reception quality; sending to the mobile station auxiliary positioning information based on the communication system format supported by the mobile station and the corresponding signal reception quality.

Systems and methods for precise radio frequency localization using time difference of arrival

Systems and apparatuses for determining locations of wireless nodes in a network architecture are disclosed herein. In one example, an asynchronous system includes first and second wireless nodes each having a wireless device with one or more processing units and RF circuitry for transmitting and receiving communications in the wireless network architecture. The system also includes a wireless node having an unknown location and a wireless device with a transmitter and a receiver to enable communications with the first and second third wireless nodes in the wireless network architecture. The first wireless node transmits a communication to the second wireless node and the wireless node having an unknown location, receives a communication with an acknowledge packet from the wireless node, and determines time difference of arrival information between the first and second wireless nodes.

Location information determination based on timing measurements in wireless networks

Method, systems and devices for location information determination based on timing measurements are described. One example method includes transmitting, by a communication apparatus, a timing request to a plurality of network devices, where the timing request comprises a respective expected response time for each of the plurality of network devices, receiving, at a plurality of times, a plurality of timing measurements from each of the plurality of network devices, wherein each of the plurality of times is based on the corresponding expected response time, and the plurality of timing measurements comprises a respective time of arrival (ToA) timestamp and a respective time of departure (ToD) timestamp, and determining a location information of the communication apparatus based on an estimate of a round trip delay that is computed using a difference of the respective ToA and ToD timestamps from the plurality of timing measurements.

Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving positioning reference signal in wireless communcation system

An apparatus and method of processing a positioning reference signal are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes determining a narrow-band (NB) positioning reference signal (PRS) bitmap indicating a pattern selecting NB PRS subframes, wherein each NB PRS subframe comprises an NB PRS for positioning an NB user equipment (UE), transmitting, to the NB UE, NB PRS configuration information for the NB UE, the NB PRS configuration information comprising the NB PRS bitmap, determining, by a reference cell and based on the NB PRS bitmap, NB PRS subframes of the reference cell, mapping, by the reference cell, a first NB PRS in the NB PRS subframes of the reference cell, and receiving, from the NB UE and in response to the first NB PRS, a reference signal time difference (RSTD) measurement.

LOCATING A MOBILE STATION AND APPLICATIONS THEREFOR

A location system and applications therefor is disclosed for wireless telecommunication infrastructures. The system is an end-to-end solution having one or more location systems for outputting requested locations of handsets or mobile stations (MS) based on, e.g., CDMA, GSM, GPRS, TDMA or WIFI communication standards, for processing both local mobile station location requests and more global mobile station location requests via, e.g., Internet communication between a distributed network of location systems. The following applications may be enabled by the location system: 911 emergency calls, tracking, navigation, people and animal location including applications for confinement to and exclusion from certain areas, friend finder applications, and applications for allocating user desired resources based on the user's location. 1. A method for providing for each mobile unit (M) of more than one of a plurality of wireless mobile units , corresponding one or more notifications for a condition related to a user of the mobile unit M utilizing one of a plurality of resources , wherein there is a network having a plurality of geographically spaced apart stationary network access units for receiving wireless signals from the mobile unit M , comprising performing , for each mobile unit , M , of the mobile units , the following steps by computational equipment: 'wherein the input includes: a user request for receiving at M a wireless transmission of the notifications when an occurrence of the condition is identified, wherein one or more notification criteria are available whose evaluation is for identifying the occurrence of the condition;', '(a) receiving input from a user of a service, the service for providing the corresponding one or more notifications to M;'} wherein the geolocation data is obtained using location indicative data having measurements of signals, S, communicated wirelessly to or from the mobile unit M, at least some of the signals S having corresponding ...

KALMAN FILTERED CORRELATION INTEFEREOMTRY GEOLOCATION

A method and system for Kalman-Filtering in geolocation is provided. One aspect of the disclosure provides using an extreme geo program/method to converge on the location of an emitter, using a correlation function inherent in a Correlation Interferometry Geolocation (CIGL) program, and using Kalman filtering to find a peak correlation surface for an array. 1. A geolocation method comprising:receiving signals from an emitter;establishing an observation pattern defined by a plurality of estimated location points of the emitter;associating at least one Kalman filter with the plurality of location estimation points;predicting at the Kalman filter a predicted signal characteristic;observing an actual signal characteristic emitted from an object at an unknown location at the Kalman filter;correlating the actual signal characteristic with the predicted signal characteristic;creating a surface projection comprising approximate local peaks and an approximate single global peak with an extreme geo program using a portion of the actual signal characteristics;switching from the extreme geo program to a Correlation Interferometry Geolocation (CIGL) program for a region around the approximate single global peak; andlocating the global peak of the surface projection with the CIGL program and associating an actual location of the object at the global peak of the mapped surface.2. The geolocation method of claim 1 , further comprising:associating one Kalman filter with a first location estimation point;receiving the actual signal characteristics at the first location estimation point with an antenna array; andwherein if correlating the actual signal characteristic at the first location estimation point with the predicted signal characteristic exceeds a threshold, then recording an amplitude and phase of the actual signal characteristics at a first time.3. The geolocation method of claim 2 , further comprising:associating one Kalman filter with a second location estimation point; ...

Method and apparatus for selecting a ranging anchor based on characteristics of communication between a connection anchor and a mobile electronic device

A first anchor of a first type communicates with a mobile electronic device. A characteristic of the communications between the first anchor of the first type and the mobile electronic device is determined. One or more second anchors each of a second type is selected based on the characteristic of the communications. A respective distance to the mobile electronic is determined based on each of the selected one or more second anchors each of the second type.

In vivo device sensing system

An in vivo device sensing system telecommunicatively coupled to an in vivo device and a remote device and applied in the medical industry to obtain in vivo physiological information includes a main body, a computing module and at least one antenna module. The computing module is telecommunicatively coupled to the remote device. The antenna module is installed at the main body and telecommunicatively coupled to the in vivo device and the computing module and has plural antenna units. The antenna units receives a coordinate signal transmitted by any one of the antenna units and provided for the computing module to compute the coordinate signals and generate coordinate correction information.

OBFUSCATING THE LOCATIONS OF ACCESS POINTS AND FEMTOCELLS

Methods and apparatuses are presented for obfuscating the locations of terrestrial wireless transceivers, including wireless access points and femtocells. According to some embodiments, a method may receive, by a mobile device, data for a terrestrial wireless transceiver, wherein the data includes location coordinates of the terrestrial wireless transceiver, and wherein the location coordinates include an error term. Additionally, the method may include determining the error term based on the data. Furthermore, the method may include determining a corrected location of the terrestrial wireless transceiver by removing the error term from the location coordinates. In some instances, the data can further include a unique identifier associated with the terrestrial wireless transceiver, and wherein the error term is further determined based on the unique identifier. 1. (canceled)2. A method , comprising: location coordinates of the first terrestrial transceiver are modified with a predetermined obfuscation term to generate the modified location coordinates, and', 'the predetermined obfuscation term causes the modified location coordinates to be less accurate than the location coordinates;, 'receiving modified location coordinates of a first terrestrial transceiver at a mobile device, whereindetermining, by the mobile device, the predetermined obfuscation term based, at least in part, on a unique identifier, a location associated with a second terrestrial transceiver, or a known transformation code;removing, by the mobile device, the predetermined obfuscation term from the modified location coordinates to determine the location coordinates of the terrestrial transceiver;calculating, by the mobile device, a location of the mobile device based at least in part on the location coordinates of the terrestrial transceiver; andproviding, by the mobile device, the location of the mobile device to an application on the mobile device.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the ...

LOCATION ESTIMATION SYSTEM, LOCATION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION CONTROL DEVICE

A location estimation system for estimating a location of a wireless communication terminal, the location estimation system including first to M-th wireless communication devices and a control device, wherein i-th wireless communication device includes communication circuitry, which in operation, receives a signal transmitted from the wireless communication terminal using beams in Ni directions, and control circuitry, which in operation, calculates Ni reception qualities corresponding to the beams in the Ni directions, respectively, and wherein the control device includes control circuitry, which in operation, estimates i-th arrival direction of the signal received by the i-th wireless communication device by comparing the Ni reception qualities with the radiation angle characteristics of the beams in the Ni directions, and estimates the location of the wireless communication terminal based on the first to the M-th arrival directions estimated and locations of the first to the M-th wireless communication devices. 1. A location estimation system for estimating a location of a wireless communication terminal , the location estimation system including first to M-th wireless communication devices and a control device , M being an integer equal to or more than two , wherein communication circuitry, which in operation, receives a signal transmitted from the wireless communication terminal using beams in Ni directions, Ni being an integer equal to or more than two, and', 'control circuitry, which in operation, calculates Ni reception qualities corresponding to the beams in the Ni directions, respectively, and wherein, 'i-th wireless communication device, i being an integer between 1 to M, includes'} storage circuitry, which in operation, stores radiation angle characteristics of the beams in the Ni directions for each of the first to M-th wireless communication devices and', 'control circuitry, which in operation, estimates i-th arrival direction of the signal received by ...

System for trusted distance measurement

A device is arranged for determining a first distance according to a ranging protocol using a measurement message from a second device. A cooperating device ( 130 ) has a directional antenna ( 133 ) and is located at a trusted distance ( 150 ) sharing a connecting direction ( 160 ) with the first device. The cooperating device determines a third direction of the same measurement message, and transfers support data to the first device based on the third direction. The first device first determines a first angle ( 161 ) between the first direction and the connecting direction and obtains a third angle ( 163 ) between the third direction and the connecting direction using the support data. Then a verification test is performed on the first distance ( 151 ), the trusted distance ( 150 ), the first and the third angle. The first distance is reliable when said distances and angles correspond to a viable spatial constellation ( 100 ) of the devices.

