METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AIDING GPS RECEIVERS VIA A CELLULAR OR PCS NETWORK

摘要

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INVENTION, THERE IS DISCLOSED A SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF A MOBILE STATION (10). THE MOBILE STATION (10) INCLUDES A TRANSCEIVER (32) OPERATING IN A WIRELESS NETWORK (12) AND A GPS RECEIVER (42). THE SYSTEM INCLUDES A WIRELESS NETWORK CONTROL SYSTEM INCLUDING GPS RECEIVERS FOR OBTAINING EPHEMERIS DATA. THE CONTROL SYSTEM DEVELOPS ASSISTANCE INFORMATION FROM THE EPHEMERIS DATA AND TRANSMITS THE ASSISTANCE INFORMATION TO THE MOBILE STATION (10) VIA THE WIRELESS NETWORK (12). THE ASSISTANCE INFORMATION REPRESENTS RANGE AT A FIXED LOCATION IN THE WIRELESS NETWORK (12) IN PROXIMITY TO THE MOBILE STATION (10) AT A SELECT TIME, AND DERIVATIVES OF THE RANGE, RELATIVE TO PLURAL SELECT SATELLITES IN THE GPS. THE MOBILE STATION (10) UTILIZES RECEIVED ASSISTANCE INFORMATION FOR SEARCHING THE COMPOSITE RECEIVED SIGNALS FROM THE PLURAL SELECT SATELLITES IN THE GPS TO MEASURE A CODE PHASE FOR PLURAL ONES OF THE SELECT SATELLITES IN THE GPS AND RETURNING THE MEASURED CODE PHASES TO THE WIRELESS NETWORK (12) CONTROL SYSTEM VIA THE WIRELESS NETWORK (12). THE WIRELESS NETWORK (12) CONTROL SYSTEM COMPUTES LOCATION OF THE MOBILE STATION (10) IN THE WIRELESS NETWORK (12) UTILIZING A FIXED LOCATION AND THE MEASURED CODE PHASES.