METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATING A MOBILE SUBSCRIBER IN A CDMA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

The invention determines the geographic location of a subscriber unit within a CDMA communication system. At least one base station transmits a spread spectrum signal with a chip code sequence unique to that base station. A subscriber unit receives the base station signal and transmits a spread spectrum signal wiht a unique chip code sequence time synchronized with the chip code sequence of the received base station signal. The base station receives the subscriber unit signal and compares the chip code sequence of the received subscriber unit singal with the chip code sequence signal transmitted by the base station to determine the location of the subscriber unit.