Method and system for selecting optimal satellites for A-GPS location of handsets in wireless networks
AssigneeMaple Acquisition LLC
InventorsPeter John Rhodes, Neil Harper
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Abstract
A system and method for determining a set of satellites for which assistance data may be provided to a wireless device. A boundary for an approximate area in which the wireless device is located may be determined and one or more sets of satellites may be determined as a function of the boundary. An optimum set of satellites from the one or more sets of satellites may then be determined using a satellite selection function on the one or more sets of satellites at predetermined points substantially on the boundary.
Claims14
A method for determining a set of satellites for which assistance data may be provided to a wireless device, comprising the steps of:
- (a) determining a boundary for an approximate area in which the wireless device is located;
- (b) determining one or more sets of satellites as a function of said boundary;
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- (c) determining an optimum set of satellites by a communications network element from said one or more sets of satellites as a function of the visibility of each of said one or more sets of satellites at predetermined points substantially on said boundary.
A method for determining the location of a wireless device, comprising the steps of:
- (a) determining a boundary for an approximate area in which the wireless device is located;
- (b) determining one or more sets of satellites as a function of said boundary;
- (c) determining an optimum set of satellites from said one or more sets of satellites as a function of the visibility of each of said one or more sets of satellites at predetermined points substantially on said boundary;
- (d) transmitting assistance data to said device, said assistance data including information from said optimum set of satellites;
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- (e) determining the location of the wireless device from said information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.