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Determining a position of a mobile device

US8694027B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 19, 2007
Grant dateApr 8, 2014
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Expiry dateJul 21, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W64/00
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, apparatus and software are disclosed in which the position of a mobile device is determined by proximity detection from a first node using one wireless communications protocol and the position of the first node is determined using a set of signals from base stations having known locations and using a second wireless communications protocol.

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