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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2003
Applicant:
Sergey L. Dickey, Fairfax, VA (US);
Inventor:
Sergey L. Dickey, Fairfax, VA (US);
Assignee:
PCTEL Maryland, Inc., Germantown, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for uniquely identifying signal sources in a multisource signal. True levels of signal components transmitted by each of the co-channel base stations in the area under test in a wireless network are measured and associated with the appropriate (originating) base station in presence of co-channel and adjacent-channel interference without interrupting service. The present invention is based on an 'area-measurement' approach and relies on relative time-of-arrival (RTOA) measurements of the signal components impervious to the existence of the phase drift between the scanner and base stations.