Low cost, size, weight, and power (CSWAP) geolocation capability utilizing signal characteristics passed through to backhaul network

A method for determining a location of a first device, the method comprising:

• generating, by at least one second device, at least one first signal comprising first signal properties;
• and
• transmitting, by the at least one second device, the at least one first signal to the first device,
• wherein estimated first signal properties of the at least one first signal are determined by the first device by measuring the first signal properties of the at least one first signal, wherein the estimated first signal properties comprise time of arrival (TOA) of the at least one first signal, wherein at least one second signal, which comprises second signal properties, is generated by the first device based on at least a portion of the estimated first signal properties, wherein the at least one second signal is transmitted by the first device to at least one third device, wherein estimated second signal properties of the at least one second signal are determined by the at least one third device by measuring the second signal properties of the at least one second signal, and wherein the location of the first device is determined by utilizing at least a portion of the estimated second signal properties.

A method for determining a location of a first device, the method comprising:

• receiving, by at least one third device, at least one second signal, which comprises second signal properties, from the first device;
• and
• determining, by the at least one third device, estimated second signal properties of the at least one second signal by measuring the second signal properties of the at least one second signal,
• wherein estimated first signal properties of at least one first signal, which comprises first signal properties, received by the first device are determined by the first device by measuring the first signal properties of the at least one first signal, wherein the estimated first signal properties comprise time of arrival (TOA) of the at least one first signal, wherein the at least one second signal is generated by the first device based on at least a portion of the estimated first signal properties, and wherein the location of the first device is determined by utilizing at least a portion of the estimated second signal properties.