METHOD FOR LOCATING A VEHICLE

A portable computing device can be used to locate a vehicle in a parking structure. In particular, the portable computing device can communicate with a parking system that manages the parking structure and/or with a vehicle in order to locate the vehicle. Communications between the portable computing device, parking system and vehicle can be based on one or more wireless connections, such as Bluetooth and/or Bluetooth LE connections. 128.-. (canceled)29. A portable computing device , comprising:a display;a wireless communication circuit; and transmit, by the wireless communication circuit to a first wireless sensor installed in proximity to a location, a request for location information;', 'receive, by the wireless communication circuit, a first signal from the first wireless sensor, wherein the first signal comprises the location information;', 'determine a location of a vehicle based at least in part on the location information;', 'receive a second signal from a second wireless sensor of the location;', 'determining a current location for the portable computing device based at least in part on the second signal; and', 'generate guidance instructions based at least in part on the location of the vehicle and the determined current location for the portable computing device., 'one or more processors connected to the display and the wireless communication circuit, wherein the one or more processors are configured to30. The portable computing device of claim 29 , wherein the portable computing device is configured to receive vehicle state information from a wireless transmitter in the vehicle claim 29 , wherein the vehicle state information comprises:a current state of an engine of the vehicle;a position of the transmission of the vehicle;an indication that the vehicle is currently parked; ora current state of a wireless connection between the portable computing device and the vehicle.31. The portable computing device of claim 29 , wherein the portable computing device ...

ANGLE OF ARRIVAL (AOA) POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POSITIONAL FINDING AND TRACKING OBJECTS USING REDUCED ATTENUATION RF TECHNOLOGY

Systems and methods for determining user equipment (UE) locations within a wireless network using reference signals of the wireless network are described. The disclosed systems and methods utilize a plurality of in-phase and quadrature (I/Q) samples generated from signals provided by receive channels associated with two or more antennas of the wireless system. Based on received reference signal parameters the reference signal within the signals from each receive channel among the receive channels is identified. Based on the identified reference signal from each receive channel, an angle of arrival between a baseline of the two or more antennas and incident energy from the UE to the two or more antennas is determined. That angle of arrival is then used to calculate the location of the UE. The angle of arrival may be a horizontal angle of arrival and/or a vertical angle of arrival 1. A method for determining an elevation of a user equipment (UE) in communication with a wireless system , the method comprising:buffering a plurality of in-phase and quadrature (I/Q) samples generated from signals provided by receive channels associated with at least two antennas or four or more omnidirectional antennas, wherein a first antenna among the at least two antennas or the four or more omnidirectional antennas is displaced in a vertical direction with respect to a second antenna among the at least two antennas or other antennas among the four or more omnidirectional antennas;identifying the signals from each receive channel among the receive channels as previously known signals based on the buffered I/Q samples;based on the previously known signals from each receive channel determining an angle of arrival between a baseline of the at least two antennas or the four or more omnidirectional antennas and incident energy from the UE to at least two antennas or the four or more omnidirectional antennas, wherein determining the angle of arrival includes determining a sub-sample ...

Method for transmitting and receiving signal in wireless communication system and apparatus supporting same

A method for an apparatus in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment comprises the steps of: receiving information on a transmission time point of a plurality of positioning reference signal (PRS) resources included in at least one PRS resource set; measuring information associated with positioning for each of the plurality of PRS resources, on the basis of the information on the transmission time point; and on the basis of the information associated with the positioning, transmitting at least one from among an identifier (ID) of a specific PRS resource of the plurality of PRS resources, or an ID of a PRS resource set including the specific PRS resource, and a transmission and reception point (TRP) ID associated with the PRS resource set including the specific PRS resource. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, the BS or a network.

Uplink null data packet format for passive location

This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to uplink (UL) null data packet (NDP) format for passive location. A device may cause to send a trigger frame that solicits poll response to one or more anchor stations involved in a passive ranging measurement. The device may identify one or more polling response frames received from the one or more anchor stations. The device may cause to send a trigger frame that solicits uplink null data packet (NDP) to the one or more anchor stations, wherein the uplink NDP comprises an indication of a high efficiency (HE) single user (SU) frame type. The device may identify one or more uplink NDPs received from the one or more anchor stations

Systems And Methods For Selecting Operating Mode Based On Relative Position Of Wireless Devices

Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented to configure and/or reconfigure device operating modes based on relative position of a wireless transmitter to a wireless receiver that is receiving a wireless radio frequency (RF) signal transmitted from the wireless transmitting device, or vice-versa. The relative position of a wireless transmitter to a wireless receiver may be determined using any suitable technique, e.g., using Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) of a signal received at separate antenna elements of an antenna array of the wireless receiver, using Angle of Arrival (AoA) of a signal received at an antenna array of the wireless receiver, using measured received signal strength (e.g., received signal strength indicator (RSSI) or received signal decibel-milliwatts (dBm)) of a signal received at different antenna elements of an antenna array of the wireless receiver, using Angle of Departure (AoD) of a signal transmitted from an antenna array of the wireless transmitter, etc.

Method of Updating a Location Information Representing a Physical Location of a Communication Device, A Computer Program Product for Executing the Method, and a Communication System for Updating the Location Information

A method of updating a location information, which represents a physical location of a communication device (), is generated by a location source (), and sent from the location source () via a location object generating unit (A, A) and a cache unit (A) to a location consumer (), comprises caching a first location information () in the cache unit (A), monitoring of a second location information () received subsequently to the first location information () at the location object generating unit (A, A) by the location object generating unit (A, A) to detect an invalid location information, and, triggered by the detection of an invalid location information (), sending a location object () generated by the location object generating unit (A, A) from the location object generating unit (A, A) to the cache unit (A), wherein the location object () comprises an invalidation information (-) indicating that a location information () sent prior to the location object () is invalid such that, when the location object () is received at the cache unit (A), the cached first location information () is discarded by the cache unit (A). 115-. (canceled)16. A method of updating location information , said location information representing a physical location of a communication device , wherein said location information is generated by a location source , and wherein said location information is sent from the location source to an electronic device having hardware comprising a processor , the method comprising:monitoring a second location information received subsequently to a first location information by the electronic device to detect an invalid location information included in the second location information, and,in response to detection of the invalid location information, sending invalidation information indicating that location information of the first location information is invalid so that the first location information is discarded by non-transitory computer readable medium ...

Method of Updating a Location Information Representing a Physical Location of a Communication Device, A Computer Program Product for Executing the Method, and a Communication System for Updating the Location Information

A method of updating a location information, which represents a physical location of a communication device (), is generated by a location source (), and sent from the location source () via a location object generating unit (A, A) and a cache unit (A) to a location consumer (), comprises caching a first location information () in the cache unit (A), monitoring of a second location information () received subsequently to the first location information () at the location object generating unit (A, A) by the location object generating unit (A, A) to detect an invalid location information, and, triggered by the detection of an invalid location information (), sending a location object () generated by the location object generating unit (A, A) from the location object generating unit (A, A) to the cache unit (A), wherein the location object () comprises an invalidation information (-) indicating that a location information () sent prior to the location object () is invalid such that, when the location object () is received at the cache unit (A), the cached first location information () is discarded by the cache unit (A). 115-. (canceled)16. A communication apparatus for updating a location information that represents a physical location of a communication device generated by a location source , the communication apparatus comprising:a location object generating unit configured to monitor a second location information received subsequently to first location information at the location object generating unit to detect invalid location information included in the second location information, andthe communication apparatus configured such that a location object is generated by the location object generating unit to send from the location object generating unit to a cache unit in response to detection of the invalid location information of the second location information received after the first location information, wherein the location object comprises invalidation ...

Tracking Device Operation in Safety-Classified Zone

Tracking devices can be associated with safe zones, smart zones, and high risk zones. Safe zones correspond to regions where a likelihood that a tracking device is lost within the safe zone is lower than outside the safe zone. High risk zones correspond to regions where a likelihood that a tracking device is lost within the high risk zone is higher than outside the high risk zone. Smart zones correspond to an expected tracking device, mobile device, or user behavior. Home areas are geographic regions in which a user resides, and travel areas are geographic regions in which a user does not reside. A tracking device can be configured to operate in a mode selected based on a presence of the tracking device within a safe zone, a smart zone, a high risk zone, a home area, or a travel area. 1. A method for locating a tracking device , comprising:accessing, by a central tracking system, information describing each of one or more geographic regions, each geographic region associated with a geographic boundary and a tracking device configuration mode selected based on a likelihood that the tracking device will be lost within the geographic boundary;determining, by the central tracking system, that a user of the tracking device is located within a first geographic boundary of a first geographic region;identifying, by the central tracking system, the tracking device configuration mode associated with the first geographic region; andproviding, by the central tracking system, an instruction to a mobile device of the user to configure the tracking device to operate in the identified tracking device operating mode, the mobile device configured to, in response to receiving the instruction, configure the tracking device to operate in the identified tracking device configuration mode.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a home of the user is located within the first geographic region.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first geographic region comprises a city claim 1 , town claim 1 ...

Spatial diveristy for relative position tracking

Vehicles and methods of navigating vehicles comprise at least three receiver antennae configured to receive radio frequency (RF) signals from one or more RF-transmitting antennae coupled to an object, receiver circuitry coupled to the receiver antennae to acquire the RF signals and to determine timing information from the acquired RF signals, memory storing information related to fixed distances between each receiver antenna and each other receiver antenna, a processor configured to determine a relative position of the vehicle with respect to the one or more RF-transmitting antennae based on the stored information related to the fixed distances between each receiver antenna and each other receiver antenna and on the timing information determined by the receiver circuitry, and a control system configured to control operation of the vehicle in response to the relative position of the vehicle with respect to the one or more RF-transmitting antennae determined by the processor.

