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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2010
Giorgio Ghinamo, Turin, IT;
Giorgio Ghinamo, Turin, IT;
TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
A method of determining a geographic position of a user terminal including a receiver of signals of a global navigation satellite system, the method including the user terminal: performing pseudo-range measurements related to a plurality of signals received from transmitters of the global navigation satellite system; calculating a first estimated position thereof by a weighted least square method; calculating post-fit residuals for the first estimated position; comparing the calculated post-fit residuals to a first threshold and: in case the first threshold is exceeded, calculating a second estimated position using a Monte-Carlo method, otherwise retaining the first estimated position as the geographic position of the mobile communications terminal.