Patent ID: 8433339
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: G01S,H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of analyzing a signal received at a subscriber station in a wireless communications system, the method comprising: receiving a composite signal at the subscriber station, the composite signal comprising one or more component signals from respective reference sources; determining whether a component signal of the composite signal was relayed by a repeater; obtaining a time correction for the repeater if the component signal was relayed by the repeater; and determining a position of the subscriber station, the determining comprising correcting a time measurement based at least in part on the time correction, the time measurement comprising a time between transmission of the component signal by a reference source and receipt of the signal by the subscriber station, wherein the position of the subscriber station is determined from the corrected time measurement and a position of the repeater in lieu of the time measurement and a position of the reference source.