Patent ID: 8918304
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: G01S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for synchronizing timing of at least two nodes of a mobile network, comprising: receiving, by a computing device, measurement data from a provider server and/or provider database, wherein the measurement data comprises a time of arrival indication of data communicated between each of a plurality of user equipment and at least two nodes of the mobile network; processing, by the computing device, only the received measurement data that is within a particular time window and excluding at least some of the received measurement data outside the particular time window; determining, by the computing device, a sync value based on the received measurement data from each of said plurality of user equipment within the time window, wherein the sync value synchronizes timing between at least two nodes of the mobile network; and determining, by the computing device, a location of a selected one of said plurality of user equipment based on the sync value and the measurement data, wherein: the computing device is distinct from both the selected one of said plurality of user equipment and the at least two nodes of the mobile network.