Hybrid GNSS and TDOA wireless location system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8199050
APP PUB NO 20120015670A1
SERIAL NO

13240964

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A method and apparatus for position determination is provided using measurements from both Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers and terrestrial-based Uplink Time Difference of Arrival (UTDOA) receivers. The method involves the transformation of downlink satellite measurements into equivalent UTDOA measurements by computing comparable cross-correlation coefficients and time differences of arrival with respect to a UTDOA reference station. The method includes a weighting operation whereby the relative weights of the UTDOA measurements and the relative weights of the GPS measurements are adjusted based on a theoretical scaling followed by empirical adjustments. The method further involves the efficient computation and combining of metrics that are used to minimize the weighted error between candidate location solutions and the UTDOA and GPS measurements.

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QUALCOMM INCORPORATED5775 MOREHOUSE DRIVE SAN DIEGO CA 92121

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Anderson, Robert J Phoenixville, US 134 10052
Boyer, Pete A Chesterbrook, US 25 472
Lefever, Ronald Lansdale, US 7 307
Mia, Rashidus S Phoenixville, US 35 1658

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