Method and apparatus for asynchrosous positioning of wireless base stations

A system for determining a location of a base station without timing synchronization, the system comprising:

• a first mobile device, comprising one or more processors and a memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• determine that the first mobile device is moving faster than a threshold velocity;
• capture a first unsynchronized time of arrival (TOA) measurement, wherein the first unsynchronized TOA measurement is based on a first unsynchronized timing measurement of a first received reference signal;
• determine a first location of the first mobile device, wherein the first location corresponds to the first unsynchronized TOA measurement;
• capture a second unsynchronized TOA measurement, wherein the second unsynchronized TOA measurement is based on a second unsynchronized timing measurement of a second received reference signal;
• and
• determine a second location of the first mobile device, wherein:
• the second location corresponds to the second unsynchronized TOA measurement, and
• based on the mobile device moving faster than the threshold velocity, using the first location of the first mobile device, the second location of the first mobile device, the first unsynchronized TOA measurement, and the second unsynchronized TOA measurement for determining the location of the base station.

A non-transitory processor-readable medium for determining a location of a base station without timing synchronization comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to:

• determine that the first mobile device is moving faster than a threshold velocity;
• capture a first unsynchronized time of arrival (TOA) measurement, wherein the first unsynchronized TOA measurement is based on a first unsynchronized timing measurement of a first received reference signal;
• determine a first location of the first mobile device, wherein the first location corresponds to the first unsynchronized TOA measurement;
• capture a second unsynchronized TOA measurement, wherein the second unsynchronized TOA measurement is based on a second unsynchronized timing measurement of a second received reference signal;
• and
• determine a second location of the first mobile device, wherein:
• the second location corresponds to the second unsynchronized TOA measurement, and
• based on the first mobile device moving faster than the threshold velocity, using the first location of the first mobile device, the second location of the first mobile device, the first unsynchronized TOA measurement, and the second unsynchronized TOA measurement for determining the location of the base station.

A system for determining a location of a base station without timing synchronization, the system comprising:

• means for determining that the first mobile device is moving faster than a threshold velocity;
• means for capturing a first unsynchronized time of arrival (TOA) measurement, wherein the first unsynchronized TOA measurement is based on a first unsynchronized timing measurement of a first received reference signal;
• means for determining a first location of the first mobile device, wherein the first location corresponds to the first unsynchronized TOA measurement;
• means for capturing a second unsynchronized TOA measurement, wherein the second unsynchronized TOA measurement is based on a second unsynchronized timing measurement of a second received reference signal;
• and
• means for determining a second location of the first mobile device, wherein:
• the second location corresponds to the second unsynchronized TOA measurement, and
• based on the first mobile device moving faster than the threshold velocity, using the first location of the first mobile device, the second location of the first mobile device, the first unsynchronized TOA measurement, and the second unsynchronized TOA measurement for determining the location of the base station.