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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1996
Nadav Levanon, Ramat Gan, IL;
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for determining the position of a user terminal (for example, a mobile wireless telephone) in a low-Earth orbit satellite communications system. The system includes a user terminal, at least one satellite with a known position and velocity, and a gateway (that is, a terrestrial base station) for communicating with the user terminal through the satellites. The method includes the steps of determining a range parameter and a range-rate parameter. A range parameter represents a distance between the satellite and the user terminal. A range-rate parameter represents a relative radial velocity between that satellite and the user terminal. The position of the user terminal on the Earth's surface is then determined based on the range parameter, the range-rate parameter, and the known position and velocity of the satellite.