18475193. DETERMINING CELL TOWER POSITION USING FIXED WIRELESS ACCESS DEVICES (T-Mobile USA, Inc.)
DETERMINING CELL TOWER POSITION USING FIXED WIRELESS ACCESS DEVICES
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Emile Minh Tran of Sammamish WA US
Tony Kwok Chung Fung of Newcastle WA US
Antoine T. Tran of Bellevue WA US
Kurt Krusinski of Seattle WA US
Muhammad Shakil of Snoqualmie WA US
Muhammad Arshad Khadim of Sammamish WA US
Mark Mcdiarmid of Seattle WA US
DETERMINING CELL TOWER POSITION USING FIXED WIRELESS ACCESS DEVICES
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18475193 titled 'DETERMINING CELL TOWER POSITION USING FIXED WIRELESS ACCESS DEVICES
Original Abstract Submitted
A computerized method determines precise positions of cell towers using fixed wireless access (FWA) devices. First positioning reference signal (PRS) timing data from a plurality of FWA devices is obtained, wherein the first PRS timing data is associated with PRSs emitted by a cell tower. For each FWA device, a distance between the cell tower and the FWA device is calculated using the first PRS timing data. A cell tower position is then determined using the calculated distances and locations of the FWA devices. The determined cell tower position is then provided for determination of locations of other cellular communication-enabled devices. For instance, second PRS timing data is obtained from a mobile device and a mobile device position of the mobile device is determined using the second PRS timing data and the determined cell tower position. The determined mobile device position is then provided for locating the mobile device.
- T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Emile Minh Tran of Sammamish WA US
- Tony Kwok Chung Fung of Newcastle WA US
- Antoine T. Tran of Bellevue WA US
- Kurt Krusinski of Seattle WA US
- Muhammad Shakil of Snoqualmie WA US
- Muhammad Arshad Khadim of Sammamish WA US
- Mark Mcdiarmid of Seattle WA US
- H04W64/00
- G01S5/02
- G01S5/14
- H04L5/00
- CPC H04W64/003
