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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2005
Applicant:
John M. Belcea, West Melbourne, FL (US);
Inventor:
John M. Belcea, West Melbourne, FL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for determining the time of arrival of a direct radio signal. The system including a receiver () for receiving a plurality of signals, wherein each of the plurality of received signals has an associated time of arrival. The system further including a processor () adapted to compute a impulse response function of a received signal; decompose an impulse response function comprising the time of arrival for each of the plurality of received signals; and identify a smallest time of arrival from the decomposed impulse response function.