Facilitation of efficient signal source location employing a coarse algorithm and high-resolution computation

Facilitation of determination of detailed location of a source signal is provided. In one embodiment, a device comprises a memory that stores computer executable components; and a processor that executes computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise: a low-resolution computation logic component that implements a coarse algorithm and determines an approximate direction of arrival (DOA) of a source signal of an input signal, wherein the coarse algorithm uses both a coarse spatial grid and input data received from the input signal to determine the approximate DOA; and an error estimation logic component that estimates an estimation error of the coarse algorithm, and wherein the error estimation logic component uses the estimation error and the approximate DOA to determine a spatial interval range.

POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM AND POSITION DETECTION METHOD

A position detection system is provided which is capable of inhibiting an increase in system costs and improving accuracy of detecting a position of a terminal. In the position detection system, a first terminal measures radio waves from a wireless connection device or a second terminal, and transmits a measurement result to a position detection server through the wireless connection device. The position detection server estimates that the first terminal is located in a position of the second terminal which has transmitted the radio waves in a case where the measurement result includes information of the radio waves from the second terminal, and estimates the position of the first terminal based on information of radio wave intensity of the radio waves from the wireless connection device, which is included in the measurement result, reference data, and positional information of the second terminal in a case where the measurement result does not include the information of the radio waves from the second terminal. 1. A position detection system comprising:a first terminal;a plurality of second terminals;a wireless connection device; anda position detection server,wherein each of the second terminals is disposed in a prescribed position and transmits radio waves in first radio wave intensity,wherein the wireless connection device is disposed in a prescribed position, and transmits radio waves in second radio wave intensity which is higher than the first radio wave intensity, measures the radio waves from the wireless connection device or each of the second terminals, and', 'transmits a measurement result to the position detection server through the wireless connection device, and, 'wherein the first terminal'} maintains first reference data that includes information of a radio wave intensity of the radio waves from the wireless connection device, which is measured by each of the second terminals in a memory,', 'receives the measurement result from the first terminal,', ...

Method and system to synchronize radio devices in a wireless network

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method of determining, by a processing system, complete neighbor information for a plurality of radio devices in a wireless network, wherein the complete neighbor information denotes neighboring radio devices; establishing, by the processing system, a backbone list including radio devices that provide beacons, wherein the backbone list includes a first radio device of the plurality of radio devices; determining, by the processing system, a set of radio devices in the plurality of radio devices that are not neighboring radio devices of every radio device in the backbone list; adding, by the processing system, an additional radio device from the plurality of radio devices to the backbone list responsive to an existence of at least one radio device in the set, wherein the additional radio device has at least one neighboring radio device in the backbone list and has at least one neighboring radio device in the set; and repeating, by the processing system, the determining the set step and the adding step until the set is empty. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Methods and apparatus for determining a location of a mobile station

Methods and apparatuses are presented for determining a location of a mobile station. In some embodiments, a mobile station may acquire at least one attribute of a reference base station to obtain the identity of the reference base station. A first and a second locally unique attribute of a local base station may then be acquired. The mobile station may then compute a distance metric from the mobile station to the reference base station based on the at least one attribute, and the first and second locally unique attributes. The location of the mobile station may be determined based at least in part on the distance metric. In some embodiments, the distance metric may include a number of how many base stations away (i.e. “hops” or number of handovers) the mobile station is from the reference base station.

Method and apparatus for supporting positioning measurements

A method and apparatus for supporting positioning measurements. The methods include designating a reference cell, choosing a positioning signal, and, for inter-frequency measurements, determining which inter-frequency cell to measure and how to make such an inter-frequency positioning measurement.

METHOD FOR ASSISTING THE MOVEMENT OF AN AGENT IN AN INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT

A method for assisting the movement of an agent in an interior environment is presented. The method allows one to calculate an itinerary on a dynamics graph. The dynamics graph is produced by those circulating in the zone to be mapped, the paths travelled being recorded by a geopositioning system compatible with inside use. The zone to be mapped is modelled in elementary volumes recoded in a zone database. The recorded paths are used to create a graph whereon an itinerary is calculated between two points, each of which being associated with an elementary volume of the zone. 1. A method for assisting the movement of an agent between a first point and a second point in a predetermined area , where the first point and the second point are located by coordinates relating to the predetermined area , the method comprising:calculating a route between the first point and the second point, where the route calculation is made from a graph recorded in a storage device for storing a graph server, [ 'modelling the predetermined area in terms of elementary volumes, and recording the elementary volumes in an area database,', 'a step prior to the calculation of a route including the following steps, determining the position of the assistance device, and', 'producing and transmitting a position message, including at least the determined position, to the graph server,, 'a step, which is continuously performed, by the assistance device, comprising the following steps, receiving a position message, and', 'updating the graph on the basis of the position message, where the update involves associating the position message with an elementary volume in the area database,, 'a step, which is continuously performed, by the graph server, including the following steps, a graph to be used to calculate routes is extracted from the model, and is such that there is a peak of the graph for each elementary volume, and where two peaks are connected by an arc if their corresponding elementary volumes ...

Shared requirement for a double differential timing procedure

In an aspect, a position estimation entity (e.g., LMF) determines at least one shared requirement (e.g., a timing requirement, an RF chain requirement, etc.) for both of a first differential timing (DT) procedure of a double differential timing (DDT) procedure (e.g., TDOA-based or RTT-based) and a second DT procedure of the DDT procedure, the first DT procedure based on timing measurements between a target user equipment (UE) and first and second wireless nodes, and the second DT procedure based on timing measurements between a reference wireless node and the first and second wireless nodes, and transmits, to at least the target UE and the reference wireless node, requests to perform the DDT procedure along with an indication of the at least one shared requirement for the DDT procedure.

Outdoor Object Location System and Method Thereof

A system and method for locating an object is provided. A locating circuit substantially secured to the object. A plurality of monitoring units are positioned remotely from the locating circuit, each positioned in a different location, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of monitoring units are positioned in an outdoor environment. An omnidirectional signal is intermittently communicated between the locating circuit and the plurality of monitoring units. A calculator is in communication with each of the plurality of monitoring units. The calculator determines a duration of transmission time of the omnidirectional signal for each of the plurality of monitoring units, and the locating circuit. The calculator calculates a location of the locating circuit using the determined duration of transmission time for each of the plurality of monitoring units and the locating circuit. 1. A system for locating an object comprising:a locating circuit substantially secured to the object;a plurality of monitoring units positioned remotely from the locating circuit, each positioned in a different location, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of monitoring units are positioned in an outdoor environment;an omnidirectional signal intermittently communicated between the locating circuit and the plurality of monitoring units; anda calculator in communication with each of the plurality of monitoring units, wherein the calculator determines a duration of transmission time of the omnidirectional signal between each of the monitoring units and the locating circuit and calculates a location of the locating circuit using the determined duration of transmission time for each of the monitoring units and the locating circuit.2. The system for locating an object of claim 1 , wherein the location of the locating circuit is expressed in three-dimensions.3. The system for locating an object of claim 1 , wherein the location of the locating circuit is accurate within at least 0.1 meters ...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A TIMING OFFSET OF EMITTER ANTENNAS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK

Systems and methods for determining a timing offset of a plurality of emitter antennas in a wireless network. The methods include deploying a network synchronization calibration unit at a location within receiving range of a plurality of direct path reference signals transmitted by the plurality of emitter antennas. The synchronization calibration unit receives the plurality of direct path reference signals and one or more reflected reference signals, which are then separated from one another to identify the direct path reference signals when a signal strength of one direct path reference signal is less than a signal strength of a reflected reference signal. A set of data is collected from the reflected reference signals that is indicative of the timing offset and that set of data is analyzed to estimate the timing offset. 1. A method for determining a timing offset of a plurality of emitter antennas in a wireless network , the method comprising:deploying a network synchronization calibration unit at a location within receiving range of a plurality of direct path reference signals, wherein each direct path reference signal among the plurality of direct path reference signals is transmitted by an emitter antenna among the plurality of emitter antennas;receiving, at the synchronization calibration unit, the plurality of direct path reference signals and one or more reflected reference signals;separating the plurality of direct path reference signals from the one or more reflected reference signals to identify the plurality of direct path reference signals, wherein a signal strength of one direct path reference signal among the plurality of direct path reference signals is less than a signal strength of at least one reflected reference signal among the one or more reflected reference signals;collecting from the one or more reflected reference signals a set of data that is indicative of the timing offset; andanalyzing the set of data to estimate the timing offset.2. The ...

Antenna adjustment method and apparatus, gateway, terminal, adjustment system, and storage medium

A method and apparatus, a gateway, a terminal, an adjustment system, and a storage medium are provided. The method may be applied to a gateway. The gateway may determine position information of at least one terminal through at least three ultra-wide band modules. The at least one terminal may be within a network coverage range of a gateway. The gateway may include the at least three ultra-wide band modules. The gateway may adjust a lobe direction of an antenna based on the position information of the at least one terminal to achieve shaped beam coverage for each terminal.

