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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1999
Brian J. Bogdan, Succasunna, NJ (US);
Michael J. Golden, Bloomsbury, NJ (US);
Alex Matusevich, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Jonathan M. Tobias, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Chris C. Tsamutalis, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method for locating a mobile unit without synchronizing base-stations is provided. A triangulation scheme where distances between a plurality of base-stations and a mobile unit (herein termed mobile) are calculated by measuring at least three round-trip-delay-values wherein each round-trip-delay-value corresponds to transmission of a downlink signal from each base-station to the mobile unit and transmission of an uplink signal, in response to the downlink signal, from the mobile unit to each base-station is described. It is a low-cost solution without requiring the participating base-stations to be accurately synchronized in time and with the added advantages of utilizing a known downlink signal and a known uplink signal in determining the position of the mobile.