Calculating a ranging measurement in a cellular communications network

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10187815
APP PUB NO 20170150383A1
SERIAL NO

15349133

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A method and apparatus for calculating a ranging measurement in a cellular communications network. The method comprises: receiving (710) at a receiver (910) a first signal associated with a first cell-sector of a sectorised base station in the cellular communications network; determining (712; 812) at least one first time of arrival at the receiver (910) of a portion of the first signal; receiving (711) at the receiver (910) a second signal associated with a second cell-sector of the sectorised base-station; determining (713; 813) at least one second time of arrival at the receiver (910) of a portion of the second signal; and calculating (720; 820) a ranging measurement between the base station and the receiver (910), based on a combination of the at least one first time of arrival and the at least one second time of arrival.

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U-BLOX A GZÜRCHERSTRASSE 68 THALWIL 8800

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Driusso, Marco Merbourn Royston, GB 4 7
Marshall, Christopher Brian Reigate, GB 10 383

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