TECHNIQUES FOR DYNAMIC ENPOINT SECURE LOCATION AWARENESS

Techniques for dynamic endpoint secure location awareness may include determining that a mobile device changed locations. A platform security engine in the mobile device may dynamically send a location query. A location response may be received. The platform security engine may determine whether the mobile device is located in a secure location based on the location response. Other embodiments are described and claimed. 128.-. (canceled)29. An apparatus , comprising:processing circuitry; and establish secure communication between a platform security engine of a mobile device and a server via a secure communications media;', 'identify a location of the mobile device in response to a location query from the platform security engine of the mobile device; and', 'cause communication of a location response to the platform security engine of the mobile device based on the location of the mobile device., 'memory to store instructions operable on the processing circuitry, the instructions, when executed, to cause the processing circuitry to30. The apparatus of claim 29 , the processing circuitry to communicate the location response to the platform security engine via the secure communications media.31. The apparatus of claim 30 , wherein communication of the location response to the platform security engine via the secure communications media utilizes one or more of encryption claim 30 , a certificate claim 30 , or a Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA) key pair.32. The apparatus of claim 29 , the processing circuitry to receive the location query from the platform security engine of the mobile device via the secure communications media.33. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein the location response comprises an indication that the mobile device is in a secure location.34. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein the location response comprises an indication that the mobile device is in a non-secure location.35. The apparatus of claim 29 , the processing circuitry to establish secure ...

ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MOVEMENT DISTANCE CALCULATION SYSTEM

A plotter device measures movement distance of a moving body along with other device belonging to the same network, in which only of the devices belonging to the same network functions as a master, and a device other than the master functions as a slave. This plotter device includes a measurement component, a communication component, and a calculator. The measurement component adds the movement distance while the plotter device is functioning as the master to the master movement distance of the plotter device, and does not add the movement distance while the plotter device is functioning as the slave to the master movement distance of the plotter device. 1. An electronic device configured to measure movement distance of a moving body along with other device belonging to the same network , in which only one of the electronic device and the other device functions as a master , and a device other than the master functions as a slave , the electronic device comprising: switch between a state of functioning as the master and a state of functioning as the slave,', 'add the movement distance while the electronic device is functioning as the master to master movement distance of the electronic device,', 'refrain from adding the movement distance while the electronic device is functioning as the slave to the master movement distance of the electronic device', 'send the master movement distance of the electronic device to the other device,', 'receive the master movement distance of the other device, and', 'calculate total movement distance of the moving body by adding up the master movement distances of the electronic device and the other device; and, 'A hardware processor programmed to at leasta memory configured to store the master movement distances of the electronic device and the other device.2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprisinga display component configured to display the total movement distance calculated by the calculator.3. The ...

Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for Employing a Spatial Association Model in a Real Time Location System

An example method includes determining that first locations of a first location tag and second locations of a second location tag indicate that the first location tag is moving at a different rate than the second location tag; and, in response to determining that the first and second locations indicate that the first location tag is moving at a different rate than the second location tag at a first time, determining a distance magnitude between the first location tag and the second location tag at the first time; comparing the distance magnitude to a reference distance; and determining, based on the comparing of the distance magnitude to the reference distance, whether the first and second locations indicate that a type of movement of an asset is rotational.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION TRACKING NOTIFICATION

Systems and methods for location tracking notification are provided. Location sharing involves a mobile device sending location information to another device. This can allow another device to track the geographic location of the mobile device. Even though permissions can restrict access of the location information to only authorised users, the user of the mobile device might nonetheless wish to be informed of when another user is tracking their location. In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, if the location of the mobile device is being tracked, then the mobile device executes a user notification indicating that the location of the mobile device is being tracked. This can inform the user that their location is being tracked. 1. A method for execution in a server , the method comprising:receiving location information of a mobile device;providing the location information to at least one other device; andsending a message to the mobile device identifying who or what is tracking the location of the mobile device.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying who or what is tracking the location of the mobile device comprises:identifying each device to which the location information is sent.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying who or what is tracking the location of the mobile device comprises:identifying a user of each device to which the location information is sent.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying who or what is tracking the location of the mobile device comprises:identifying a tracking application operating on each device to which the location information is sent.5. The method of claim 1 , comprising:receiving location information of the mobile device only when the location information is needed.6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:sending a request to receive location information of the mobile device on an ongoing basis; andreceiving the location information of the mobile device on an ongoing basis.7. The method of ...

Disambiguation of Wireless Data Clusters Using Preclassification

Systems and methods for determining the geographic location of a user based on limited and ambiguous information available from the user's mobile electronic communication device are provided. In an embodiment, a computer-based system estimates a device's physical location based on partial identification information collected from the device such as the local area code and cell identification number, and numerous non-locational attributes. When the system determines that the collected information from the device corresponds to more than one single geographic location the system may use additional techniques of iterative disambiguation and filtering to determine a predicted location. Additional techniques may be used to increase the confidence level of the predicted location.

METHODS AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE SITE HEALTH INFORMATION

Methods and apparatus for generating site health information are disclosed herein. An example apparatus is configured to generate a hub quality matrix, wherein the apparatus comprises a processor and memory including machine-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to generate the hub quality matrix using at least two values of a data quality value based on the received location data, a receiver health value based on a receive rate of respective ones of the receivers, a locate gap value based on amounts of time between location estimations, a locate rate value based on a ratio of a first amount of the location estimations and a second amount of tracked participants at the site, and to output the hub quality matrix. 1. An apparatus configured to generate a hub quality matrix , wherein the apparatus comprises:a processor; andmemory including machine-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: a data quality value generated based on location data, the location data generated based on blink data transmitted by tags and received by receivers at a site,', 'a receiver health value generated based on a receive rate of respective ones of the receivers,', 'a locate gap value generated based on amounts of time between location estimations, and', 'a locate rate value generated based on a ratio of a first amount of the location estimations and a second amount of tracked participants at the site;, 'generate the hub quality matrix using at least two values ofoutput the hub quality matrix.2. An apparatus as defined in claim 1 , wherein the instructions claim 1 , when executed claim 1 , cause the processor to generate the hub quality matrix by applying a site specific multiplier to each of the data quality value claim 1 , the receiver health value claim 1 , the locate gap value claim 1 , and the locate rate value.3. An apparatus as defined in claim 2 , wherein the site specific multiplier is different for each of the data quality value ...

MULTI-PATH MITIGATION IN TRACKING OBJECTS USING A DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM

An autonomous system with no Customer Network Investment is described, wherein the system is configurable to operate on in a band in addition to the LTE band. Such system allows the definition of hybrid operations to accommodate the positioning reference signals (PRS) of LTE and already existing reference signals. The system can operate with PRS, with other reference signals such as cell-specific reference signals (CRS), or with both signal types. As such, the system provides the advantage of allowing network operator(s) to dynamically choose between modes of operation depending on circumstances, such as network throughput and compatibility. The system further enables information collected at a network device to be processed at a locate server without involving any processing at the network device. 1. A method for identifying antennas in a network comprising a plurality of wireless network nodes , wherein each wireless network node includes a single node antenna , comprising:receiving information at a locate server unit collected at a wireless network device in communication with the network, wherein the wireless network device includes a single device antenna, wherein the collected information includes a plurality of copies of a signal transmitted from each node antenna of the plurality of wireless network nodes, wherein each of the plurality of copies of the transmitted signal has a different time offset; andwithout processing the collected information for location purposes at the wireless network device, calculating at the locate server unit a geometric relationship between the wireless network device and each node antenna of the plurality of wireless network nodes based on the collected information.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each node antenna is placed at a known location.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a timing offset of each node antenna is known.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the single device antenna is within receiving range of at least two ...

Positioning method and apparatus

This application provides a positioning method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining, by a positioning apparatus, information about a transmission environment of each channel in a plurality of channels for a terminal device; determining, by the positioning apparatus, a target channel from the plurality of channels based on the information about the transmission environment of each channel; and locating, by the positioning apparatus, the terminal device based on positioning measurement information of the target channel. The positioning method and apparatus provided in this application helps improve positioning accuracy.

Techniques for trusted location application and location provider communications

Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for conveying location information between a location provider and a trusted location application within a mobile device through trusted communications to preclude its provision to an untrusted location application. An apparatus includes a processor component; and a location provider for execution by the processor component comprising a location baseband to determine a current location in a venue based on wireless signals received from a location network of the venue, a verification component to verify a trusted location application associated with the venue based at least on credentials received from the trusted location application, and an encryption component to encrypt location information indicating the current location and convey the location information to the trusted location application through a location manager interposed between the location provider and the trusted location application based on verification of the trusted location application. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

METHOD AND/OR SYSTEM FOR PASSIVE LOCATION ESTIMATION

Described are a system and method for a first wireless access point to compute timing parameters of neighboring access points based, at least in part, on beacon signals transmitted the neighboring access points. The first wireless access point may the broadcast the computed timing parameters to mobile devices. A mobile device having received the computed timing parameters may then compute an estimate of its location based, at least in part, on subsequently acquired beacon signals transmitted from the first access point and/or neighboring access points. 1. A method comprising , at a mobile device:receiving a broadcast message from at least one access point including timing parameters of at least three access points, at least some of said timing parameters being determined at said at least one access point based, at least in part, on a measured time of arrival of beacon signals acquired at said at least one access point;acquiring beacon signals at said mobile device from said at least three access points; andcomputing an estimated location of said mobile device based, at least in part, on application of said timing parameters to times of arrival of said beacon signals acquired at said mobile device from said at least three access points.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said access points comprise IEEE std. 802.11x access points.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein computing said estimated location of said mobile device further comprises computing said estimated location based claim 1 , at least in part claim 1 , on times of departure of said beacon signals acquired at said mobile device.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least some of said timing parameters of said at least three access points are determined based claim 1 , at least in part claim 1 , on times of departure of said beacon signals acquired at said at least one access point.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein computing said estimated location of said mobile device comprises computing said estimated ...

