Patent ID: 9084126
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: G01S,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a location of a mobile station, the method comprising: acquiring at least one attribute of a reference base station such that the identity of the reference base station is known to the mobile station; acquiring a first locally unique attribute of a local base station and a second locally unique attribute of the local base station; computing a distance metric from the mobile station to the reference base station, based on the at least one attribute of the reference base station, the first locally unique attribute and the second locally unique attribute of the local base station; and determining the location of the mobile station based at least in part on the distance metric; wherein the at least one attribute of the reference base station includes a first globally unique attribute, the identity of the reference base station known to the mobile station based on the first globally unique attribute of the reference base station, and a third locally unique attribute and a fourth locally unique attribute each of the reference base station, and wherein computing the distance metric is based on the first locally unique attribute and the second locally unique attribute of the local base station, and the third locally unique attribute and the fourth locally unique attribute of the reference base station.