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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2008
Steven Vanlaningham, Richardson, TX (US);
James A. Stevens, Lucas, TX (US);
Alexander K. Johnson, Dallas, TX (US);
Rachel A. Rivera, Murphy, TX (US);
Steven VanLaningham, Richardson, TX (US);
James A. Stevens, Lucas, TX (US);
Alexander K. Johnson, Dallas, TX (US);
Rachel A. Rivera, Murphy, TX (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A method for method of estimating the position of one or more target nodes based on received reflections of a primary signal. The method includes receiving a primary signal from a transmitter node having a known location at a receiver node having a known location and receiving at least one reflected signal at the receiver node, the reflected signal generated by a reflection of the primary signal by a target node having an unknown location. The method further includes applying a target position algorithm to the primary signal and the at least one reflected signal to generate target location information.