System and Method for Network Positioning of Devices in a Beamformed Communications System

A method for receiving device position determination includes receiving beamformed position reference signals (BF-PRSs) on a plurality of communications beams from at least two transmitting devices in accordance with a BF-PRS configuration, making at least one observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) measurement in accordance with the BF-PRSs on the plurality of communications beams, and transmitting OTDOA feedback including the at least one OTDOA measurement. 1. A method for receiving device position determination , the method comprising:receiving, by a receiving device, beamformed position reference signals (BF-PRSs) on a plurality of communications beams from at least two transmitting devices in accordance with a BF-PRS configuration;measuring, by the receiving device, at least one time difference (TD) of BF-PRSs in accordance with the BF-PRSs received over the plurality of communications beams; andtransmitting, by the receiving device, a feedback message specifying the measurement of the at least one TD of BF-PRS.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the BF-PRS configuration comprises at least one of indications of network resources used to convey the BF-PRSs to the receiving device claim 1 , or a mapping of communications beam identifier to network resource for each transmitting device.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein making the at least one OTDOA measurement comprises:selecting, by the receiving device, at least one communications beam of each transmitting device in accordance with a selection criterion;identifying, by the receiving device, at least one transmitting device pair from the at least two transmitting devices in accordance with the at least one communications beam of each transmitting device, wherein the at least one transmitting device pair comprises one communications beam for each transmitting device in the at least one transmitting device pair; anddetermining, by the receiving device, the at least one OTDOA measurement in accordance with time ...

DIFFERENTIAL ULTRA-WIDEBAND INDOOR POSITIONING METHOD

The differential ultra-wideband indoor positioning method provides differential positioning to increase the accuracy of ultra-wideband (UWB) based indoor position estimation. Knowledge about common errors can be learned by employment of a reference source, where the difference between its known and estimated position (differential operation in solution domain), or the difference between the known and measured ranges (differential operation in measurement domain), provides invaluable information to be utilized in reducing errors in estimating the position of the target source. Differential operation accuracy reaches far beyond the accuracy of the non-differential setting. 1. A computer-implemented differential ultra-wideband indoor positioning method , comprising the steps of:storing in memory a precisely known position of a single reference source (RS), wherein both a target source (TS) and the single RS are transmitting ultra-wideband (UWB) signals;acquiring times of arrival (TOA) of both the RS and the TS;estimating range and position of the RS and the TS based on the TOA of the ultra-wideband (UWB) signals;computing the difference between range and positioning parameters based on the stored precisely known position of the RS, and range and positioning parameters based on the estimate of the RS;computing correction factors for the TS estimated range and position based on the computed difference of the RS range and positioning parameters; andrecalculating the TS estimated range and position based on the correction factors;wherein sensors i involved in the acquisition of the RS and the TS TOA are common to both the TS and the RS.3. A computer-implemented differential ultra-wideband indoor positioning method , comprising the steps of:storing in memory a precisely known position of a single reference source (RS) and known positions of n ultra-wideband (UWB) sensors, wherein both a target source (TS) and the single RS are transmitting ultra-wideband (UWB) signals; ...

POSITIONING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

A method for performing positioning for estimating position in a wireless communication system according to the present invention comprises transmitting, by a first UE, a positioning request message for performing the positioning to an eNB; transmitting, by the eNB, an anchor request message to neighboring UEs within a cell to find UEs which may become a second UE; receiving, the eNB, an anchor response message corresponding to a response to the anchor request message from at least one UE from among neighboring UEs within the cell; and determining, by the eNB, the second UE based on the received anchor response message. 1. A method for performing positioning for estimating position in a wireless communication system , comprising:transmitting, by a first UE, a positioning request message for performing the positioning to an eNB;transmitting, by the eNB, an anchor request message to neighboring UEs within a cell to find UEs which may become a second UE, wherein the second UE holds its own position information and is capable of supporting the first UE's performing positioning;receiving, by the eNB, an anchor response message corresponding to a response to the anchor request message from at least one UE from among neighboring UEs within the cell;determining, by the eNB, the second UE based on the received anchor response message;transmitting, by the eNB, a position request message for commanding the determined second UE to transmit position of the determined second UE to the first UE by using sidelink communication;transmitting, by the determined second UE, its position information to the first UE by using the sidelink communication; andperforming, by the first UE, positioning by using the received position information of the second UE.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anchor response message is received from a UE which may become the second UE among neighboring UEs within the cell.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising coverage restriction information so ...

Communication device, information processing method, and storage medium

A communication device is configured to correlate a first signal with a second signal at a designated interval, the second signal corresponding to the first signal and being received by the communication device where the other communication device transmits a signal including a pulse as the first signal, convert a correlation computation result that is a result of correlating the first signal with the second signal at the designated interval into a format including a matrix product of an expanded modal matrix and an expanded signal vector, the expanded modal matrix including a plurality of elements indicating the correlation computation result obtained when assuming that the signals are received at respective set times, the expanded signal vector being a vector including a plurality of elements, each of which indicates whether or not there is a signal received at each of the set times and amplitude and phase of the signal.

Method and apparatus for wireless signal based location endpoint triangulation using 5g mmwave, lte, and wi-fi

An information handling system operating a diverse wireless location determination system, comprising receiving an instruction to determine a location of an endpoint information handling system having a plurality of network interface device modules supporting a plurality of wireless network protocols, a processor executing instructions to aggregate data including detected time of flight (TOF) signal distance and signal quality values relating to signals exchanged between the endpoint information handling system and a plurality of diverse wireless protocol access points, the processor to determine at least three diverse wireless protocol access point signals meet a signal quality threshold, where at least two of the diverse wireless protocol access points operate under different wireless protocols, and the processor conducting weighted multiangulation or multilateration utilizing the detected TOF signal distances of the exchanged signals based on the detected signal quality category and type of wireless protocol for the exchanged signal.

ARRANGEMENT FOR PHYSICALLY LOCATING FIELD DEVICES IN PROCESS INSTALLATIONS

The disclosure relates to an arrangement for physically locating field devices in process installations, in which each field device can be identified and the installation location of each field device in the process installation is known. In order to control and find a field device in the shortest possible time, a mobile device having at least one memory and a graphical display device is provided, at least one graphical representation of the field device and a topological coordinate specification of the installation location of the respective field device being assigned to the particularized data relating to the respective field device and being stored in a retrievable manner in the at least one memory. 1. An arrangement for physically locating field devices in process installations , in which each field device can be identified and an installation location for each field device in the process installation is known , the arrangement comprising:a mobile device having at least one memory; anda graphical display device, wherein the at least one memory is configured to store, and does store, in a retrievable manner, at least one graphical representation of a field device, a topological coordinate specification of an installation location of the field device, and device specific data relating to the field device.2. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the topological coordinate specification of the installation location is embedded in an environment map on which further objects of the installation location are recorded.3. The arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the topological coordinate specification of the installation location includes a height indication of the field device.4. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the topological coordinate specification of the installation location includes a height indication of the field device.5. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mobile device comprises:means for determining a ...

Nodes and Methods for Enhancing Positioning

The present disclosure relates to a positioning node, a core network node, a radio network (RN) node, and a user equipment (UE) of a wireless network, and to a related method of supporting UE positioning. The method comprises transmitting UE radio access capability information and/or radio network node capability information to the positioning node. The transmission of UE radio access capability information is either unsolicited or triggered by a request. The UE radio access capability information may be transmitted from the CN node, from the RN node or from the UE, and the RN node capability information is received from the RN node itself. The positioning node supports positioning of the UE based on the received UE radio access capability information and/or the radio network node capability information. 1. (canceled)2. A method , in a positioning node of a wireless communication system , of supporting wireless device positioning , the method comprising: radio access capability information associated with a wireless device; and', 'network-side capability information associated with a radio network node; and, 'receiving at least one of the followingsupporting positioning of the wireless device based on the received at least one of the radio access capability information associated with the wireless device and the network-side capability information associated with the radio network node;wherein the radio access capability information is received from the associated wireless device.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the radio access capability information is received from a core network node.4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the radio access capability information is received from the radio network node.5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the radio access capability information is received in a positioning request.6. The method of claim 2 , further comprising transmitting a request for the radio access capability information before receiving the radio access ...

Method for performing timing measurement for location estimation of an electronic device with aid of one request sent to multiple peer devices, and associated apparatus

A method and apparatus for performing timing measurement for location estimation of an electronic device are provided, where the method includes the steps of: sending a pre-association broadcast request frame to trigger multiple responders in a wireless network system to initiate timing measurement; and performing timing measurement according to a plurality of timestamps, for determining a location of the electronic device, wherein for a specific responder of the responders, a first timestamp and a second timestamp within the plurality of timestamps respectively correspond to a time of departure (ToD) and a time of arrival (ToA) of a pre-association uni-cast response frame received from the specific responder, and a third timestamp and a fourth timestamp within the plurality of timestamps respectively correspond to a ToD and a ToA of an acknowledgement frame corresponding to the pre-association uni-cast response frame, the acknowledgement frame sent from the electronic device to the specific responder.

APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING POSITION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

A receiver apparatus, a receiver method, a transmitter apparatus, a transmitter method, and a chipset for estimating a position of a terminal in a communication system are provided. The receiver apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive signals transmitted from two or more antennas which are in an Access Point (AP) and have radial directions which are different from each other; and a controller configured to determine signal levels with respect to the respective two or more antennas from signal strength values of signals which are distinguished by the received radial directions which are different from each other, estimate a direction and distance between the AP and the terminal on the basis of the determined signal levels, and determine the position of the terminal from the estimated direction and distance. 1. An apparatus for estimating a position of a terminal in a communication system , the apparatus comprising:a receiver configured to receive signals transmitted from two or more antennas which are included in an access point (AP) and have radial directions which are different from each other; anda controller configured to determine signal levels with respect to the respective two or more antennas from signal strength values of signals which are distinguished by the received radial directions which are different from each other, estimate a direction and distance between the AP and the terminal on the basis of the determined signal levels, and determine the position of the terminal from the estimated direction and distance.2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the determined signal levels are determined by a relative difference between the signal strength values of the signals which are distinguished by the received radial directions which are different from each other.3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the determined signal levels are determined by relative values of angles of the two or more antennas claim 1 , respectively.4. The apparatus of claim ...

Terminal number estimating system, terminal specifying system, terminal number estimating device, terminal number specifying device, and processing method

A terminal number estimating system includes: a plurality of receivers that receive a wireless signal transmitted from a plurality of terminal devices by frequency-division multiple access; a Fourier transform unit that performs a discrete Fourier transform on each wireless signal received by the plurality of reception means and outputs a discrete Fourier coefficient; and a terminal number estimation unit that estimates a position of each terminal device by clustering a resource block of each wireless signal based on each discrete Fourier coefficient.

Tracking Device Operation in Safety-Classified Zone

Tracking devices can be associated with safe zones, smart zones, and high risk zones. Safe zones correspond to regions where a likelihood that a tracking device is lost within the safe zone is lower than outside the safe zone. High risk zones correspond to regions where a likelihood that a tracking device is lost within the high risk zone is higher than outside the high risk zone. Smart zones correspond to an expected tracking device, mobile device, or user behavior. Home areas are geographic regions in which a user resides, and travel areas are geographic regions in which a user does not reside. A tracking device can be configured to operate in a mode selected based on a presence of the tracking device within a safe zone, a smart zone, a high risk zone, a home area, or a travel area. 1. A method for locating a tracking device , comprising:accessing, by a central tracking system, information describing each of one or more geographic regions, each geographic region associated with a geographic boundary and a tracking device configuration mode corresponding to the geographic region;determining, by the central tracking system, that a user of the tracking device is located within a first geographic boundary of a first geographic region;identifying, by the central tracking system, the tracking device configuration mode corresponding to the first geographic region; andproviding, by the central tracking system, an instruction to a mobile device of the user to configure the tracking device to operate in the identified tracking device operating mode, the mobile device configured to, in response to receiving the instruction, configure the tracking device to operate in the identified tracking device configuration mode.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a home of the user is located within the first geographic region.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first geographic region comprises a city claim 1 , town claim 1 , or neighborhood in which the user lives.4. The method of ...

Methods and systems for returning an early positioning fix

Disclosed are methods and systems for supporting positioning operations in a cellular communication network including locating a mobile device in response to an emergency event. In one particular implementation, a first position fix may be provided quickly by a mobile device and may be followed by a second, more accurate, position fix at a later time. In particular implementations, the first and second position fixes may be provided using the 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) Positioning Protocol (LPP) as part of a single LPP transaction and may further be provided using a user plane or control plane location solution.

Method And Apparatus For Determining Tag Location

Various embodiments provide a method and apparatus for determining tag location by using one or more estimated channel responses (CR) that characterize the wireless channel between the tag and one or more respective anchors. In particular, a tracking server in communication with the anchor(s) determines the tag's location based on a comparison of the estimated CR(s) with a set of stored CRs associated with the anchor(s). 1. An apparatus for providing a tag location of a tag , the apparatus comprising:an anchor configured to receive a wireless signal from the tag;a data storage configured to store a set of channel responses; and determine an estimated channel response based on the received wireless signal; and', 'estimate the tag location based on the estimated channel response and the set of channel responses., 'a processor communicatively connected to the data storage, the processor being configured to2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the channel responses are channel impulse responses.3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein determination of the estimated channel response includes configuring the processor to perform a matched filtering operation.4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the apparatus further comprises: correlate the received wireless signal;', 'estimate a set of channel response characteristics associated with the received wireless signal; and', 'provide the set of channel response characteristics to the processor;, 'a matched filter receiver communicatively connected to the processor, the matched filter receiver being configured towherein the matched filtering operation is based on the transmitted wireless signal.5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the set of channel responses include a representative channel response and an associated location.6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the representative channel response includes a set of amplitudes and delays.7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus further includes:a ...

REACTIVE HYBRID LOCATION DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

A method is described of using the mobile device so as to control the drain of power from the power source of the mobile device, the mobile device having at least two location determination techniques having respective power drain characteristics, the method includes selecting the location determination technique having a lower power drain characteristic the greater the determined distance of the mobile device from a predetermined location or area, and selecting the location determination technique having the greater power drain characteristic the smaller the determined distance of the mobile device from a predetermined location or area. The method thus uses the least accurate technique when furthest away and the most accurate technique when closer to a predetermined location or area. 1. A method for determining a location of a mobile device using a plurality of location determination techniques available to the mobile device each location determination technique having a respective accuracy of determination , the method comprising:a) calculating, at the mobile device, a first location of the mobile device using a first location determination technique, the first location determination technique having a first accuracy of determination, the first accuracy of determination associated with a first error distance;b) determining a distance of the mobile device at the determined location to a predetermined location and adding the first error distance; c) calculating, at the mobile device, a second location of the mobile using a second location determination technique, the second location determination technique having a second accuracy of determination, the second accuracy of determination associated with a second error distance wherein the second accuracy of determination is greater than the first accuracy of determination;', 'd) determining a second distance of the mobile device at the determined to a predetermined location and adding including the second error ...

ANTENNA, WIRELESS TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND POSITION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM

An accuracy of required position measurement can be ensured and an antenna can be miniaturized. 1. An antenna which transmits a wireless signal for position measurement , comprising:a board that is formed of a dielectric material;four radiation conductors that are formed in a 2×2 array on a first surface of the board; anda ground conductor that is formed on a second surface of the board,wherein the board and the ground conductor are formed so as not to protrude to an outside of the four radiation conductors.2. An antenna which transmits a wireless signal for position measurement , comprising:a board that is formed of a dielectric material;four radiation conductors that are formed in a 2×2 array on a first surface of the board; anda ground conductor that is formed on a second surface of the board,wherein an attachment portion to which a fixing component for being fixed to a case is attached is formed on an outside of the four radiation conductors on the board.3. The antenna of claim 2 ,wherein the board includes a peripheral edge portion including the attachment portion on the outside of the radiation conductor, andwherein the ground conductor is formed in a region of the second surface corresponding to a region where the radiation conductor is formed and a region other than the attachment portion in the peripheral edge portion.4. The antenna of claim 3 ,wherein the peripheral edge portion has a width smaller than or equal to one eighth of an entire width of the board.5. The antenna of claim 1 , further comprising:a power supply conductor that is formed on the first surface and supplies power to the radiation conductor,wherein the power supply conductor is formed on an inside of a region where the radiation conductor is formed.6. A wireless transmission device comprising:{'claim-ref': {'@idref': 'CLM-00001', 'claim 1'}, 'the antenna according to ;'}a storage that stores identification information of the wireless transmission device; anda signal generator that outputs ...

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND RECEIVING DEVICE

In a communication system, a transmitting unit divides each of latitude data and longitude data of a current location transmitted from a GPS receiver, at a predetermined digit position, into high order data and low order data. The transmitting unit makes a high order frame containing the high order data of each of the latitude data and the longitude data, and a low order frame containing the low order data of each of the latitude data and the longitude data, and transmits the high order frame and the low order frame, independently to a CAN bus. A receiving unit combines the high and low order data regarding the latitude data together, and further combines the high and low order data regarding the longitude data, extracted from the received high and low order frames in order to reconstruct the latitude data and the longitude data of the current location. 1. A communication system comprising:an acquiring section which acquires latitude data and longitude data of a current location transmitted from a location detection section which detects the current location;a dividing section which divides the latitude data and longitude data of the current location acquired by the acquiring section, at a predetermined digit position, into high order data and low order data of the latitude and high order data and low order data of the longitude, respectively;a generating section which generates a high order frame and a low order frame in which the high order frame contains the high order data of the latitude and the high order data of the longitude, and the low order frame contains the low order data of the latitude and the low order data of the longitude;a transmitting section which transmits the high order frame and the low order frame generated by the generating section, in different transmission data to a predetermined communication network;a receiving section which receives the high order frame and the low order frame transmitted from the transmitting section;a reconstructing ...

Communication nodes and methods for implementing a positioning-related signalling exchange

A node comprises a location unit determines that the node requires positioning support from the anchor nodes, and a transmitter to transmit a request for positioning support from the anchor nodes. The node comprises a selection unit to select a set of the plurality of anchor nodes for providing positioning support following the transmission of the request. It also causes the transmitter to transmit an instruction to each anchor node in the set that instructs that anchor node to provide positioning support to the node via a sidelink between that respective anchor node and the node. The request for positioning support is transmitted at a time that suits the node, in dependence on its own situation and the requirements of any applications it might be running. The selection unit enables the node to make a dynamic selection of appropriate anchor nodes at the time when the node needs positioning support.

PARTIALLY SYNCHRONIZED MULTILATERATION OR TRILATERATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POSITIONAL FINDING USING RF

Systems and methods for determining a location of one or more user equipment (UE) in a wireless system can comprise receiving reference signals via a location management unit having two or more co-located channels, wherein the two or more co-located channels are tightly synchronized with each other and utilizing the received reference signals to calculate a location of at least one UE among the one or more UE. Embodiments include multichannel synchronization with a standard deviation of less than or equal 10 ns. Embodiments can include two LMUs, with each LMU having internal synchronization, or one LMU with tightly synchronized signals. 2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the two or more co-located channels comprise a location management unit card or a small cell.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the two or more co-located channels are integrated with the same rack mount system.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the co-located channels are synchronized within a standard deviation of a predetermined time based on a desired accuracy of the location for the wireless system.5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the predetermined time is between about 3 ns and about 10 ns.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of utilizing includes utilizing one or more line of position (LOP).7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference signals are received from geographically distributed antennae.8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference signals are received from a shared group of antennae in communication with the two or more co-located channels.9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location management unit or an antenna servicing the location management unit is co-located with a WiFi device.10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the location management unit shares a power source with the WiFi device.11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the antenna servicing the location management unit shares a power source with the WiFi device. This application is a ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNCATION SYSTEM

An apparatus and method of processing a positioning reference signal are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes determining a narrow-band (NB) positioning reference signal (PRS) bitmap indicating a pattern selecting NB PRS subframes, wherein each NB PRS subframe comprises an NB PRS for positioning an NB user equipment (UE), transmitting, to the NB UE, NB PRS configuration information for the NB UE, the NB PRS configuration information comprising the NB PRS bitmap, determining, by a reference cell and based on the NB PRS bitmap, NB PRS subframes of the reference cell, mapping, by the reference cell, a first NB PRS in the NB PRS subframes of the reference cell, and receiving, from the NB UE and in response to the first NB PRS, a reference signal time difference (RSTD) measurement. 1. A method comprising:receiving, by a wireless user device, narrow-band (NB) positioning reference signal (PRS) configuration information comprising an NB PRS bitmap indicating a pattern for selecting NB PRS subframes, wherein at least one of the NB PRS subframes comprises an NB PRS for positioning the wireless user device;determining, based on an NB PRS muting indicator, that first NB PRS subframes of a cell are not muted;determining, based on the NB PRS bitmap, a first NB PRS mapped in the first NB PRS subframes;generating, based on the first NB PRS, a reference signal time difference (RSTD); andtransmitting, by the wireless user device, the RSTD.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the NB PRS bitmap has a size of 10 consecutive bits respectively corresponding to 10 subframes in each radio frame.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the NB PRS bitmap has a size of 40 consecutive bits respectively corresponding to 40 subframes.4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:determining, from a plurality of radio frames of the cell and based on a plurality of repetitions of the NB PRS bitmap, NB PRS subframes of the cell.5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:determining, from ...

Light Fixture Positioning System That Transmits Beacon Signals Having Different Spatial Resolutions

Systems, methods, and computer program products for determining the location of, and for communicating with a mobile device. An intelligent fixture transmits a first signal having a first spatial resolution and a second signal having a second spatial resolution. The spatial resolutions may be determined by a radiation pattern of the antenna broadcasting the signal. The mobile device receives at least one of the first and second signals, and determines an approximate location based thereon. An approximate location based on the first signal may be more accurate than an approximate location based on the second signal due to the different spatial resolutions of the signals. Location specific information may be transmitted to the mobile device based on the approximate location. The intelligent fixture may use an antenna having one spatial resolution for transmitting and receiving communication signals, and another antenna having a different spatial resolution for broadcasting beacon signals. 1. A method of determining a location of a mobile device , the method comprising:transmitting, from an intelligent fixture, a first radio frequency signal having a first spatial resolution; andtransmitting, from the intelligent fixture, a second radio frequency signal having a second spatial resolution,wherein the mobile device is configured to determine an approximate location based on at least one of the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal, andthe approximate location determined from the first radio frequency signal is more accurate than the approximate location determined from the second radio frequency signal.2. The method of further comprising:receiving, at the intelligent fixture, at least one of a third signal transmitted by the mobile device in response to receiving the first radio frequency signal, or a fourth signal transmitted by the mobile device in response to receiving the second radio frequency signal, the at least one of the third signal ...

Methods of detecting, diagnosing, and treating atherosclerotic plaque rupture

A method for use in determining a position of a mobile device in a wireless communication network includes acquiring, by the mobile device, a first positioning signal transmitted at a first frequency and a second positioning signal transmitted at a second frequency that is different than the first frequency. The mobile device performs a first measurement of a time difference of arrival between the first positioning signal and second positioning signal. In certain implementations, in response to a determination to not apply an inter-frequency bias compensation to the first measurement for inter-frequency related delays corresponding to first frequency, second frequency, or both first and second frequency, the mobile device sends the first measurement and a first measurement description to a server to determine the position of the mobile device. The first measurement description indicates that the first measurement has not been compensated for the inter-frequency related delays.

Locating a tag in an area

A method and system for locating a tag. The system has a first receiver configured to receive a signal from a tag. The first receiver has at least two antennas each configured to receive the signal. The system is configured to calculate a first angle of arrival of the signal at the first receiver based on a distance between a first set of two antennas of the first receiver and a time difference of arrival of the signal at the two antennas of the first set. The tag has a tag antenna that is configured to transmit signals having a wide bandwidth and has a frequency independent phase center and wherein the signal is an ultra wideband signal having one or more pulses.

PARTIALLY SYNCHRONIZED MULTILATERATION OR TRILATERATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POSITIONAL FINDING USING RF

Systems and methods for determining a location of one or more user equipment (UE) in a wireless system can comprise receiving reference signals via a location management unit having two or more co-located channels, wherein the two or more co-located channels are tightly synchronized with each other and utilizing the received reference signals to calculate a location of at least one UE among the one or more UE. Embodiments include multichannel synchronization with a standard deviation of less than or equal 10 ns. Embodiments can include two LMUs, with each LMU having internal synchronization, or one LMU with tightly synchronized signals. 1. A method for facilitating a determination of a location of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless system , the method comprising:determining when positioning reference signals are available for use in a first mode of operation;determining when non-positioning specific reference signals are available for use in a second mode of operation;selecting the first mode of operation, the second mode of operation, or a combination of the first mode of operation and the second mode of operation as a mode of operation of the wireless system based at least on available reference signals;utilizing the selected mode of operation to collect a snap-shot of signals received from the UE, the snap-shot including available reference signals in a digital format;sending the snap-shot to a wireless network infrastructure of the wireless system; andprocessing the location of the UE in the wireless network infrastructure based on the snap-shot.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending to the wireless network infrastructure one or more of a timing difference between Rx sub-frames and Tx sub-frames received from the UE and a time advance (TA) measurement by a serving cell to the UE.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE is configured to communicate with a locate server unit (LSU) included in the wireless network infrastructure and processing the ...

METHOD FOR ACTIVATING FUNCTIONS IN A RADIO RECEIVER

A method for activating functions in a radio receiver is provided. The radio receiver detects a radio signal portion by recording, over a predetermined period of time, one or more received radio signals of a radio system, wherein a location and/or time information is assigned to the radio signal portion, which represents the location of the radio receiver upon receipt of the radio signal or radio signals, and which can. The radio receiver converts the radio signal portion into a communication signal, which is transmitted to a server via a communication network. In the server, it is then determined, if the location information and/or time information assigned to the radio signal portion is within a permissible range. If this is the case, the server sends an activation code, whereupon an activation of one or more functions is triggered in the radio receiver. 1. A method for activating functions in a radio receiver , in whicha) the radio receiver detects a radio signal section by recording over a predetermined period one or more radio signals received by it from a radio system, wherein the radio signal section has an associated piece of location and/or time information that represents the location of the radio receiver on reception of the radio signal(s) and/or the time of reception of the radio signal(s) and that is ascertainable from the radio signal section;b) the radio receiver converts the radio signal section into a communication signal that contains the radio signal section, and transmits this communication signal via a communication network to a server;c) the transmitted communication signal is received via the communication network by the server, which uses the radio signal section in the communication signal to determine whether the piece of location and/or time information associated with the radio signal section is in an admissible value range;d) the server transmits an activation code via the communication network to the radio receiver if a number of ...

LOCATION ESTIMATION USING MULTI-USER MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK

Computer readable media, methods, and apparatuses for location estimation using multi-user multiple-input multiple-output in a wireless local-area network are disclosed. An apparatus is disclosed comprising processing circuitry configure to: encode a fine timing measurement (FTM) initiate (FTI) frame, the FTI frame comprising M message uplink resource allocations for a plurality of responders to transmit M messages to the HE STA. The processing circuitry further configured to configure the HE STA to transmit the FTI frame to the plurality of responders, and decode M0 messages from the plurality of responders in accordance with the M message uplink resource allocations, where the M messages are to be received at the HE STA at times T in accordance with multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO). The processing circuitry further configured to acknowledge the M messages to be transmitted at a time T and decode M messages comprising a corresponding time T and time T 1. An apparatus of a responding station (RSTA) , the apparatus comprising memory; and processing circuitry coupled to the memory , the processing circuity configured to:encode for transmission a trigger frame (TF) to initiate trigger based (TB) ranging, the TF comprising uplink (UL) resource allocations for initiating (ISTAs) to transmit UL null data packets (NDPs) to the RSTA, wherein the UL resource allocations indicate spatial streams for the ISTAs to transmit the UL NDPs;configure the RSTA to transmit the TF to the ISTAs;{'b': '2', 'decode the UL NDPs from the ISTAs in accordance with corresponding spatial streams, wherein the UL NDPs are received at the RSTA at times t;'}encode for transmission a downlink (DL) NDP;{'b': '3', 'configure the RSTA to transmit the DL NDP to the ISTAs at time t; and'}{'b': 2', '3, 'encode for transmission location measurement reporting frames to the ISTAs, the location measurement reporting frames comprising corresponding times t and the time t.'}23. The apparatus ...

Method and system for geolocating a terminal in range of a transmitting device of interest

A method for geolocating a terminal of a wireless communication system. The terminal receiving a message transmitted by a transmitting device of interest. An ambiguous item of identification information is obtained from the transmitting device of interest. The terminal transmitting to the access network a message including the ambiguous item of identification information from the transmitting device of interest. The access network estimating an approximate geographical position of the terminal. The transmitting device of interest is identified in a table storing a list of transmitting device identifiers and the respective geographical positions of the transmitting devices. The precise geographical position of the terminal is estimated according to the geographical position of said transmitting device of interest.

Multi-Factor Location Verification

In one embodiment, a method includes accessing at least two determinations of the location of a mobile computing device, with each determined location having been determined without reference to explicit location information manually input by a user of the mobile computing device. At least one first determined location is compared with at least one second determined location, with comparisons being made between location determinations made based on different location determination input. A functionality associated with the mobile computing device is allowed if the first determined location corresponds to at least one of the second determined locations.

Multiple timing advance measurements for positioning

A method and apparatus are provided for obtaining and using multiple timing advance measurements for positioning purposes. A first timing advance measurement is obtained. The first timing advance measurement is indicative of a measurement based on one or more signals of a first serving cell. A a second timing advance measurement is also obtained. The second timing advance measurement is indicative of a measurement based on one or more signals of a second serving cell. A location estimate is determined based at least partially on the first timing advance measurement and the second timing advance measurement.

REFERENCE SIGNAL TIME DIFFERENCE (RSTD) MEASUREMENTS FOR OBSERVED TIME DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL (OTDOA) POSITIONING

Technology for a UE configured to perform RSTD measurements for OTDOA positioning is disclosed. The UE can decode a MBSFN subframe configuration information for one or more cells in a plurality of cells. The UE can decode PRS configuration information for one or more cells in the plurality of cells. The UE can determine, for the one or more cells in the plurality of cells, an existence of a CRS for selected subframes of a plurality of subframes based on the MBSFN subframe configuration information. The UE can determine for the one or more cells in the plurality of cells, an existence of a PRS for selected subframes of the plurality of subframes based on the PRS configuration information. The UE can measure the RSTD for the one or more cells in the plurality of cells using the CRS and the PRS. 120-. (canceled)21. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) configured to perform Reference Signal Time Difference (RSTD) measurements for Observed Time Difference Of Arrival (OTDOA) positioning , the apparatus comprising:one or more processors configured to:decode a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe configuration information for one or more cells in a plurality of cells;decode Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) configuration information for one or more cells in the plurality of cells;determine, for the one or more cells in the plurality of cells, an existence of a CRS for selected subframes of a plurality of subframes based on the MBSFN subframe configuration information;determine for the one or more cells in the plurality of cells, an existence of a PRS for selected subframes of the plurality of subframes based on the PRS configuration information;measure the RSTD for the one or more cells in the plurality of cells using the CRS and the PRS; anda memory interface configured to send to a memory the RSTD.22. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to decode the MBSFN subframe ...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TOA AND DOA ACQUISITION AND TRACKING FOR SIGNAL OF OPPORTUNITY POSITIONING

Processes and device configurations, including a receiver structure, are provided to jointly estimate the time-of-arrival (TOA) and azimuth and elevation angles of direction-of-arrival (DOA) from signals of opportunity, such as received cellular long-term evolution (LTE) signals. In one embodiment, a matrix pencil (MP) algorithm is used to obtain a coarse estimate of the TOA and DOA. Tracking loop configurations are provided to refine the estimates and jointly track the TOA and DOA changes. One or more solutions are provided for acquisition and tracking in the presence of noise and multipath signals. Processes and devices configurations are provided to use refined estimates to determine position and for use in navigation of a device. 1. A method for positioning using signals of opportunity based on joint time of arrival (TOA) and direction of arrival (DOA) acquisition and tracking , the method comprising:receiving, by a device, at least one signal of opportunity;performing, by the device, an estimation of time of arrival (TOA) and direction of arrival (DOA) for the at least one signal of opportunity, wherein the estimation of TOA and DOA is jointly determined by the device;performing, by the device, signal tracking of TOA and DOA estimates for the at least one signal of opportunity, wherein the TOA and DOA estimates are refined based on an azimuth, elevation and delay locked-loops; anddetermining, by the device, a location for the device based on refined TOA and DOA estimates.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one signal of opportunity is a cellular long-term evolution (LTE) signal.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the estimation of time of arrival (TOA) and direction of arrival (DOA) is performed using three-dimensional (3D) matrix pencil (MP) operations to jointly estimate two-dimensional (2D) DOA and TOA of a received signal of opportunity.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the 3D MP operations jointly estimate TOA and DOA by constructing an ...

LOW PROFILE POINTING DEVICE

Methods and systems related to the field of pointing devices are disclosed herein. A pointing device having a pointing direction can include at least two antennas aligned with the pointing direction. A pointing target can include at least one antenna that can transmit a signal to be received by the at least two antennas in the pointing device. A difference of the signal as received by each of the at least two antennas in the pointing device can be determined. An angle between the pointing direction and the pointing target can be determined using the difference. 1. A device comprising:a pointing direction;a set of antennas including a first antenna and a second antenna;wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are aligned with the pointing direction; andone or more computer readable media storing instructions which, when executed on the device, cause the device to:determine a difference between: (i) a signal as received by the first antenna; and (ii) the signal as received by the second antenna; anddetermine, using the difference, an angle between: (i) the pointing direction; and (ii) a signal source direction of the signal.2. The device of claim 1 , wherein:the antennas in the set of antennas are ultra-wide band antennas.3. The device of claim 1 , wherein:the first antenna and the second antenna are aligned with the pointing direction in that a line connecting a center of the first antenna to a center of the second antenna is parallel with the pointing direction.4. The device of claim 1 , wherein:the pointing direction is physically delineated by the device.5. The device of claim 1 , wherein:the set of antennas includes a third antenna; andthe first antenna, the second antenna, and the third antenna are placed on the device in a right triangle configuration.6. The device of claim 1 , wherein:the signal has a wavelength; andthe first antenna and the second antenna are spaced apart by at least one half of the wavelength.7. The device of claim 1 , wherein:the ...

APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN WIRELESS NETWORKS HAVING DIFFERENT COORDINATE DOMAINS

Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of communication between wireless networks having different coordinate domains. For example, a first wireless communication device may include a radio to communicate over a first wireless network having a first coordinate domain, the radio to receive a message from a second wireless device of a second wireless network having a second coordinate domain, the message including coordinate information of the second coordinate domain; and a controller to determine, based on the coordinate information, a usage of the second coordinate domain by the first wireless communication device, and to publish the usage to the second wireless communication device. 1. A first wireless communication device comprising:a radio to communicate over a first wireless network having a first coordinate domain, the radio to receive a message from a second wireless device of a second wireless network having a second coordinate domain, the message including coordinate information of said second coordinate domain; anda controller to determine, based on said coordinate information, a usage of said second coordinate domain by said first wireless communication device, and to publish said usage to said second wireless communication device.2. The first wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein said controller is to determine said first wireless communication device is to use said second coordinate domain claim 1 , instead of said first coordinate domain.3. The first wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein said controller is to determine said first wireless communication device is not to use said second coordinate domain claim 1 , and to use said first coordinate domain.4. The first wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein said controller is to bridge between said first and second coordinate domains based on a coordinate transformation to transform coordinate values of said second coordinate domain ...

PSEUDO-DOPPLER SHIFT THREE DIMENSIONAL LOCATION MAPPING

An apparatus for a radar antenna mapping system is described. The system comprises a plurality of antenna arrays configured to receive signals emitted from a transmitter. The system further comprises wherein the transmitter emits signals of a plurality of frequencies, wherein the transmitter is coupled to a component within a data center, and wherein each of the plurality of antenna arrays are configured to receive a signal of one of the plurality of frequencies. The plurality of antenna arrays each comprise a plurality of antenna elements configured to determine a location of the transmitter in a respective coordinate plane by receiving signals of one of the plurality of frequencies. The system further comprises a computer with a central processor configured to determine the location of the transmitter based upon the signals received by the plurality of antenna arrays and construct a map of the location of the component. 1. A system comprising:a plurality of antenna arrays, each of the plurality of antenna arrays arranged in a respective coordinate plane, the plurality of antenna arrays configured to receive signals emitted from a transmitter, wherein the transmitter is coupled with a component disposed within a data center;wherein the transmitter emits signals of a plurality of frequencies, wherein each of the plurality of antenna arrays are configured to receive a signal of one of the plurality of frequencies;wherein each one of the plurality of antenna arrays comprise a plurality of antenna elements, each plurality of antenna elements configured to determine a location of the transmitter in the respective coordinate plane by receiving signals of one of the plurality of frequencies; anda computer coupled to the plurality of antenna arrays, wherein the computer comprises a central processor configured to determine the location of the transmitter based upon the signals received by the plurality of antenna arrays and construct a map of the location of the component. ...

MULTI-MODAL ON-FIELD POSITION DETERMINATION

A system, devices, and methods include a player network hub and relay network hubs. The player network hub is configured to form a body area network with peripheral devices by communicating wirelessly according to a first wireless protocol and transmit location information according to a second winless protocol different than the first wireless protocol. The relay network hubs are configured to form a wide area network with the player network hub and a master network huh by communicating, at least in part, according to the second wireless protocol, wherein the relay network hubs are configured to receive the location information from the player network hub and wherein at least one of the relay network hubs or the master network hub are configured to determine a location of the player network hub based on the location information. 1. A system , comprising: form a body area network with peripheral devices by communicating wirelessly according to a first wireless protocol; and', 'transmit location information according to a second wireless protocol different than the first wireless protocol; and, 'a player network hub configured torelay network hubs configured to form a wide area network with the player network hub and a master network hub by communicating, at least in part, according to the second wireless protocol, wherein the relay network hubs are configured to receive the location information from the player network hub and wherein at least one of the relay network hubs or the master network hub are configured to determine a location of the player network hub based on the location information;wherein the relay network hubs each have a relative known location with respect to a reference and wherein the at least one of the relay network hubs or the master network hub are configured to determine a location of the player network hub according to the reference.2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the player network hub is configured to be secured with respect to a player ...